Hillary Clinton calls for equal pay, gender equality

April 24, 2015 12:17

US presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has cited the example of Indian women entrepreneurs joining forces to secure micro-finance loans as she made a clarion call to achieving equal pay, ending sexual violence and providing equal opportunities to women across the world.

In one of her first major speeches to a global audience following her announcement to run for US President, Clinton, 67, told a gathering at the sixth annual 'Women in the World' summit here yesterday that men and women equally have to be the "agent of change" and contribute to the progress required to ensure an equal world for all.

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