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BlueMTexpat

(15,369 posts)
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 04:57 PM Mar 2016

Hill's Group: Head of UNWomen Voices Tacit Support for Hillary Clinton

'Because she is a woman, she has got our support'

http://time.com/4250638/united-nations-women-hillary-clinton-mlambo-ngcuka-international-womens-day/

There may be some heads that will explode over this statement and the usual derisive comments will likely be made - if not here, at least in a mirror post. And unless they are US citizens, these women cannot vote for Hillary in any event.

But it is certainly fair to say that Hillary has VERY broad support ALL over the world in her race for the US Presidency.

UNWomen Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka quietly acknowledged that she and UNWomen support Hillary Clinton’s candidacy for the presidency, although she stopped short of a full endorsement.

“Whenever there’s a woman candidate, our support is necessarily behind that candidate,” she said in an interview Monday. “Because she is a woman, she has got our support.” She said it would be “odd” if they were to support anyone else, since increasing women’s representation in government is a major priority for the organization.

The comments came on International Women’s Day, amid events in more than 40 countries to demand gender equality and in anticipation of the Commission on the Status of Women.

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Hill's Group: Head of UNWomen Voices Tacit Support for Hillary Clinton (Original Post) BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 OP
K & R Iliyah Mar 2016 #1
HRC is the most admired woman worldwide Her Sister Mar 2016 #2
I posted something down thread you might enjoy. DURHAM D Mar 2016 #5
k riversedge Mar 2016 #3
I think this thread needs this - DURHAM D Mar 2016 #4
Beautiful!~ Her Sister Mar 2016 #6
Great! BlueMTexpat Mar 2016 #7
You are welcome. DURHAM D Mar 2016 #8
 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
2. HRC is the most admired woman worldwide
Tue Mar 8, 2016, 05:04 PM
Mar 2016

So yes her presidency would be significant to the whole world including women worldwide!

I lived in a few countries and realized (got to see personally) how the USA is a potent symbol to people everywhere.

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