Women and girls inspire me. They drive me.

Gender equality is not only an issue for women and girls.

I have strived to empower women and girls throughout my entire career.

I'm personally fed up with people seeing women and girls cast as victims.

Unless men are active allies, we'll never end violence against women and girls.

The single greatest under-utilized resource we have as a nation is women and girls.

I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.

Hillary Clinton has a strong and powerful voice regarding ending violence against women and girls.

The message I like to convey to women and girls across the globe is that there is no glass ceiling.

I urge everyone - men, boys, women and girls - to join me in standing up for girls' rights with Plan U.K.

Canada knows that for a society to be prosperous and more just and more peaceful, women and girls must be educated.

My goal is to show young women and girls that our voices and ideas matter, and you are never too young to dream big!

Empowering women and girls is the only way to protect their rights and make sure they can realise their full potential.

I think it's so important for women and girls to feel like they have a voice and to come together and support each other.

GDP excludes care work and other unpaid work, most of which falls to women and girls in rich and in poor countries alike.

I want women and girls of African descent and of color to be able to not have to keep searching for stories about themselves.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

Violence against women and girls touches every corner of the globe and is one of the world's most pervasive human rights violations.

Gurls Talk is my baby. It's just about opening up a space within schools where we as women and girls can talk about whatever we want.

Denying the rights of women and girls is not only wrong in itself; it has a serious social and economic impact that holds us all back.

I have to worry how other women and girls will react to my music. Will they really understand the message that I'm trying to put out there?

I want to reach young women and to get them involved in the mission of the YWCA, economic empowerment of women and girls, and ending racism.

Feminism is for all women and girls, not a privileged few or one ethnicity, religion, age, sexual preference, ability, region or hemisphere.

As an investigative filmmaker, I helped expose atrocities committed by ISIS against women and girls. They are evil, and we have to stop them.

The discrimination of women and girls goes to the core of any and all analyses of the world's economic, political, and environmental problems.

Education is about women and girls. It is important for girls to go to school because they will become their children's first teachers someday.

Walmart's Global Women's Economic Empowerment Initiative is working to create opportunity and empower women and girls in markets around the world.

There's something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It's a reflection as opposed to an interpretation.

We are affirming human rights for all women and girls, acknowledging the full range of diversity that exists, and detailing actions to prevent violence.

We know we cannot achieve our twin goals of ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity without ending poverty and creating equality for women and girls.

There is no city or country in the world where women and girls live free of the fear of violence. No leader can claim: 'this is not happening in my backyard.'

Since 1996, the Feminist Majority Foundation has been immersed in a campaign to support Afghan women and girls in their fight against the brutal oppression of the Taliban.

We need a foreign policy which responds to challenges like forced marriage, and which speaks to the particular needs of women and girls at risk of being sold into slavery.

As we begin to leave Afghanistan, are we fooling ourselves about what we are leaving behind or what we have promised the people of Afghanistan? Especially the women and girls?

Women and girls are naturally agents of change. If we teach one girl to code, she will go on to teach more - we've seen this in our own programs and workshops around the country.

By including women in decision-making, city governments will be in a better position to fulfill their responsibility to ensure the safety of their residents, especially women and girls.

As more and more women, men and young people raise their voices and become active in local government, and more local leaders take action for the safety of women and girls, change happens.

Native women and girls experience violence at far higher rates than any other female population in the country - a crisis that has devastated our communities and has been neglected for too long.

I think that my career and perhaps me being on the International Space Station can really show women and girls and everybody that hey, we're not just sitting at the table, we're leading the table.

Yet there is clearly something about bold, neurodivergent women and girls that prompts powerful men to scrape the sides of their own putrid barrels of opinion to attack this 'terrifying' otherness.

The #SwimSexy campaign is redefining standards of beauty, and I'm proud to be a part of it. My hope is that this campaign connects with women and girls of all ages, body-types, races, and backgrounds.

Since being elected to the City Council, I have been unwavering in my commitment to address issues uniquely impacting women and girls and advance policies that stabilize and strengthen our communities.

For me, personally, it has been humbling since I became First Minister to speak to women and girls and have them tell me how much it means to them to have a woman in the top job in politics in Scotland.

I wanted to express myself using visuals and also celebrate the beauty of black women, travel, and have amazing opportunities. I also wanted to be a living example of inspiration for other women and girls.

Women and girls are disproportionately affected by landmines. They have different needs when it comes to education about risks. And they may face greater challenges when a family member is killed or injured.

I care so passionately about improving the quality of life for women and girls, not just here in the United States, but internationally as well. I am a single mom and I raised a daughter who is now a young adult.

In Holland I have seen well-meaning, principled people blinded by multiculturalism, overwhelmed by the imperative to be sensitive and respectful of immigrant culture, while ignoring criminal abuse of women and girls.

I love performing and entertaining, but what I want to really share is a stronger voice to the people and empower women to show that women and girls can do anything. Don't ever let your gender stop you from chasing dreams.

All women and girls have the fundamental right to live free of violence. This right is enshrined in international human rights and humanitarian law. And it lies at the heart of my UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign.

We know that over a billion people live in poverty around the world, and most of them are women and girls. If we can improve their lives, that has a positive effect on their communities, on their families, on their countries.

Share This Page