Gender Equality Quotes

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  IT IS TIME THAT WE ALL SEE GENDER AS A SPECTRUM INSTEAD OF TWO SETS OF OPPOSING IDEALS.

  Emma Watson

  Equality, Two, Feminist

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  We've begun to raise daughters more like sons... but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.

  Gloria Steinem

  Mother Daughter, Courage, Honesty

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• If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.

  Coco Chanel

  Fear, Wings, Flying

  "This New Chanel Mini Documentary Will Make You Want to Carpe Diem" by Kristina Rodulfo, www.elle.com. August 19, 2016.

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• Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.

  Susan B. Anthony

  Witty, Strong Women, Independent

  Motto of The Revolution (newspaper), 8 Jan. 1868

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• Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.

  Kofi Annan

  Equality, Goal, Challenges

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A woman is human. She is not better, wiser, stronger, more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man. Likewise, she is never less. Equality is a given. A woman is human.

  Vera Nazarian

  Men, Intelligent, Creative

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• Countries with more gender equality have better economic growth. Companies with more women leaders perform better. Peace agreements that include women are more durable. Parliaments with more women enact more legislation on key social issues such as health, education, anti-discrimination and child support. The evidence is clear: equality for women means progress for all.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Country, Children, Mean

  "This #WomensEqualityDay, Remember What Your Vote Means" by Charleta B. Tavares, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 26, 2016.

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  I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

  Mary Wollstonecraft

  Life, Strong Women, Independent

  "The original suffragette: the extraordinary Mary Wollstonecraft" by Bee Rowlatt, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2015.

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• Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Women, Empowerment, Capacity

  Mahatma Gandhi (2005). “All Men Are Brothers”, p.157, A&C Black

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• Women have talent and intelligence but due to social constraints and prejudices, it is still a long distance away from the goal of gender equality.

  Pratibha Patil

  Distance, Goal, Long

  Pratibha Patil's Speech on the Eve of Demitting Office of the President, pib.nic.in. July 24, 2012.

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• Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Empowering, Able, Ifs

  "UN Women's head Michelle Bachelet: A new superhero?". Interview with Jane Martinson, www.theguardian.com. April 22, 2011.

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• How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

  Maya Angelou

  Strong Women, Veterans Day, Courage

  "Celebrating Our She-roes" by Jill S. Tietjen, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 10, 2014.

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• Grounded in international human rights, gender equality doesn’t just improve the lives of individual women, girls, and their families; it makes economic sense, strengthens democracy, and enables long-term sustainable progress.

  Helen Clark

  Girl, Women, Equality

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• The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, 'It's a girl.'

  Shirley Chisholm

  Girl, Equality, Emotional

  "Anthology : Quotations and Sayings of People of Color" by Walter B. Hoard, (p. 36), 1973.

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• We have to teach our boys the rules of equality and respect, so that as they grow up gender equality becomes a natural way of life. And we have to teach our girls that they can reach as high as humanly possible.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Inspiring, Girl, Growing Up

  "Beyonce: Gender equality is a myth" By Breeanna Hare, www.cnn.com. January 14, 2014.

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• Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Leadership, Business, Women

  Margaret Thatcher, Iain Dale (1997). “As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations”, Robson Book Ltd

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• So, are we equals? Until he answer is yes, we must never stop asking.

  Daniel Craig

  Profound, Asking, Answers

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• A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.

  Gloria Steinem

  Women, Equality, Empowering

  "Happy 80th, Gloria Steinem" by Kathleen McCartney, www.cnn.com. March 25, 2014.

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• Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths.

  Lois Wyse

  Inspirational, Sorry, Women

  "The Rules According to Dee Dee Myers". Interview With Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, content.time.com. February 29, 2008.

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• One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.

  Marlo Thomas

  Women, Equality, Feminist

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• We need to stop buying into the myth about gender equality. It isn't a reality yet. Today, women make up half of the U.S. workforce, but the average working woman earns only 77 percent of what the average working man makes. But unless women and men both say this is unacceptable, things will not change.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Reality, Men, Equal Pay

  "Gender Equality Is a Myth!" By Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, shriverreport.org. January 12, 2014.

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• All through life there were distinctions - toilets for men, toilets for women; clothes for men, clothes for women - then, at the end, the graves are identical.

  Leila Aboulela

  Men, Clothes, Toilets

  Leila Aboulela (2007). “Minaret: A Novel”, p.158, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

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• Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyones responsibility.

  Ban Ki-moon

  Girl, Responsibility, Boys

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• In the nineteenth century, the central moral challenge was slavery. In the twentieth century, it was the battle against totalitarianism. We believe that in this century the paramount moral challenge will be the struggle for gender equality around the world.

  Nicholas D. Kristof

  Believe, Struggle, Challenges

  Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn (2009). “Half the Sky”, p.17, Vintage

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• A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice can be remarkably difficult.

  Melinda Gates

  Inspirational, Strong Women, Independent Women

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