Abstract
I'm going to talk about the idea of progress. First of all, I'd like to give a definition of that, this notion includes the forward movement, advance, and especially the progressive of humankind.
In order to illustrate the notion, I've chosen 3 documents; the speech of Hilary Clinton, an address of Margaret Chan, and finally an ad by an organization called: “No to the violence against women”. They deal with the women's rights. So, we'll see if these documents arouse the awareness of people.
I'd like to start with the speech of H.Clinton, which was delivered in Beijing, China, at UN in 1995. She attacked several countries which didn't respect women's rights.
Indeed, she denounced several situations: baby girl who are killed at birth (China), genital mutilation (a few African countries), prostitution (Europe, Asia, South Africa…), rape and domestic violence (everywhere in the world). It would be very nice if I could show you this speech but...
Anyway, in order to convince people, H.Clinton used a very determined tone, speaking loudly and clearly. What's more, she insisted on the idea that women's rights had to be respected by repeating: “it is a violation of...” like a leitmotiv.
She finished her speech to add “let it be that human's rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human's rights, once and for all”. So, she was drawing a parallel between human and women's rights, to show women also have to be protected.
