Hillary Clinton's Speech
This speech was given by Hilary Clinton during the UNO's fourth world conference on women. It was conducted on September 5, 1995, in Beijing China. In the speech, Hilary gives focuses on women's rights and their equal opportunity on education, career development, advancement, job, health care, power-sharing, and politics.
Women are the basis of human life. They contribute to human life simulating different roles like mother, wives, daughters, learners, workers, caretakers, citizens and leaders. They have equal participation in every work. They have a common feature wherever they live in the world. The women are gathering at Beijing to find the common ground to bring a new horizon of dignity and respect to women throughout the world. The main focus is given to women's rights. If women are healthy and educated, their families will flourish. If women are free form violence and have a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society, the family will certainly flourish. When families flourish, the communities and countries will flourish in the world. Hilary says that she has been working the shake of women for about 25 years raising the issues related to women. She states that parents in Denmark talk about how children can be cared for after school centers. Women in South Africa struggle for democracy. The women in the west are working to promote literacy and better health care. The doctors and nurses in Belarus and Ukraine are trying to keep children alive from the effect of nuclear accidents. The women in India and Bangladesh have been trying their best for getting loans to buy mild, cows, rickshaws, etc. Hilary says that she has observed the pain, grief and sorrow of women in many countries. They are suffering from discrimination, poverty, hunger, diseases, etc. Though life if women is painful, they are still hopeful. But, many of them are highly strangled by the dominance of males and made a prostitute. They are suffered from domestic violence. They are tortured in the name of dowries. Even in America, women are not treated well.
Hilary focuses that we must respect the choices that each woman makes for herself and her family. They will never get full dignity until their human rights are protected and ensured. Sexual harassment, rape, discrimination in wages, job, etc. are the violation of human rights.
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