Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka Quotes

Gender equality must become a lived reality.

We know that the only way to achieve equality is if both men and women want to achieve equality. We also know that equality is not just the right thing to do for men, it is a good thing to do.

No country in the world can yet say they have achieved gender equality.

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.

... being a feminist means that you believe in civil rights and social justice.

Equality for women is progress for all.

I mean, I absolutely call myself a feminist. And by that, I mean a woman who believes that your opportunities should not be constrained by your gender, that women should be entitled to the same opportunities as men.

True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off.

I'm suspicious of any man or woman who approaches their own liberation with any kind of gender bias.

Feminism is the best movement that's happened in the 21st century, and it benefits everyone.

Our society really needs to take a better look at what we're selling, because I think women being empowered will be as beneficial to men as it is to us.

Of course I’m a feminist…if you’re not for the equal treatment of men and women, then you’re a fascist.

There's a long, long history of women suffering abuse, injustice, and not having the same opportunities as men, and I think that's been very detrimental to the human race as a whole.

I think that in a country as successful as ours, we still have a long way to go in terms of parity for women, whether it’s equal pay in the workforce or a whole host of other issues.

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

As women began to challenge their own internalized views of a woman's proper place, their desire and demand for equal status and free choice began to grow exponentially.

Women have gained access to the institutions, but not enough power to overhaul them.

Workers in the bourgeois countries must fight for equal rights for men and women.

I feel like we need to understand feminism more as a tool to mediate, counteract, to ultimately defeat patriarchy and restore balance to our government, our culture and our ways of thinking and structuring the world. I think we've had a very "masculine" sensibility for a long time, and I think we need to go back to the roots of social imbalance. I think we have to try to right that first, and from there and all these more pressing issues will follow.

The goals of the feminist movement have not been achieved, and those who claim we're living in a post-feminist era are either sadly mistaken or tired of thinking about the whole subject.

All men should be feminists. If men cared about women's rights, the world would be a better place

I'm 100 percent serious. I've been fighting for equality for women's issues my entire life, in the military included.

I believe that women should have equal rights to education, to work and to civic and political engagement.

I always go with the dictionary definition of feminism, which is just social, political and economic equality for women. And that's kind of a strategic thing on my part, because I think that it's the hardest definition to argue with. You know, who doesn't want that? Everyone wants equality for women.

In education, in marriage, in religion, in everything, disappointment is the lot of women. It shall be the business of my life to deepen this disappointment in every woman's heart until she bows down to it no longer.