"But we must recognize that women will never gain full dignity until their human rights are respected and protected. Tragically, women are most often the ones whose human rights are violated. Even now, in the late20th century, the rape of women continues to be used as an instrument of armed conflict. Women and children make up a large majority of the world’s refugees. And when women are excluded from the political process, they become even more vulnerable to abuse.

I believe that now, on the eve of a new millennium, it’s time to break the silence. It’s time for us to say here, for the world to hear, that it is no longer acceptable to discuss women’s rights as separate from human rights. These abuses have continued because, for too long, the history of women has been a history of silence. Even today, there are those who are trying to silence our words. But the voices of this gathering must be heard loudly and clearly.

It is a violation of human rights when babies are denied food, or drowned, or suffocated, or their spines broken, simply because they are born girls. It is a violation of human rights when women and girls are sold into the slavery of prostitution for human greed. And the kinds of reasons that are used to justify this practice should no longer be tolerated. It is a violation of human rights when women are doused with gasoline and set on fire and burned to death because their marriage dowries are deemed too small. It is a violation of human rights when a leading cause of death worldwide among women ages 14 to 44 is the violence they are subjected to in their own homes by their own relatives. Finally, it is a violation of human rights when women are denied the right to plan their own families, and that includes being forced to have abortions, or being sterilized against their will.

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. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely and the right to be heard. Let me be clear. Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly. It means respecting the views of those who may disagree with the views of their governments. It means not taking citizens away from their loved ones and jailing them, mistreating them, or denying them their freedom or dignity because of the peaceful expression of their ideas and opinions."

Has Sanders given similar speeches?

So what if he does? Except for Tad, Symone is who we mostly see representing him. He has a fantastic, well-qualified staff.

He is very, very pro-women's interests.

http://www.p2016.org/sanders/sandersorg.html

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Anonymous wrote:Doesn't Sanders have an all-male senior staff?

I believe so and I will not claim he is perfect but I do think he is the more "pro-women's interests" of the two candidates.

How about this thought? BOTH Democratic candidates are feminists. Sanders is strong on economics (which impacts women) but Clinton has long made a big public point of supporting paid sick leave, which also disproportionately affects women.

Anonymous wrote:Doesn't Sanders have an all-male senior staff?

I believe so and I will not claim he is perfect but I do think he is the more "pro-women's interests" of the two candidates.

Doesn't Sanders have an all-male senior staff?

Anonymous wrote:Crap article. It attempts to redefine feminism as economics. Feminism is about rights and equality. Sometimes that can be economic but often it is not. The minimum wage is not feminism.come on!

That would mean women wage inequality is not a feminist concern.

Anonymous wrote:Crap article. It attempts to redefine feminism as economics. Feminism is about rights and equality. Sometimes that can be economic but often it is not. The minimum wage is not feminism.come on!

Yes, the definition of "feminism" is always in dispute among feminists. That is always an interesting topic and is part of the reason I posted this.

Crap article. It attempts to redefine feminism as economics. Feminism is about rights and equality. Sometimes that can be economic but often it is not. The minimum wage is not feminism.come on!

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Anonymous wrote:When you wrote "this article sums it up well" I knew it would be from HuffPo-- that place has gone way downhill since Joan Walsh left and it seems like every article is written by Bernie bro now.

So are women from India now "Bernie bros" too? I thought that term was just for white guys.

Np, but how does "women from India" relate to the article? Are you making gross assumptions about the article's author?

- American, born and raised, who has one South-Asian parent and a South-Asian name, but is definitely not a "woman from India."

She was born in India according to Wikipedia. If that is incorrect I apologize but I did look it up.

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Anonymous wrote:When you wrote "this article sums it up well" I knew it would be from HuffPo-- that place has gone way downhill since Joan Walsh left and it seems like every article is written by Bernie bro now.

So are women from India now "Bernie bros" too? I thought that term was just for white guys.

Np, but how does "women from India" relate to the article? Are you making gross assumptions about the article's author?

- American, born and raised, who has one South-Asian parent and a South-Asian name, but is definitely not a "woman from India."

Anonymous wrote:Why don't we all make up our minds about who is a feminists, vs. letting random bloggers dictate it?

Well, my hope was to discuss and not dictate.

Why don't we all make up our minds about who is a feminists, vs. letting random bloggers dictate it?

Anonymous wrote:When you wrote "this article sums it up well" I knew it would be from HuffPo-- that place has gone way downhill since Joan Walsh left and it seems like every article is written by Bernie bro now.

So are women from India now "Bernie bros" too? I thought that term was just for white guys.

When you wrote "this article sums it up well" I knew it would be from HuffPo-- that place has gone way downhill since Joan Walsh left and it seems like every article is written by Bernie bro now.

This article sums it up for me well. If the question is one of policy and not identity, then Sanders is the real feminist in the race.

Clinton helped champion her husband's gutting of welfare funding which plunged hundreds of thousands of women and children further into the downward spiral of intergenerational poverty. She has been mostly silent on the abuse of women's rights in U.S. supported regimes like Saudi Arabia. She has put corporate interests first ahead of human (women's) rights. I don't even want to get started on NAFTA and TPP. I have always said that at least Clinton has been consistent on Planned Parenthood but this article points out that even her position on abortion, that is should be "safe, legal, and rare" makes me wonder if she can also be swayed on this if it suits her politically.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kshama-sawant/bernie-vs-hillary-whats-a-feminist_b_9367996.html