From Beijing to San Francisco: Hillary Clinton on Women’s Rights

In 1995, then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton riveted the world at that year’s Beijing World Conference on Women. She made a compelling case for all of us – particularly governments – to address the issues important to women and girls, and made the tag line “women’s rights are human rights and human rights are women’s rights” famous worldwide. Those were trailblazing words.

Now over 15 years later, and as the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton again made a compelling case for women’s rights. This time she was speaking at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Women and the Economy Summit in San Francisco, and this time she was addressing the importance of women to global growth and innovation. To read more, go to
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