Video Remarks on Opening of the Caribbean IdEA Marketplace
Remarks
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
March 3, 2012
I
am delighted to send greetings to all of you in Montego Bay. When I
visited Jamaica last June, I announced the Caribbean IdEA Marketplace, a
program we like to call CIM. CIM is a business competition that
connects local entrepreneurs with members of the Caribbean diaspora—with
the ultimate goal of sparking new partnerships that will create jobs
and economic opportunities in the region. Today, I’m pleased to announce
that the Caribbean IdEA Marketplace is open for business.
We are
proud to be partnering with a wide range of governments and
organizations in this important initiative, including the Inter-American
Development Bank, OPIC, and the governments of the United Kingdom and
Canada.
The Caribbean diaspora may live in far-off places, but
they can still play a crucial role in their home countries. CIM will
help forge the connections that will turn new business ideas into new
businesses, creating jobs and boosting trade and investment in the
Caribbean.
Visit CaribbeanIdea.org to learn more about the program
and to find partners around the world who are looking to build
innovative new businesses and energize your economies. With your support
– and your ideas – CIM will help us tackle some of the most complicated
and pressing challenges of our time. I’m excited to hear about the
progress you make. Thank you.
Given the tenor of the political debates lately, this is an especially important issue and statement.
Video Remarks to National Network To End Domestic Violence
Remarks
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
March 3, 2012
I
am delighted to be able to send greetings to each of you. This Second
World Conference of Women’s Shelters is an exciting opportunity for
thousands of grassroots advocates from around the world to connect with
one another and share strategies for ending violence against women and
girls.
This is an issue that affects women of every income level,
in every region of the world. An estimated one in three women will be
physically or sexually abused in her lifetime, and one in five will
experience rape or attempted rape.
This violence affects women’s
health and well-being; it hurts children and families and poses
considerable costs to societies – economically and socially.
It is
simply unacceptable. This is not only a gender or economic issue, but a
matter of human rights and national security. We need to put laws in
place to criminalize such acts, and they must be implemented in order to
hold people accountable and address impunity.
And we need
everyone’s involvement to make this happen. People at all levels of
society, in every vocation, and at every age – girls, boys, women, and
men – all have a role to play.
I want to thank the National
Network to End Domestic Violence for being such a strong partner, and
everyone here for continuing to stand up, speak out, and think of new
solutions. Like you, we see women as powerful agents of change, and
through forums like this one, we are focusing on creative and innovative
ways to harness the power of women to be part of the solution to ending gender-based violence.
I
hope this dialogue has provided an opportunity to learn about what is
working and how to build on successful policies and programs to advance
women’s rights around the world. I can’t wait to hear what you come up
with.
