Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton’s "Women's Rights are Human Rights" speech is #35 in the Top 100 Speeches of the 20th Century (compiled by Professors Stephen E. Lucas and Martin J. Medhurst). Clinton’s speech occurred during the U.N. 4th World Conference on Women Plenary Session, on September 5, 1995, in Beijing, China.
More than 47,000 outspoken activists and impassioned leaders hailing from almost every country, religion, and culture on earth came together in Beijing — and at the parallel NGO Forum — making it the largest gathering of women's advocates in history.
"MAKERS: Once And For All" is a feature film presented by AOL that tells the story of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing 1995 as a watershed event in the global struggle for women's rights. With original interviews with subjects, including Hillary Clinton, and archival footage, the film captures the suspenseful months leading up to Beijing and the high-stakes drama of the event itself.
Released in November 2015, MAKERS: Once and For All is a documentary of that event — here’s the trailer. View the full documentary here. The title comes from Hillary’s speech:
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. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely — and the right to be heard.
I love this photo that appears in the beginning —