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I remain very confident that working together we can forge that better future for all of us.

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joins us tonight, her take on a world in crisis as she

hosts a summit empowering women's voices. Then...

You and I... hitting a high note with superstar soprano Renee Fleming we discuss her long

awaited return to the Met in the hours, also ahead.

I talked to people who said they were boiling leaves to eat,

boiling salted water to eat, drinking rain water.

The New York Times Natalie Kittriov tells Harry Sri

of Usen about the humanitarian calamity plaguing Haiti. And then. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London.

From Iran to Afghanistan and beyond women are standing up and resisting an intense crackdown on their rights and their freedoms.

Women's equality, quote, the unfinished business of the 21st century is an issue we cover often on this program and now it's

the focus of a summit hosted by the former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham

Clinton and Chelsea Clinton her daughter and vice chair of the Clinton Foundation.

Friday's event will bring together advocates, artists, political and policy leaders from around the world

to address defending and advancing women's rights, they say.

The agenda, including voting rights, health care, peace, the workplace, and more.

It is a fight that Hillary Clinton has led for decades, most famously with her call nearly 30

years ago at a UN women's conference in Beijing and often quoted and repeated ever

since.

If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference,

let it be that human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights once and for all.

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