"Although we're over 51% of the population, women continue to be heavily under-represented at every level of U.S. politics, barely cracking the 15% mark,” says Kim Gandy, President of NOW. “I’ve been filled with pride to watch Hillary Clinton's historic campaign hammering at that final glass ceiling, not just for U.S. women, but for our daughters and granddaughters. Beyond our shores, women around the world heard her message in Beijing that ‘women's rights are human rights,' their hopes and aspirations, too, are reflected in this campaign. “
Hillary Clinton’s historic statement at the United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995 that "women's rights are human rights" still echoes worldwide. As a lawyer, advocate, First Lady, and senator, Hillary has fought for issues important to women around the world for decades.
She is leading the charge in the Senate to strengthen equal pay laws and end pay disparities between men and women and has also worked to increase access to capital and other support for women-owned businesses. She  has worked to empower women throughout the world, especially low-income women by advocating for access to microfinance programs that enable women to start their own businesses and she has spoken out strongly against the tragic practice of sex trafficking. She has fought the relentless and insidious efforts by far-right Republicans to limit the protections of Roe v Wade, while also working hard to expand access to family planning services.
Geraldine Ferraro, Former Democratic Vice Presidential candidate said “When Walter Mondale chose me in 1984 as his running mate for vice-president, the first woman to be nominated for that position by a major party; I knew it wouldn't be easy. But I also knew that someday, a qualified woman would step forward and make her case for the Presidency on her own merits. I am so proud to stand with Hillary as she makes history. Hillary shouldn't be elected simply because she's the first - but because she’s the most qualified and best prepared."

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