Women's Rights are Human Rights: Melanne Verveer & Shabana

Women's Rights are Human Rights: Melanne Verveer & Shabana Basij-Rasikh

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At the 1995 Beijing World Conference on Women, Hillary Clinton famously said "Women's rights are human rights, and human rights are women's rights." Listen to two pioneering women describe where they were and what they were thinking when they heard that phrase.

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