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Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks in Canada. (AP)
If Hillary Rodham Clinton wants to road test a stump speech, the next few weeks will give her plenty of opportunities.
Clinton is scheduled to speak at several events over the next month where women’s rights will be the focus. The likely presidential candidate has long made women’s empowerment a priority — whether it was as first lady, a U.S. senator or secretary of State.
Clinton is the keynote speaker Tuesday at a conference for women in Silicon Valley and will be interviewed by Kara Swisher of Re/Code, the technology website. Then on March 3, Clinton will be honored by EMILY’s List, as the political group that supports Democratic women marks its 30th anniversary.
Perhaps the biggest event will be her March 10 remarks at the United Nations marking the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action — an outgrowth of a major conference on women she attended as first lady.
Clinton led the U.S. delegation to China in 1995 and delivered a scathing speech on the treatment of women around the world. “If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights, once and for all,” she said 20 years ago.
Bloomberg Politics notes Clinton will use the U.N. gathering to present the recommendations from No Ceilings: The Full Participation Report,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>which stems from the initiative she launched through the Clinton Family Foundation last year. Clinton will “outline an agenda to accelerate the full participation of women and girls around the world,” according to the statement released Thursday about the U.N.’s Women’s Empowerment Principles event.
Finally, Clinton will deliver the keynote address March 23 when the Toner Prize is awarded that honors the best local or national story about politics. The award is named after the late Robin Toner, a New York Times correspondent.
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