Quotes About Empowerment

Unless children have strong education and strong families and strong communities and decent housing, it's not enough to go sit in at a lunch counter.

Governments can't credibly claim to be concerned about stagnant growth and ageing workforces unless they are actively seeking to empower women economically. One way they can speed up progress towards gender-equal economic opportunity is to change laws that are holding women back.

Unless you empower your domestic investor and domestic industry and domestic confidence in the sector, no foreigner is going to come.

The whole surf culture is starting to embrace women a lot more.

I write about African women, that's really my topic. I have no shame or qualm in it because it's a very underrepresented topic, which is part of the reason I started to write.

Participating in a sisterhood with other women is hugely important in my life and a source of joy.

I want to make the world a better place, for women, mainly.

As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will lack substance.

I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community.

The extremists are afraid of books and pens, the power of education frightens them. they are afraid of women.

The single thing all women need in the world is inspiration, and inspiration comes from storytelling.

What the women do is become caretakers for the men. In those circumstances, I decided, and many others have, that there's a reality called women's space. There has to be a separate space for women.

Simply put, when women do well, everybody does better.

What do women want? To be treated like a queen; but by a king, not a pawn.

I started to think of Grace of Monaco as a metaphor for women in general.

To protect women in times of war, we must first make sure women receive equal rights in times of peace.

Violence against women can end only when the culprits get punished.

My advice to young women who are looking to be successful; make sure you're passionate about whatever it is that you're doing. And make sure you're fulfilled by the opportunities within your job.

[W]e need to talk over not only those things which are of vital importance to us as women, but also the things that are of especial interest to us as colored women.

Make women rational creatures, and free citizens, and they will quickly become good wives; - that is, if men do not neglect the duties of husbands and fathers.

I'll watch a movie only if it meets the following criteria: 1. It has to have at least two women in it. 2. Who talk to each other. 3. About something besides a man.

Women should have choices, and women should feel good in what they wear.

Flying is the best possible thing for women.

I call on men and boys everywhere to join us. Violence against women and girls will not be eradicated until all of us - men and boys - refuse to tolerate it.