Ann Widdecombe Quotes

We are in a world where men and women are on the same platform.

There was never any doubt in our minds that men and women were equal, if not more so.

I am still fully committed to male-female equality.

In Finland we have equal political rights for women and men. We do not regard ourselves according to sex.

I've always said, 'Underwater or on top, men and women are compatible.'

We should have a national policy whereby in law and its administration no distinctions on the basis of sex should be made except such as are reasonably justified by differences in physical structure, biological or social function.

Gender equality has a transformative effect that is essential to fully functioning communities, societies, and economies.

It's not just about casting female protagonists. It's gotta be across the board throughout the industry.

Gender equality is essential for ensuring that men and women can contribute fully at home, at work, and in public life for the betterment of societies and economies at large.

I believe men and women are the same and that women should be given an equal chance to serve God with men.

You believe in equality for women and men. And that means that, not only do you believe in it kind of in the abstract but you actively think people should seek it when it comes to the way you hire people, the way you compensate people, the way you treat women and men in professional settings and school, whatever the case, giving them equal opportunities without disadvantaging them because of their, for the fact that they're women. And to me that's what it means for me to be a feminist. I don't think it's that controversial.

All my life I've believed that men and women have equal capacities and talents...consequently there should be equality in life's chances.

I believe there is complete equality between men and women.

Working in a situation with men and women, and seeing women take on roles equal to the roles taken by men made you understand that, "Hey, these people can do things too." And I think it made me and other people in the movement realize that we're living in a community of equals. And that among those equals, they have equal rights. And we ought to respect their rights if they respected ours.

Gender equality must become a lived reality.

Women and men are equal human beings.

I don't buy this premise that the number of minifigures needs to be an equal amount to be gender neutral. Nobody makes artistic products like that; nobody makes a movie and says there has to be equal numbers of men and women.

I was very proud, on just my second day in office, to appoint a gender-balanced cabinet - one of only three in the developed world.

We can celebrate how far we've come from our sexist past when women and men are equally represented in the pages of science fiction anthologies.

Life is too large to hang out a sign: 'For Men Only.'

Hopefully I'm a role model for positive change for everyone - not just women. It's very important to find balance between men and women.

Notwithstanding anything in this Charter, the rights and freedoms referred to in it are guaranteed equally to male and female persons.

I am glad that we are demonstrating in the United States to-day that the boy should have no more advantage than the girl.

There must be equal opportunities for women. There is no difference between man and woman in their creation, in their humanity, in their pursuit of knowledge, in their understanding, in their intelligence, in their religious piety, in serving God and in serving people.

I think the goal is parity: I try to be pro-woman without being anti-man, and I hope and wish that men could do the same in that when they look at the screenplay, they say, 'Wait, wait, wait - is my daughter represented here, is my wife represented here? Is my sister represented?'