A Response Letter By Cecilia Santos

“Women’s rights are human rights, and human rights are women’s rights.” On September 5, 1995, 180 countries met in Beijing, China for the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women Plenary Session listening to Hillary Clinton’s speech on women’s rights. (Clinton, 1995) Clinton spoke powerfully and bravely, in a communist country with a widespread maltreatment of women. The speech addressed governments and humans rights organizations, addressing problems that every country faced concerning the freedom of women. She united the audience in connecting the topic on an international level, and spoke urgently, using ethos, pathos, and logos. Beginning the speech, she is very gracious, which portrays her likability. This was a very influential, as it was one of the first well received speeches of its time given in this communist country trying to give a voice to women.

In this articles the author is argued by listing points to show or to prove women are treated with injustice and that they are not treated equality to men,

“Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are humans rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard,” Hillary Clinton once spoke. Hillary Clinton was appointed to speak at the Women Plenary Session at the 4th United Nations World Conference in 1995. In her speech, Clinton speaks to shine a light on the unfair treatment and to educate on what rights women should have, as well as to strengthen families and societies by empowering women to take control of their own destinies. This powerful message is directed to the audience of various world leaders at the United Nations 4th World Conference on Women Plenary Session in Beijing, China. In her speech, “Women’s Rights Are Human Rights,” Hillary Clinton uses emotion to educate, persuade, and make the audience of world leaders feel something, known as pathos. She also repeats words and phrases to put an emphasis on certain injustices, which evokes the audience to want to make a change for women’s rights, making the speech effective.

In Kimberly Crenshaw’s “Mapping the Margins”, she states that there is little to no help for women of colour. Her research includes immigrant women in abusive marriages or relationships; because they are not citizens, and in many cases, immigrants are not recognized under U.S law. As well, these women fear losing everything if they speak up about their abuse. (P. 202). Political consequences of this failure to adequately address both attributes in an intersectional way means that

Gender discrimination and violence against women were not part of the Human Rights Agenda until the 1990s when feminists began to push for this change (p84/book). One of the slogans of their campaign was that “Women’s Rights

On September 5, 1995 in Beijing, China, first lady Hillary Clinton delivered a speech on women’s rights at the United Nations Fourth World Conference of Women. As Clinton stood in front of an audience of thousands she proudly stated “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.” The target of the conference was to inform the audience of government officials, leaders of organizations and the public on the problems women throughout the world face. Clinton’s speech argued how women were not treated equally and that women’s rights should be equal to human rights. Throughout her speech, Clinton provided harsh examples of the abuse, rape, death and discrimination women face, to evoke sympathy from the audience. Her overarching goal was to get action among government officials and motivate women across the world to take control of their lives and not suffer from these circumstances. Clinton uses a mix of pathos, ethos, logos, and anaphora to deliver a definition argument on why women’s rights are human rights.

All the immigrant women interviewed in the film, Between Worlds: Domestic Violence and Immigrant Women suffered from intimate partner abuse from psychological abuse to physical aggression and violence. The all were victims of non-physical abuse such as intimidation, isolation and emotional neglect. The all were financially dependent on their abuser and lacked support systems, such as family or friends that could protect them from their abuser or offer them alternatives economically. The all

CM spoke to Wendy Orellana (Therapist at Snyder High School) regarding services for Sinai (youth). Ms. Orellana noted youth was escorted to school today by the Jersey City Police. CM was informed that youth continues to urinate on self and Snyder High School Principal provided the youth with appropriate footwear and the next day youth returned to school with flip flops. CM and Ms. Orellana discussed youth’s therapeutic history and background, also, OOH treatment for youth due to her behaviors. CM invited Ms. Orellana to youth scheduled meeting on Monday, 6/12/17 at 12:00pm at the family’s home. Ms. Orellana noted she discussed this with her supervisor and if she is unable to attend meeting, she will participate via phone.

The Declaration of Human Rights continues to be widely cited by academics, advocates, and constitutional courts. Beyond academics, perhaps her greatest impact, globally, is the hope and inspiration that The Declaration of Human Rights has given to “common people” who do not experience Human Rights but are shown the possibility that they have the right to seek justice. In addition, Eleanor Roosevelt’s stance for human rights inspired The National Youth Association, The League of Women’s Voters, the International Congress of Working Women, Women's Trade Union League, the Women’s International League of Peace and Freedom and, International Human Rights’ Day. Clearly Eleanor Roosevelt’s passion for human rights left a deep and lasting impact on this

I am writing this letter in support of Ms. Bernita Williams. I am a recent graduate of Richmond Community High School and was able to have Ms. Williams as a counselor for two out of my four years at Community. Ms. Williams is caring, hard working, and reliable which make for a great counselor. She is greatly respected by both students and faculty.

An issue discussed in class that is central to achieving gender equality is the elimination or prevention of gendered violence. Gendered violence is a huge issue, that affects a multitude of women in Canada and all over the world. It is critical to the cause of gender equality, as gendered violence is rooted in the idea that women are lesser than men and it is acceptable to exert power over them through violence. Thus, women are abused, manipulated and assaulted simply due to their gender. This is a severe form of misogyny and sexism in which women are kept in their place, and prevented from rising to their full power and potential. Gendered violence has contributed to gender inequality, as shown in The War at Home. The episode of the CBC series First hand demonstrates the various plights women are forced to go through due to their abusive partners. Even through this, the justice system can behave like another form of abuse. It is not possible for women to be considered equal in a society where their worth as human beings is not respected. An example in the episode is

She uses empirical data along with statistics when explaining the alarming reality of how many domestic violence relationships end. Steiner states, “Over 70 percent of domestic violence murders happen after the victim has ended the relationship, after she’s gotten out, because then the abuser has nothing left to lose”(Steiner). By using this credible evidence it effectively shows the fears of those in a abusive relationship even after the relationship has ended. She mainly uses primary sources, such as her own personal stories of getting abused by her husband when explaining the cycle of domestic violence that she undergoes. Her personal stories allow the readers to get a glimpse of the harsh reality that many domestic violence victims go through. For example, she speaks about a particular time where her ex husband brutally abused her for the very first time. By focusing on her personal experience of getting abused by her husband Domestic violence happens to everyone, “all races, all religions, all income and education levels”

The Journal, “Cultural Relativist and Feminist Critiques of International Human Rights – Friends or Foes?, by Oonagh Reitman seeks to address about the similarities between two critiques of international human rights that come from both cultural relativist and feminist. The critique comes from the claim that human rights are universal and both cultural relativist and feminist disagree about the universalism in human rights. The author argue that whether feminist and cultural relativist is friends or foes regarding that both of them are same in criticizing the international human rights but at the same situation they oppose each other in the realm of women’s international human rights. In the section 1 of the paper, it already explained about

Another form of resistance that supposedly fits the genuine resistance criteria of Scott is the creation of formal civil society organizations (CSOs) or advocate groups. Tungohan’s research explains that Filipino Live-In Caregivers try to negotiate their victimhood using political actions and mobilization as their Coping Strategy to Victimization (CSV). Yet, a lack of coordination and programmatic goals, agendas and strategies exist within the existing CSOs or advocate groups for Filipino nannies and domestic workers in Canada. They too have differing nature and preoccupations. For example, the National Alliance of Philippine Women in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec, the Migrant Workers Family Centre in Hamilton, the Migrante Canada, the

All around the world women are crying out, claiming "that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate form human rights," (Hillary Clinton -- Tumulty, 1997). The abuses females endure are found everywhere in places like Senegal, Bangladesh, and Berjing, China. Abortion, denial of political rights, and suppression of speech (Tumulty) are forces upon women daily. But feminism has taken a strong hold of the women around the world, giving them hope for equal rights in the future. "Our community could see we were a society of strong willed women," prides Faustima Nunez, a resident of Chica, "and we are no