December 10, 2012 was the International Human Rights Day<\/a>, a day that we remind ourselves that far too many individuals still lack basic human rights. \u00a0There are 27 million men, women, and children laboring in slavery<\/a>. \u00a0Girls are too frequently denied an education and forced into early marriage when, instead, girls<\/a> could be powerful forces of economic and political change.<\/p>\n

International Human Rights will not be achieved until women have the same opportunities and rights as men; until we have gender equity. \u00a0Women’s Rights are Human Rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One day each year to remind ourselves that everyone deserves human rights is not often enough. But it is a beginning.<\/p>\n