The city is considering passing a resolution to sign onto a decades-old convention aimed at gender equity and eliminating all forms of discrimination against women, and activists involved hope the move will be about more than just words.

The Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination against Women was signed in 1979 by several countries through United Nations, but the United States was not a signatory. The convention, referred to by the acronym CEDAW, has spread around the country in the decades since through resolutions and ordinances passed by municipal governments.