Perspectives

In what follows, we will help you relate Hillary Clinton's "Women's Rights are Human Rights" speech to other texts, and look at its relevance toda…

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Current issues

Hillary Clinton’s speech is widely known today as very influential in the women’s rights movement. Since it was delivered, many activists have cited it and in 2016 it became part of Clinton’s presidential campaign—the message ‘women’s rights are human rights’ being featured on promotional materials such as T-shirts and bags.

The speech remains relevant today, because many wom…

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Thematic and textual perspective

In your analysis, we encourage you to look at other speeches and compare them with Hillary Clinton’s speech, such as Emma Watson’s 2014 speech at the UN launching the HeForShe campaign, or Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Wellesley College commencement address.

Watson’s speech was delivered to promote a UN campaign aimed at getting more men and boys involved in promoting women’s rights. In the speech, s…