She throws out the caption "The great challenge of this conference is to give voice to women everywhere.” which makes her stand candid and clear. She stresses the main goal of the conference, the overall purpose of the act. Hilary Clinton discusses how everyone attending the conference has the responsibility to speak for those that are silenced and not allowed to state their views, thus giving direction to the characters involved in the scene.
The word “silent” is repeated three times throughout the whole speech. “No one should be forced to remain silent for fear of religious or political persecution, arrest, abuse or torture.”; “For too long, the history of women has been a history of silence. Even today, there are those who are trying to silence our words.” It is repeated to emphasize that the voices of woman should not be covered but heard “loud and clear”.
Apart from making reference to all the women in their own lives, she also talks about appalling things that women have had to put up with: rape, abortion, burning and honor killings which highlighted the different horrifying experiences women are put through. By saying all these, she successfully evokes the emotion from its listeners. Human rights and women's rights are still violated every day, but Clinton has successfully informed exactly what has been going on around the country, which is also one of the goals of this speech.
She starts all eight of the statements with: “It is a violation of human rights when…”. These statements are very graphic and visual and she does a great job of painting a picture for the audience. She lists how different scenarios were affecting the human rights of thousands of women all over the planet. She strikes a feeling of sympathy in her audience and has examples that could be relatable to all different types of backgrounds.
“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.” In this sentence, Clinton suggests that if the term 'women's rights' are to be interchangeable with the term 'human rights' the world community would be a better place. She is trying to make the relation between ‘human rights’ and ‘woman rights’ interchangeable and acceptable for the world. Clinton explains that there is a problem in women not having equal rights, and her solution is to create a world in which women are treated with dignity, exempt of discrimination.
This speech is powerful using examples, repetitions and emotional words to give impact on people around the world. This is particularly influential as it was made in Beijing where the records of human rights are not good. Clinton successfully strengthens women, families, and societies in order to empower women to taking control of their lives and not be subject to discrimination. This speech is a success and draws people’s attention on equality between men and women.
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