Twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton appeared at the 30/50 Summit in Abu Dhabi to claim that women are the “primary victims” of “climate change.”
During that summit, Clinton said to MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski that “Women and children are the primary victims of conflict and of climate change and there is no place that unfortunately, tragically, shows us that more dramatically than Ukraine today.” She must have missed the irony of despairing about the condition of women during an event in Abu Dhabi, a place hardly known for treating women well.
But she didn’t stop there. Continuing, Hillary went on to say, “But there are a lot of other conflicts, a lot of other challenges that we have to take into account as we look at gender apartheid and Afghanistan. The persecution and oppression of girls and women exercising their freedom of choice in Iran and so many other places.”
Watch her here:
.@HillaryClinton: "Women and children are the primary victims of conflict and of climate change and there is no place that unfortunately, tragically, shows us that more dramatically than Ukraine today." pic.twitter.com/FAguBudrgu
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 8, 2023
Also missing the irony of talking about women’s rights in Abu Dhabi was Mika, who asserted that some of our “children and grandchildren have fewer rights than we had.” She then asked Clinton “Can you talk about the consequences of that reality as it pertains to women’s rights in America but also around the world?”
Clinton, in response, said that while progress is being made on a “range of issues” related to women’s rights, Covid had a “disproportionate impact on women and girls around the world.” According to Clinton, those consequences include “increases in domestic violence, increase[s] in child marriage, increase[s] in unemployment.” She then claimed that “we have seen organized pushback to the advancement of women,” citing the Secretary General of the United Nations who said that based on current data, “it would take 250 years for women to achieve pay equality.”
Here’s that:
More Hillary: "Covid … had a disproportionate impact on women & girls around the world & a lot of consequences such as increases in domestic violence, increase in child marriage, increase in unemployment. And we have seen organized pushback to the advancement of women." pic.twitter.com/vk8ZOM24tK
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 8, 2023
Forbes, describing the 30/50 Summit, which it hosted, said:
Over the past decade, the Forbes 30 Under 30 has become the world’s most important honor for young entrepreneurs and leaders, while a new list, the 50 Over 50, which showcases how, for women, experience and wisdom and leadership mean that success no longer has an expiration date.
In 2023, we’re returning to Abu Dhabi, drawing again from both of these communities–the young super-achievers who innovate and the legends and icons with priceless experience–to host the greatest global event for women in history, the Forbes 30/50 Summit, taking place March 7 – 10, during International Women’s Day.
The location: one of the world’s great crossroads, Abu Dhabi, the vibrant capital of the United Arab Emirates. We’ll use this event as a catalyst for change. Our venues will be some of the finest in the world, from the UAE’s presidential palace to the Louvre Abu Dhabi, to an unforgettable closing event in the desert.
The key to this event: Mentoring. Everyone from these communities–along with other world leaders from policy, business and NGOs–will be asked to share, and forge new bonds, to work together to make participants smarter about technology, about leadership, about everything that it takes to lead. And to create relationships that will last a lifetime.
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