It's International Women's History Month and Where is Secretary Clinton?
Fighting Gender Apartheid Laws in Iran

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
March 8, 2010

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/709/international-womens-history-month-clinton-iran

Excerpt:

Madame Secretary Clinton: Where are you on this? For that matter: Christiane Amanpour, your father is Iranian, you grew up in Tehran, you are proudly "ethnic" — where are you on this? How are either of you working to free the women prisoners of Tehran?

To Secretary of State Clinton's credit, she has issued a video message which repeats the words of her 1995 speech in Beijing: "Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. … Women have made great progress but there is a long way to go."

Madame Secretary: Is issuing your old words enough? Is translating them into Persian (which you've done) enough? Is hosting an International Women of Courage event (which you are doing later this week), in which one awardee will be from Iran, really enough?

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