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Podcast: On The Issues With Michele Goodwin
Episode: UN Women's Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka on the Urgency of Securing Women's Human Rights
Description: "Women’s rights are human rights," proclaimed then-First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in September 1995 at the United Nations’ Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. This groundbreaking speech marked a turning point for feminism and international efforts toward gender equality, articulating women’s rights as a basic fundamental concept of civil rights, human rights and dignity. During the conference, 189 countries unanimously adopted the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action for women’s equality.  In this show we consider the impact of the U.N. agenda for gender equality and women’s empowerment. Where has there been progress? W...