Devoir 6 d'anglais CNED 1ere L

Sujet du devoir

Mrs. Mongella, Under Secretary Kittani, distinguished delegates and guests: I would like to thank the Secretary General of the United Nations for inviting me to be part of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. This is truly a celebration – a celebration of the contributions women make in every aspect of life: in the home, on the job, in their communities, as mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, learners, workers, citizens and leaders. It is also a coming together, much the way women come together everyday in every country. We come together in fields and in factories. In village markets and supermarkets. In living rooms and board rooms. There are some who question the reason for this conference. Let them listen to the voices of women in their homes, neighborhoods,and workplaces. There are some who wonder whether the lives of women and girls matter to economic and political progress around the globe. Let them look at the women gathered here and at Huairou1 – the homemakers, nurses, teachers, lawyers, policymakers, and women who runtheir own businesses. It is conferences like this that compel governments and people everywhere to listen, look and face the world’s most pressing problems. What we are learning around the world is that if women are healthy and educated, their families will flourish. If women are free from violence, their families will flourish. If women have a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society, their families will flourish. And when families flourish, communities and nations will flourish. That is why every woman, every man, every child, every family, and every nation on our planet has a stake in the discussion that takes place here. As an American, I want to speak up for women in my own country - women who are raising children on the minimum wage, women who can’t afford health care or child care, women whose lives are threatened by violence, including violence in their own homes. I want to speak up for mothers who are fighting for good schools, safe neighborhoods, clean air and clean airwaves; for older women, some of them widows, who have raised their families and now find that their skills and life experiences are not valued in the workplace; for women who are working all night as nurses, hotel clerks, and fast food cooks so that they can be at home during the day with their kids; and for womeneverywhere who simply don’t have time to do everything they are called upon to do each day. It is a violation of human rights when women and girls are sold into the slavery of prostitution. It is a violation of human rights when women are doused with gasoline,set on fire and burned to death because their marriage dowries are deemed too small. It is a violation of human rights when individual women are raped in their own communities and when thousands of women are subjected to rape as a tactic or prize of war. Now it is time to act on behalf of women everywhere. If we take bold steps to better the lives of women, we will be taking bold steps to better the lives of children and families too. Families rely on mothers and wives for emotional support and care; families rely on women for labor in the home; and increasingly, families relyon women for income needed to raise healthy children and care for other relatives. As long as discrimination and inequities remain so commonplace around the world – as long as girls and women are valued less, fed less, fed last, overworked, underpaid, not schooled and subjected to violence in and out of their homes – the potential of the human family to create a peaceful, prosperous world will not be realized. Let this Conference be our – and the world’s – call to action. And let us heed the call so that we can create a world in which every woman is treated with respect and dignity, every boy and girl is loved and cared for equally, and every family has the hope of a strong and stable future. Thank you very much. God’s blessings on you, your work and all who will benefit from it.

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1) Nature of the document: a speech

2) Author: Rodham Clinton

Event associated with the document: United Nations Fourth World Conference on women.

subject of the document: Fight for women's Rights. J'aimerais connaitre le reste des questions S'IL VOUS PLAIT C'EST URGENT CAR JE DOIS LE RENDRE DEMAIN