Friday Quote: Betty Friedan
'It is better for a woman to compete impersonally in society as men do, Than to compete for dominance in her own home with her husband, Compete with her neighbors…
'It is better for a woman to compete impersonally in society as men do, Than to compete for dominance in her own home with her husband, Compete with her neighbors…
"Woman" is my slave name; Feminism will give me freedom to seek some other identity altogether'. Ann Snitow
I understand that the end does not justify the means. And this should be a lasting value for democracy. Michelle Bachelet
I’ve heard of things they do to juniors in same-sex schools. Let’s take all-girls’ School, for instance. So you are running away from Patriarchy, you want your daughters to experience…
Theresa Kachindamoto, the senior chief in the Dedza District of Central Malawi, wields power over close to 900,000 people… and she’s not afraid to use it to help women and…
Less than a year ago, most people did not know who Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was. Now, she is being celebrated all over the world as the youngest woman ever to be…
I’m not going to pretend that representation doesn’t matter.It matters because it informs the issues that are spotlighted and emphasized, and it leads to more innovative and enduring solutions. That’s…
It’s not that native women haven’t tried. Ada Deer tried. Kalyn Free tried. Denise Juneau tried a couple years ago, I’m not exceptional. I didn’t grow up with privilege. I almost feel like my winning is…
I would have loved to have heard a story like mine. I could have used it as an inspiration to get by. The lesson is to be hopeful, to dream…
In Washington, I’ll fight back against the Trump agenda that puts corporate profits and serving the rich over the needs of the rest of us. Rashida Tlaib is an American…
Born at an area of Ondo state known as Igbara Oke, Sophie Oluwole is the first female Nigerian to bag a Phd in Philosposhy. She had her primary school educations…
Men and women are like right and left hands; it doesn't make sense not to use both. Jaenette Rankin
When I look into the future, it’s so bright it burns my eyes.” Oprah Winfrey
Service is the rent that you pay for room on this earth. Shirley Chisolm
'Indeed, there is a strong global backlash in relation to women’s position and women’s rights which is taking various forms and shapes. Turkey has just dismantled the Ministry for Women…
A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex, But neither should she "adjust" to prejudice and discrimination. Betty Friedan
'I'm not a person who thinks the world would be entirely different if it was run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten what high school was like'. Madeliene…
Is the first and only female President of Chile from 2006-2010; and again from 2014-2018. She was born on September 29, 1951 to a Father who is a General in…
Women's strength, women's industry, women's wisdom are humankind's greatest untapped resource. The challenge then for UN Women is to show our diverse constituencies how this resource can be effectively tapped…
There can be no compromise with war; It cannot be reformed or controlled; Cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense; For war is the slaughter of human…