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In their latest post via AllAfrica, Sierra Leona uses International Women’s Day to revive the need to end women’s struggles around the world. In America, we fear that this economic crisis will bring an end to our expensive bags and China-made Australian Uggs, but elsewhere (if you can believe it) people are starving (like actually starving).
Dwindling funds to impoverished areas provide little aid to starving populations. Of these populations, the poorest are usually women.
Even in economically booming areas like China, women’s rights are restricted. Chinese women are subject to forced abortions if they exceed one child and work in harsh, underpaid jobs. But due to United States’ interests these issues are not addressed (and because we refuse to stop shopping at Walmart and Target we refuse to see those issues).
Knowing that criticizing China’s human rights policies will tarnish a much-needed financial relationship, officials turn a blind eye. The National Organization for Women (NOW) applauded Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s efforts to “advocate for women and girls in every corner of the world.”
Yet, on her last stop on her Asian tour, Clinton did a fine job kissing China’s ass, assuring China that their investment in U.S. treasury bills is a good investment and thanking them for their continued confidence.
Clinton must not be using a Swiffer WetJet for all those “hard to reach corners.”
