‘Women’s participation strengthens democracy’: US VP Kamala Harris addresses UN

• US Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the 65th session of the UN Commission on the status of women. ‘The status of democracy also depends fundamentally on the empowerment of women. Not only because the exclusion of women in decision-making is a marker of a flawed democracy, but because the participation of women strengthens democracy,’ Harris said in her address. The first female vice president of the US also spoke at length about the current status of women and highlighted the progress they've made in representing Americans in elected office and even the military. Watch the full video for all the details.