On September 5th, 1995, Hillary Clinton delivered a speech entitled “Women’s Rights Are Human Rights” at the 4th United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing. At the time, Clinton served as the First Lady of the United States and was invited as a speaker by the Secretary General of the UN, Gertrude Mongella, to discuss issues facing women worldwide. Clinton’s intentions were to incite action precipitating the recognition that issues affecting women affected the lives of everyone, and to implore those in positions of power to convince their governments that policies should be changed, improved, or enacted to protect women’s rights the way human rights were protected. Clinton appeals to logos by providing statistics about the state of women …show more content…
To appeal to the ethos of the audience, she talks about her success and the success of other women living in countries where changes are being made to support their choices and livelihood, and she exemplifies the immediate differences for women who previously had no access to credit, referencing the United Nations Development Fund for Women. She recounts her experiences at the Conference and how she has been involved in women’s rights for “over the past 25 years.” She further establishes the credibility of her own nation’s advancements in women’s rights with reference to the celebration of women’s suffrage. This is necessary, as Clinton argues that a country’s government is responsible “to protect and promote internationally recognized human …show more content…
This list of examples of maltreatment follows a list of accounts of women simply living, to illustrate the width of the distance between respect and disrespect, between having and not having basic human rights. Near the conclusion of her speech, she summarizes one common goal by defining freedom, utilizing an extended definition and repetition as she clarifies what “freedom