Quotes About Empowerment

Sometimes women's soccer can be political.

If I didn't have quads and hamstrings, soccer would be a lot different for me than it is now. I would be pushed all over the field. My lower body is something that has made me the player I am today, and it makes me feel strong.

As prime minister, I would relinquish to citizens as much of my social, political, and economic control as possible, leaving people to cultivate their own personal prosperity and to govern their own affairs as directly as possible.

There's obviously a correlation between an economically empowered woman and the investments she makes. That leads to her social and moral conscience for bettering her community.

To me, feminism is such a simple description: it's equal rights, economic rights, political rights, and social rights.

I am unapologetic about the need for social change, greater inclusion, and equity.

Social change comes through people.

I was trying to figure out how to use the skills I had developed in the world of social change.

Philanthropy and social change work are at their best when they are driven by your values and connected to what you care about most.

Midwives not only save lives. They are also actors of social change.

I want to be a role model and an advocate for social change.

It is not a campaign. It is a rebellion. We are in active rebellion against our government. The social contract is broken, the governments aren't protecting us and it's down to us now.

As an entrepreneur and mother, I support the need to put women at the center, recognizing their crucial impact on social development and their important role of balancing family and professional responsibilities.

We need women to better reflect the social fabric of our society.

I feel Afghanistan has a very strong social fabric and sense of family... what I would like to do is encourage everybody in the country to appreciate more the role of women at home and outside.

Women have a better understanding of social issues, and better representation gives them an opportunity to address these issues.

Kulanu is the only party actually championing social issues.

Oxfam is part of a global movement for social justice. We mainly work to fight for economic and social rights for people without a voice or people who are oppressed.

My son Emilio is running for Congress to continue the fight for social justice.

We have fought for social justice. We have fought for economic justice. We have fought for environmental justice. We have fought for criminal justice. Now we must add a new fight - the fight for electoral justice.

I want all of the work that I do to have a social justice footprint attached. I want it to move the needle forward when it comes to the perception of all people, but especially people of color.

When you're fighting for economic and social justice, you're always fighting for the minority.

Whatever I do, it will be fighting for social justice.

India remains one of the few nations which still focuses entirely on an archaic de-addiction model, administered by the ministry of social justice and empowerment, to address drinking problems, adhering to a centuries-old idea of these problems being a moral disorder rather than a health condition.