Ann Cotton Quotes

When you educate a girl, you kick-start a cycle of success. It makes economic sense. It makes social sense. It makes moral sense. But, it seems, it's not common sense yet.

One of the best ways to fight poverty and to fight terrorism is to educate girls and bring women into the formal labor force.

My dream is to see every girl educated, in every country.

Making sure that mothers are educated means we can lift more people out of poverty and build a more inclusive and sustainable society.

I think people are hungry for new ideas and leadership in the world of poverty alleviation. Most development programs are started and led by people with Ph.Ds in economics or policy. Samasource is part of a cadre of younger organizations headed by entrepreneurs from non-traditional backgrounds.

In many countries, they do not even keep track of how girls are doing in school, or if they are there at all. If we say, 'Girls count,' then we must count girls, so we can see if we are really making progress in educating every girl.

The important thing to note is that it is not important whether Malala was shot or not - Malala is not asking for personal favors or support. She is asking for support with girls' education and women's rights. So don't support Malala, support her campaign for girls' education and women's rights.

I convinced myself economic empowerment of women was going to be key, especially in a country like this where most women didn't go to school.

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.

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.

Middle-income countries need to attend to the education of their poorest people to build their economies and ensure long-term stability.

I think there are a lot of Republicans who recognize that investment in adolescent girls and empowering them is good for our foreign policy. When they're educated, they tend to give back more to their communities, to rise out of poverty in a way that is good for their families and their communities and, ultimately, their countries.

I don't have any plans to make money for myself. All I wish to do is empower rural women in our country.

If you teach a girl, you are not just imparting education to a woman but to a family that will later help in nation building.

There is no reason to continue to fail our girls.

Everything has to do with education: If you educate the girls, you educate the family, the community, and society, in general.

Eliminating global poverty will need the talent and potential of all, not just half the population.

When you empower women and help them thrive, you help their communities thrive. Women shoulder the burden disproportionately.

In the poorest countries...it is women who are the key to breaking out of poverty...and preparing another generation for...leading their countries into real security.

If you teach a boy, you educate an individual; but if you teach a girl, you educate a community.

Women must be full partners in development, so they can lift themselves and their communities out of poverty.

As many micro-credit schemes across the world can testify, investment in women is the best investment for the future.

I want to work on improving the number of schools for girls and ensuring there are proper and clean toilets so girls are encouraged to come to school. I am told this is a major reason for girls dropping out of schools.

My two daughters have grown up with the same freedoms and opportunities as their male cousins; we must aspire for that to be every girl's reality.

Global growth and development that is strong, sustainable, and inclusive requires the challenges of inequality to be met head-on.