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Are women victims of a widespread bias in science and engineering, as a 2007 report of the National Academy of Sciences concluded? Or are there other, more plausible explanations for the paucity of women in various quantitative fields? What, if anything, should be done to encourage more women to become engineers and scientists? Anyone looking for a balanced and temperate treatment of this sometimes-contentious topic will welcome this collection of essays from leading academics on both sides of the issue

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) -- commits signatory nations not only to eliminating discrimination but also to ensuring women's full development and advancement in all areas of public and private life. The document was adopted by the General Assembly and submitted to UN member states in 1979. Since then, nearly every nation has ratified what many now call the Women's Bill of Rights or the Women's Magna Carta. The only holdouts are three Islamic countries (Iran, Sudan, and Somalia), a few Pacific islands -- and the United States. This article discusses reasons the US has held out against the ratification of this treaty. Adapted from the source document.