Hillary Clinton – Taking a Bold Stand at Beijing

“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.”

• Categories: News & Features / Features / Stories from the UN Archive
• Video Length: 00:03:14
• Production Date: 8 March 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: HILLARY R. CLINTON
• Corporate Name: FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN; UNITED NATIONS WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN - UNWCW
• Subject Topical: WOMEN'S RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HISTORY; AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVES
• MAMS Id: 3180803
• Parent Id: 3180803
• Alternate Title: UNV_3180803

Description

We look back at Hillary Clinton’s rousing speech as First Lady at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China, on September 5, 1995.  Attendees representing 189 countries gave her a thunderous ovation. 

The sentiment, “women’s rights are human rights,” never had been voiced so prominently to a global audience and was immediately embraced as an international rallying cry for gender equality. 

Utilizing material from the UN Audiovisual Library, this production explores the historic session as captured by UN media coverage.