European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 07, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 7, 1995 women s conference the stars and stripes Page 9 first lady addresses in a Huai Rou China a the rainfall steadily and the tent City housing a global women s gathering was a sea of mud. But that was t going to Stop the women who came to hear first lady Hill Ary Rodham Clinton. Thousands of activists from around the world Clad in ponchos or clutching umbrellas waited pm Side a Crumblin Cinema turned conference Hall wednes Day hoping to hear the first lady speak or just catch a glimpse of her. Jive pm hell Hillary a group of about 20 women shouted. Clinton had done just that the previous Day using her speech to the . Women s conference in Beijing to Issue a ring ing Call for respecting human rights an to rebuke the chinese for heavy handed treatment of activists at the private forum in  wednesday in Huai Rou she told women activists that they were the one who could make the far reaching goals of the . Conference a reality. You will be the key players in deter mining whether this conference goes beyond rhetoric and actually does some thing to improve the lives of women she told participants of the private forum which is being held in concert with the official . Event the women in the packed crowd of More than 3,000 Many of whom had . Delegates unyielding on pm to n rights Beijing a r the . Delegation to the . Women s conference continued to stake out  human rights stance wednesday. . Delegation chief Madeleine Al Bright met with chinese foreign minister Qian Tchen and told the associate press afterwards that she raised human rights issues. He took it on Board she said -,v--./".- later in an address to delegates Al Bright criticized China s practice of forced abortion and condemned anew its heavy handed treatment of activists at tending a private women s forum outside Beijing. Her speech followed a hard hitting address a Day earlier by first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in her speech Albright responded to Calls that the . Women s conference produce Concrete actions. She announced several commitments by the United states to Advance women s rights at Home. Barriers to the equal participation of women persist in my country Albright said. The Clinton administration is determined to bring these barriers  the commitments include setting up a White House Council on women to put into practice the platform adopted by the conference. A $1.6 billion Effort to set up special police and prosecution units to fight Domestic violence and other crimes against women. Health programs to increase aware Ness of aids discourage cigarette smok ing fight breast cancer and support re productive rights. Vatican shies from Issue of action shivering soldiers lock arms behind a Banner wednesday in Huai Rou China where first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke to the nongovernmental organizations gathering. Waited in the rain for hours to get in interrupted the first lady s 15-minute speech repeatedly with cheers and applause. This conference is about making sur that women their children and families have the opportunities for. The inter nationally recognised human rights no matter who they Are or where they live Clinton said. The gathering of nongovernmental organizations which activists say the chinese have tried to muzzle by staging Itin a Remote locale 30 Miles away from the . Conference site in Beijing has been plagued by logistical problems and wednesday was no exception Clinton s scheduled speech began More than 90 minutes late and hundreds of people were turned away despite wait ing for hours in the rain. Even Betty Frie Dan godmother of the . Women s movement could t get in. The crowd waiting to get inside passed through Metal detectors creating a hug backup. The Security initially prevented Winston lord assistant Secretary of state for the far East and . Health an human services Secretary Donna Shala la from entering though they were late Jet in soaked through a Side door. Not everyone was wowed by the first lady. Lynda Chalker the head of Britain delegation to the . Conference criticized Clinton s attack on the communist hosts and hinted that America s first lady was playing for votes at Home. Beijing a in an unexpected move the Vatican said wednesday that a . Women s conference in t the time or  to re fight the Battle Over re production. The turnabout came on the third Day of the , world conference on women where nearly 5,000 official delegates Are debating a Complex and wide ranging platform meant to help improve the lot of women everywhere. A top Vatican negotiator Janne Hal land Atlary said some delegations were trying to turn the forum into a rehash of a . Population forum in Carro Egypt last september. There the Vatican tried to keep references to abortion contraception and sex education out of the final document. -v.". But Atlary said an All out fight Over the reproductive Issue could sidetrack this conference and this will be very unfortunate  she and the head of the Vatican delegation american professor Mary Ann Glendon reiterated the Church s Adamant opposition to abortion and artificial contraception but said the Vatican would not use the Beijing conference to fight against language of the Cairo document. However Frances Kissling. President of the . 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