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The distance travelled: Beijing, Hillary, and women's rights

Hillary Rodham Clinton will need to listen to the voices of women working at grassroots on the frontline, and be prepared to use her power, should she win, to defend the human rights defenders.

By Marion Bowman
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This article was first published by openDemocracy in April 2015

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Hillary Clinton, before the 2015 premiere of "Makers: Once and for All", chronicling the lead up to U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing. Credit: Julie Jacobson / PA Images

So Hillary is running again. And the campaign against her has also taken off, with her gender and her record on women’s rights part of the story. How far will Clinton go this time in positioning herself as a champion of women?

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