I don't usually write about current events. But reading this quote today made me breathe a little deeper.
"When a girl becomes a mother before she becomes literate, when a woman gives birth alone and is left with a permanent disability, when a mother toils daily to feed her large family but cannot convince her husband to agree to contraception, these struggles represent suffering that can and should be avoided. They represent potential that goes unfulfilled. And they also represent an opportunity to extend critical help to women worldwide and the children who depend on them."
Well said. Thanks Secretary of State Clinton for emphasizing that human progress relies on improving women's health. Thanks for showing world leaders who belittle women that they can shove it.
A fact worth repeating from her speech to mark the 15th anniversary of the Cairo Conference:
- One woman dies every minute of every day in pregnancy or childbirth, and for every woman who dies, another 20 suffer from injury, infection, or disease every minute.
2 comments:
Amen Shannon! Thank you for posting the quote form Sec. of State Clinton. It made me go on and read her entire speech. Sobering, but hopeful, and I am so glad that she continues to raise her voice for women.
Debbie R
Thoughtful speech. Sec. Clinton is iconic in many ways; She will be long after she's gone, and mostly for all the good reasons. She is real with her words and practical in her solutions. I remember when she came to Kenya and knew more about governance problems here and their remedy than the trans-tribal class of African aristocrats; so too was the clarity of her thoughts, while in Congo DRC, about what is wrong with the richly blessed Nigeria where oil, a commodity that is a blessing to many, is a curse to the indigeneous tribes. I wish some influencers I'm familiar with over here would be as sober and as genuine.
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