The professor says that much of what we think about the International Women's Rights Treaty is false. The professor makes three main points, each of which casts doubt on what was started in the reading.
Firstly, the reading states that the treaty ensured that the law recognized and protected women's rights. This contradicts the lecture because the lecture says that this treaty did not provide any measures to punish countries that did not follow the rules. Instead, it required a committee to review the reports given by countries and present recommendations.
Secondly, the reading stresses that the US strongly believes in the treaty and allows women to attend college, vote, enter careers, and so on. The lecture, however, says that the government of the US has not formally approved the treaty. Although it's true that the US indeed claimed to support the ideas in 1980, not all the laws are favorable for women.
Finally, the reading says that women's rights today are recognized everywhere. For example, a lot of companies have female CEOs, some countries have female presidents, many scientists are women, and so on. Moreover, they are also able to attend high-quality colleges, get high pay, choose by themselves. In the fact that the lecture says that the violations of women are not just in the past. Until now the activist groups, NGOs report increasing violations against women. One example is Saudi Arabia, which does not allow women much freedom. Women walking unaccompanied or in the company of men which are not related to them can easily be arrested. That has led to the cries of outrage from the International Human Rights Group.