Hillary Clinton Human Rights Analysis

Human Rights Activists Human rights are immanent to all humans no matter what race, religion, gender, or language. Unfortunately, there are cases where human rights are involuntarily taken away from individuals. There are countries where women cannot have an education or job simply for being women. There are also countries where children cannot have an education because of poverty. Human rights activists are here to speak for those who are being kept away from their rights. Two very important and well-known activists are Hillary Clinton and Malala Yousafzai. Hillary Clinton, a first lady and present day presidential candidate, has spoken often in public speeches about
In this formal address Hillary Clinton speaks about human rights, but more specifically women rights. Throughout her speech, Hillary talks about different problems women, around the world, are facing. Bringing about these problems like ‘the rape of women continues to be used as an instrument of armed conflict…women and children make up large majority of the worlds refugees…and women are excluded from the political process.”, influences the reader to realize how bad this situation is. Additionally she incorporates the different violations of human rights that are created against women. Hillary Clinton’s way of including these phrases creates emotional appeal to her speech. Also the fact that Hillary is a very well-known public figure makes her creditable. She knows important figures like the Secretary General of the United Nations and participates in different organizations. In the same fashion Hillary Clinton delivers another speech, on March 12, 2010, to the United Nations. In this speech she also encourages the support of women rights. She talks about how “a 10-year-old girl forced to marry a much older man made headlines” and how “Women care for the world’s sick, but women … are less likely to get treatment when they are sick.” Again, she includes examples of stories that persuades individuals to be in favor of women rights. Hillary also incorporates important figures that she knows because of her status. She goes on to say, “President Obama and I believe that the subjugation of women is a threat to the national security of the United States.” and includes Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright into her speech. During both speeches Hillary Clinton uses cases where women rights are being threatened in order to create an emotional feeling to the audience. Also she integrates important figures to her speech in order to prove her credibility, which in turn persuades