On the this International Women's Day I honor the women who have been speaking truth to power all my life. I was a clueless youth when Hilary Clinton laid out the truth at the International Women's Conference in Beijing in 1995. Watch the Speech That quote, Women's Rights are Human Rights seemed like a "duh" moment, to my anti-establishment cynical younger self. At the same time, the chill that ran down my spine the first time I heard it also reminded me that it was a dangerous statement to proclaim publicly. That it was a politically dangerous thing to say. Proclaiming women as equal, and demanding our equal treatment, has always been risky business and it remains risky today. So many of the atrocities she catalogues are still very much entrenched in all of our global communities. I have to run but I will try to add to this post later today.... Stay strong. Nicole
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