Chinese women are honored by Hillary Clinton

Today at 6:30 p.m, US. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas), chairman of the Republican Policy Committee; and Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) deliver remarks at a 2007 Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards ceremony. Clinton and Hutchison are honorary co-chairs of the Vital Voices Global Partnership. This year, Vital Voices is honoring four women from China "for their pioneering work in health, legal reforms, and women's rights" -- Gao Yaojie, Guo Jianmei, Wang Xingjuan, and Xie Lihua -- "who used their voices, ingenuity, and skill to lift their fellow citizens' lives." Vital Voices supports "women leaders as pioneers of economic development, political participation, and human rights in their countries and as catalysts of global progress." For details, check out Vital Voice's press release here.