Foreword
The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton
Founder, Vital Voices
In 1995, delegates from 189 nations met in Beijing for the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. I stood before those gathered and said the time had come to break our silence.
No longer would we accept any separation between women's rights and human rights. No longer would discussions about “women's issues” take place unnoticed, in back rooms.
Vital Voices began as a government initiative during the Clinton Administration at a time of great change in the world. Many countries were emerging from conflict and repression, beginning the transition to democracy. Former Secretary and my friend, Madeleine Albright, and I, along with others at the State Department and the ...
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