Hillary Clinton at the U.N. To Celebrate International Women's Day

Hillary, back home from her west coast and Canada trek,  helped kick off the celebration of International  Women's Day today at U.N. Headquarters in New York.  The event,  "Equality for Women is Progress for All"  was part of the United Nations International Women's Day, which is celebrated tomorrow, March 8,  dates back to the beginning of the 20th Century, and has been marked  at the United Nations since 1975. 

 

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Hillary Clinton Urges Equality for Women and Girls

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke at the U.N. commemoration of International Women's Day fighting for women's rights.

By EDITH M. LEDERER

Saturday, Mar 8, 2014

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared Friday that achieving equality for women and girls is "the great unfinished business of the 21st century."

The potential 2016 presidential candidate galvanized the U.N. commemoration of International Women's Day, repeating her resounding declaration as first lady at the 1995 U.N. women's conference in Beijing that "human rights are women's rights — and women's rights are human rights."

Clinton said that important progress has been made, citing the increasing number of girls in school and women in elected office, and the repeal of many discriminatory laws.

"Yet for all we have achieved together, this remains the great unfinished business of the 21st century," she said.

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Update: Link to video below tweeted by Hillary. Thank you, Hillary!

Hillary Clinton ‏@HillaryClinton 2h

.@UN SecGen Ban Ki-moon @phumzileunwomen great to see you for @UN_Women yesterday. Watch here: http://webtv.un.org/watch/international-women%E2%80%99s-day-2014-equality-for-women-is-progress-for-all/3309104866001 … pic.twitter.com/cxrVHj2DQH

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