Hillary Clinton launches project to empower women Mrs Clinton said Friday that too many women face ceilings "that hold back their ambitions and aspirations." "I believe that women everywhere can be and are agents of change, drivers of progress, makers of peace," she said. All we need is a fighting chance to show what we can do in every part of life. She said the new initiative will look at progress made by women since the 1995 United Nations conference on women in China that she addressed as US first lady. She said it would work with partners in the technology industry to create a "digital global review" of data that will be used by advocates, academics and decision-makers to "see the gains and see the gaps."