Treaty for the Rights of Women


		Experts To schedule interviews with spokepeople who represent key constituencies or have special expertise on the Treaty for the Rights of Women, please contact CCMC at 202-326-8700 at the Communications Consortium Media Center. A partial list of experts is below. Sarah Albert CEDAW Working Group Co-Chair Social Policy and Advocacy Director YWCA USA 1015 18th Street NW Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 467-0801 Email: salbert@ywca.org Alexandra Arriaga CEDAW Working Group Co-Chair Arlington, VA Email: alexandraarriaga@yahoo.com Kathy Bonk Executive Director Communications Consortium Media Center 401 Ninth St NW Suite 450 Washington, DC 20004 Phone: (202) 326-8700 Email: kbonk@ccmc.org Ellen Chesler Distinguished Lecturer and director of the Eleanor Roosevelt Initiative Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute Hunter College New York City, NY 10065 Phone: (212) 772-4224 Email: ellen.chesler@gmail.com Ketayoun Darvich-Kodjouri Director of Communications CEDPA 1133 21st Street NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 Phone: (202) 939-2654 Fax: (202) 332-4496 Email: kdarvich@cedpa.org Steve Dimoff Vice President of Advocacy and Policy United Nations Association-USA 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 610 Washington. DC 20036 Phone: (202) 462-3446 Email: sdimoff@unausa.org Felice Gaer Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights American Jewish Committee 165 East 56th Street New York, NY 10022 Phone: (212) 891-1314 Email: gaerf@ajc.org Billie Heller Chair, National Committee on the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 520 North Camden Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Phone: (310) 271-8087 E-mail: billicedaw@aol.com Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta President International Center for Research on Women 1120 20th St. NW Suite 500 North Washington, D.C. 20036 Phone: (202) 797-0007 Email: geeta@icrw.org Former Ambassador Nancy Rubin Washington, DC E-mail: NHRUBIN@aol.com Ritu Sharma Executive Director Women Thrive Worldwide 1825 Connecticut Avenue NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20009 Phone: (202) 884-8396 Email: rsharma@womenthrive.org Former Ambassador Linda Tarr-Whelan Managing Partner Tarr-Whelan & Associates, Inc. P.O. Box 1012 St. Helena Island, SC 29920 Email: linda@tarr-whelanassociates.com Penny Wakefield, Esq. Arlington, VA 22205 Email: pwwakefield@comcast.net