Hillary: “Women are driving positive change”
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On Sunday, an op-ed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared in the South African newspaper City Press. The article was written in honor of National Women’s Day, a holiday established to recognize the 20,000 South African women who marched in Pretoria on August 9, 1956 to protest apartheid laws.
In her op-ed, Clinton explained that she was traveling across Africa to highlight the continent’s promise and possibility. But as she noted, “empowering women is key to global progress and prosperity.”
Be sure to read the full op-ed here and stay tuned to the ONE blog for updates on the final days of Secretary Clinton’s Africa trip—visits to Nigeria, Liberia and Cape Verde.
-Pooja Gupta
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