Discrimination Must End

The text of the CEDAW is not something most people, especially most Mens Rights groups, would disagree with. The issue is discrimination, and the purpose of Fathers' and Mens' rights groups is to seek equality before the law.
Equality means equality for all concerned. To seek equality for only one side is to seek discrimination, or to seek equal brutality.

Maybe the goal of a men's group seeking to show some leadership would be to end this gender-based prejudice. Is it possible that pitting the "Mens Rights" groups against the "Women's Rights" feminism is playing into the hands of some group that benefits from the conflict?

I would imagine that the question might come down to: Do we seek equality before the law for all newly-defined 'deprived ethnic groups'?
Since in its wisdom, the Australian and other governments have designated women as an ethnic group, does that mean that men, families, fathers, and mothers are also ethnic groups?

If so, should each of these groups be given equal representation in the government?

There are those, I'm sure, that will say "Certainly. Families already have representation within the government. What do you think CSA is for?" -- That should draw some interesting comments!

If so, then since families and women are given representation in the government, why aren't men, fathers, and mothers given representation?
Are children a discriminated ethnic group? It's not hard to see that many laws today are defining children as separate and unequal members in society.

Where is the Ministry of Mothers' Affairs? -- the Ministry of Mens Affairs? -- the Ministry of Fathers' Affairs? -- the Ministry of Childrens' Affairs?

Don't each of these newly-defined ethnic groups require equal representation and funding from the government?

If these ideas are ridiculed out of hand, then the Ministry of Womens' Affairs is shown clearly to be Discrimination before the law.
Otherwise, we should be lobbying Parliament at the state and federal level for equal representation. It seems self-evident.

NOW has sought for decades to define women as an discriminated ethnic group. They have succeeded. Now that we have that definition in law, it is time to define the other ethnic groups -- Men, Families, Mothers, and Fathers -- and provide representation for them.

The lack of definition has produced discriminatory legislation and practice of law. The statistics show that clearly. It is time to right this inequality before the law.

--Paul