| Hillary's Challenge: Would Putting Women First Make for Better Foreign Policy
Goldberg, Michelle
The American Prospect, August/September 2009, v20, #6, pp23-27
"The article focuses on Secretary of State Clinton’s quest to promote women’s rights internationally. [A]s Clinton attempts to advance women's rights in other areas of foreign policy, including those that haven't traditionally put much emphasis on gender, such as peace and security and agricultural development. Despite her deep personal convictions, the supportive political environment, and the growing consensus about the importance of women's rights to global development, she is going to face real obstacles. American conservatives are determined to fight not only international family planning but also multilateral treaties on women's rights. Fundamentalists in Muslim countries often react furiously to attempts to empower women and accuse local feminists of being agents of Western imperialism, which complicates American efforts to bolster them. And Clinton is going to have to contend with a State Department culture that isn't used to paying much attention to women's issues."
Michelle Goldberg is a Senior Correspondent at The American Prospect.
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