Hillary: ‘There Has Never Been a Better Time ... To be Born Female’

"Some of you I know were with me in Beijing back in 1995 at the United Nation's Fourth World Conference on Women. Representatives from 189 countries came together to declare with one voice that human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights once and for all. 

And finally, world began to listen and in the years to follow, we've seen change. We passed laws prohibiting violence against women, women elected to lead communities and countries. We made significant strives in closing gaps in health and education for women and girls around the world. 

And last month, the Clinton Foundation and the Gates Foundation, they are sweeping new report that gathers twenty years of data from around the world to document how far we have come and how far we still have to go. 

All the evidence tells us that despite the enormous obstacles that remain, there has never been a better time in history to be born female. Think about that!" (Applause)