QUOTES
Women's Rights Quotes

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* “It is truly a privilege to be able to support all women's causes on a global level. It is remarkable that something as simple as television can empower us to create change and awareness in the world. I am blessed to be able to work at a job I love and also give back in the most vital way--to people in need.”
-- Teri Hatcher

* “I've always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I couldn't do something because I was a girl.”
-- Anne Hathaway

* "When I see the elaborate study and ingenuity displayed by women in the pursuit of trifles, I feel no doubt of their capacity for the most herculean undertakings.
-- Julia Ward Howe

* "Full democracy requires the full participation of women. Your voices are vital. The word 'vital' means necessary for life. A democracy, to be fully alive, must include all its citizens."
-- Swanee Hunt

women are the victims of war... as widows they've faced the trauma of being single parents and livelihoods of families are affected. A lot of gender-related problems come up in terms of health, education, domestic violence, etc.
-- Kumari Jayawardena

* Today women in many countries are taking part in various types of movements of protest, some of which are serious struggles for economic and social emancipation .
-- Kumari Jayawardena

* "Across the world women are joining hands in solidarity and support, in a global women’s movement, sharing knowledge and experience and empowering themselves to build a peaceful and fairer world."
-- Marilee Karl

* Every day we hear about the dangers of cancer, heart disease and AIDS. But how many of us realize that, in much of the world, the act of giving life to a child is still the biggest killer of women of child-bearing age?
-- Liya Kebede

* The message of our campaign is "Make every mother and child count". This campaign is not just about health. It is also a powerful call for radical progress in women's rights and the rights of their children. Too often, the health of mothers and children does not count. In too many parts of the world, they are forgotten.
-- Liya Kebede

* I think it's important for me as an actor that I say these are the issues I'm going to be committed to. One of them for me is women and children's health around the world and their rights;the other is ovarian cancer.
-- Nicole Kidman

* As a Goodwill Ambassador for UNIFEM, I’ve learned that violence against women knows no boundaries. Join me in helping women worldwide who have suffered unthinkable violence.
-- Nicole Kidman

* Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.
-- Nicole Kidman

“One in three women may suffer from abuse and violence in her lifetime. This is an appalling human rights violation, yet it remains one of the invisible and under-recognized pandemics of our time.”
-- Nicole Kidman

I’m especially interested in helping to give visibility to the pandemic of violence against women
-- Nicole Kidman

“I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.”
-- Belva Ann Lockwood

* “I do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had more of it everywhere.”
-- Belva Ann Lockwood

* “Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.”
-- Wilma Mankiller

* Because of their agelong training in human relations-for that is what feminine intuition really is-women have a special contribution to make to any group enterprise.
-- Margaret Mead

It has been a woman's task throughout history to go on believing in life when there was almost no hope.
-- Margaret Mead

Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
-- Margaret Mead

* The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation, because in the degradation of women, the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.
-- Lucretia Mott

History looks different when the contributions of women are included.
~ National Women's History Project

* In less than a century we experienced great movement. The youth movement! The labor movement! The civil rights movement! The peace movement! The solidarity movement! The women's movement! The disability movement! The disarmament movement! The gay rights movement! The environmental movement! Movement! Transformation! Is there any reason to believe we are done?
-- Holly Near

Women's Rights Quotes

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Intl. Women's Day - March 8

 

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