This is a great recollection of that famous day and what led up to
the historic speech by Hillary's Senior Strategic Communications Advisor, Karen
Finney.
Hillary Clinton at the United Nations Fourth World Conference On Women, 1995
20
years ago, I got the chance to be part of a moment that would change
the world. I was in Huairou, China, a small town outside of Beijing,
where representatives from non-governmental organizations who couldn’t
attend the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women had gathered.
When Hillary Clinton stood before delegates from 189 countries to call
attention to women’s rights, it was electric.
Women
from every corner of the planet had come to Beijing and Huairou for the
conference. Everywhere I looked, I saw women translating ideas across
languages and cultures. I remember watching women lift up colleagues in
wheelchairs when meeting spaces didn’t have elevator access.
