Dear Mrs. Clinton,
You have made a point throughout your public career of promoting women's rights.
You have made a point throughout your public career of promoting women's rights.
In 1995, at the U.N. 4th World Conference on Women, you said,
“Women's
right are human rights and human rights are women's rights.”
You
also said :
“What
we are learning around the world is that if women are healthy and
educated, their families will flourish. If women are free from
violence, their families will flourish. If women have a chance to
work and earn as full and equal partners in society, their families
will flourish. And when families flourish, communities and nations do
as well. That is why every woman, every man, every child, every
family, and every nation on this planet does have a stake in the
discussion that takes place here.”
As
a recognized advocate for women, how is it that the State Department,
on your watch, pressured the sovereign government of Haiti to rescind
a law it passed raising the minimum wage from twenty cents an hour to
$.61/hr.hour, and replace it with a $.31/hr. wage? How does that help
women feed their children? How does that help them pay the rent or
pay for their children's education?
And,
Mrs. Clinton, how does that square with your words when you said:
“Those
of us who have the opportunity to be here have the responsibility to
speak for those who could not. As an American, I want to speak for
those women in my own country, women who are raising children on the
minimum wage, women who can’t afford health care or child care,
women whose lives are threatened by violence, including violence in
their own homes. “ ?
Mrs.
Clinton, how does co-opting the vision of Bernie Sanders make the
case for you becoming the next president of the United States?
