Nigeria: 9th Most Dangerous Country for Women
6th in in cultural practices that are harmful to women. Such as female genital mutilation, acid attacks, forced marriage, stoning, physical abuse or mutilation as a way of punishment, female…
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'The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots'. Rebecca West
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'I grew up so thoroughly imbued with women's rights that it was the most important question of my life from a very early day'. Lucretia Mott
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'The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation; Because in the degradation of woman; The very fountains of life are poisoned at their source'. Lucretia Mott
Senator Wuraola Esan (1909-1985)
Wuraola Adepeju Esan was born in 1909 in Calabar to the famous Ojo’badan family. Her father Chief Thomas Adeogun Ojo was a veteran of the First World War and a…
CULVER CITY, CA - NOVEMBER 19: Actress Viola Davis arrives at the WWD And Variety Inaugural Stylemakers' Event at Smashbox Studios on November 19, 2015 in Culver City, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
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"What keeps me in the business is hope: And that's the hope that women of color are also a part of the narrative, that our stories are just as potent,…
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I wouldn't call women victims, I would call them survivors. Because there shouldn't be a world where women have to survive. There should be a world where women thrive'. Priyanka…
The Pink SHEroes
Not all heroes wear capes, at least not the Gulabi gang; they wear sarees. They women vigilante group in India who are identified by their pink saris and bamboo sticks!…
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Investing in women is smart economics,; And investing in girls, catching them upstream, is even smarter economics'. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala
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I write for those women who do not speak; For those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified; Because we are taught to respect fear more…
1950's, Monaco --- American movie star Grace Kelly retired from acting in 1956 to marry Rainier III, and become Princess of Monaco. --- Image by © Sunset Boulevard/Corbis 42-31095601
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'I'm basically a feminist. I think that women can do anything they decide to do.' Grace Kelly Princess of Monaco
‘He for She’: In support of Gender Equality
Paul Kagame is the 60 year old 4th President of the Republic of Rwanda. While attending the 12th European Development Days in Brussels Belgium during the week Paul Kagame delivered…
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'What would ultimately de-escalate the challenges of society would be for people to get educated, Especially for more women to be educated; Because when more women are educated, They invest…
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'A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.' Gloria Steinem
Thursday Quotes
I would like to see a lot of people more involved in practical solutions to practical problems. Women have got to the point where we can turn the world upside…
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'To girls and women everywhere, I issue a simple invitation. My sisters, my daughters, my friends; find your voice'. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
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'When women say they want independence; people think this means we don’t want to obey our fathers, brothers or husbands. But it does not mean that; It means we want…
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There is no such thing as society; There are individual men and women; And there are families Margaret Thatcher
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'The issue of "stay small, sweet, quiet, and modest" sounds like an outdated problem; But the truth is that women still run into those demands whenever we find and use…
