On Sept. 5, 1995, then-first lady Hillary Clinton gave a forceful defense of women’s rights, declaring that “human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights” in a famous address at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing.“If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights, once and for all,” she said.Since then, those words have become a rallying call for women’s rights activists worldwide. The occasion was also notable because Clinton reportedly refused to soften …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
