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Record Analysis
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Hillary Clinton made promoting women’s rights a signature part of her tenure as Secretary of State. She elevated their role in peacekeeping efforts and helped inaugurate Georgetown’s Institute for Women, Peace, and Security.
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Through the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative, Hillary Clinton unveiled a new program, CHARGE: The Collaborative for Harnessing Ambition and Resources for Girls Education, to provide secondary education for 14 million girls over five years.
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As First Lady, Hillary Clinton pressed Congress to support AmeriCorps, and, as U.S. Senator, she helped preserve the program and worked to expand it.
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Senator Clinton introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act in 2005 and 2007. Speaking to her bill in 2007, Clinton noted that “pay discrimination continues to result in women earning less than men for performing the same job.”
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Sen. Clinton fought for a fairer student loan repayment system, worked to increase public awareness of financial aid opportunities and fought to protect and preserve federal Pell Grants for student borrowers.
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“Energy cuts across the entirety of U.S. foreign policy. It’s a matter of national security and global stability. It’s at the heart of the global economy. It’s also an issue of democracy and human rights.”
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Sec. Clinton worked actively to protect the planet and its inhabitants by making climate change a priority in U.S. foreign policy and built partnerships to mobilize the international community to mitigate climate change and its adverse effects.
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As Secretary of State, Sec. Clinton followed through on a lifetime of championing women’s causes by expanding women’s economic prospects, initiating programs dedicated to entrepreneurship around the world. Through international partnerships, Sec. Clinton elevated women’s political and economic prospects and raised women’s issues “at all international economic forums.”