A position the U.S. won't have to apologize for
In 1995, as first lady, Clinton addressed the United Nations 4th World Conference on Women, where she was the marquee attraction even without an official position.
"Tragically, women are most often the ones whose human rights are violated," she told the conference, in a speech that largely made her an international figure. "Even now, in the late 20th century, the rape of women continues to be used as an instrument of armed conflict.'
"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."
If women's rights, or at least women's safety, is increasingly an international concern, Hillary Clinton has had a lot to do with making it one. Her focus is not just a matter of obvious identity interest; two of the three previous secretaries of state were women, without the issue becoming this prominent.
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