Harris uses UN speech to champion women's role in democracy
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Kamala Harris declared "the status of women is the status of democracy" on Tuesday, in her first speech before the United Nations as the first female vice president of the United States.
"Eleanor Roosevelt, who shaped the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, once said, 'Without equality, there can be no democracy.' In other words, the status of women is the status of democracy," she said during the UN's 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. "The status of democracy also depends fundamentally on the empowerment of women. Not only because the exclusion of women in decision-making is a marker of a flawed democracy, but because the participation of women strengthens democracy," Harris added.More Related News
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