United States of America – Joint Submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination- systemic racism and intersectional discrimination against women of color

This submission under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD) discusses three sites of systemic racism and intersectional discrimination that oppress women of color, particularly Black women, in the United States (US): abortion restrictions, the shackling of pregnant prisoners, and racial inequalities in cervical cancer mortality.

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