rssCLINTON CONFIRMATION: Women’s Rights And Sexual Slavery
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 11:41 am
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Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) brings up an overlooked point: “No woman or girl should have to grow up and face persecution for having being born female.” Asks if Clinton will commit to legislation “to help fight this immorality.”
Obviously, Clinton has made women’s rights one of her calling cards. “I pledge to you that I view these issues as central to our foreign policy.” She ties it to the Taliban’s insurgency, devoted to “keeping women unfed, uneducated, unhealthy.” This “is not culture, this is not custom, this is criminal.” Good line. “We can not have a free, prosperous, peaceful, progressive world if women are treated in such a discriminatory and violent way.” Pledges to “revie[w] your legislation, and working with you as a continuing partner.”
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Comment posted February 24, 2009 @ 1:26 am
The experiences of women in the Taliban regime are horrible. Unless a country powerful enough to change things for them intervenes, the madness will go on. Women should not be suppressed as the inferior sex, but rather should be treated fairly and equally.
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