Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State, United States of America (as of 21 January 2009)
Mrs Hillary Rodham Clinton the US Secretary of State on 21 January 2009
As First Lady, Hillary Clinton became an advocate of health care reform and worked on many issues relating to children and families. She led successful bipartisan efforts to improve the adoption and foster care systems, reduce teen pregnancy, and provide health care to millions of children through the Children's Health Insurance Program. She also traveled to more than 80 countries as a representative USA, winning respect as a champion of human rights, democracy and civil society. Her famous speech in Beijing in 1995 -- when she declared that "human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights" – inspired women worldwide and helped galvanize a global movement for women’s rights.
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Remarks on the 15th Anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development
8 January 2010 -
Read Mrs Clinton speech: Planned Parenthood Federation of America Awards Gala
27 March 20090 | Houston, Texas