Under the leadership of Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer, the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) seeks to ensure that women’s issues are fully integrated in the formulation and conduct of U.S. foreign policy. The Office of Global Women’s Issues works to promote stability, peace, and development by empowering women politically, socially, and economically around the world.”
Secretary Clinton (Oct. 10): "So it’s a chance to reflect back not only a hundred years of Girl Scouting but also the first ever International Day of the Girl Child. So what will we do to commemorate that? I think we have to commit ourselves to do more on behalf of girls everywhere. The Archbishop and I and a number of other partners have just come from a meeting where we discussed ways that both governments and families and not-for-profit organizations and businesses and everyone who cares about the world we want to see in the 21st century can work to improve the lives of girls." More»Fact Sheet»
Evidence and Impact: Closing the Gender Data Gap
Secretary Clinton (July 19, 2012): "Data not only measures progress, it inspires it. As we have learned in this country, what gets measured gets done. Once you start measuring problems, people are more inclined to take action to fix them because nobody wants to end up at the bottom of a list of rankings." Full Text»Fact Sheet»
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Women and the Economy Summit
Secretary Clinton (Sept. 16, 2011): "I I believe our goal is even bolder, one that extends beyond women to all humankind. The big challenge we face in these early years of 21st century is how to grow our economies and ensure shared prosperity for all nations and all people. We want to give every one of our citizens, men and women alike, young and old alike, greater opportunity to find work, to save and spend money, to pursue happiness ultimately to live up to their own God-given potentials.security." Full Text»Fact Sheet»
