Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Quotes

We are equal in war but not in peace.

Without women's equal access to positions of decision-making power and a clear process to get there, gender equality, global security, and peace will never be realized.

No society can thrive when half its people are left behind.

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.

Gender equality must become a lived reality.

Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone's responsibility.

What is being called the UN 'gender architecture' is more like a shack. Women need a bigger global house if equality is ever to become a reality.

At a time when efforts are being made to eradicate discrimination between the sexes in the search for social equality and justice, the differences between the sexes are being rediscovered.

Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.

We are a model country where gender equality is concerned.

In Canada, women's rights are a vital part of our effort to build a society of real equality - not just for some, but for all Canadians. A society in which women no longer encounter discrimination nor are shut out from opportunities open to others.

Men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

The creation of a peaceful and sustainable world civilization will be impossible without the full participation of women in every arena of human activity.36 While this proposition is increasingly supported, there is a marked difference between intellectual acceptance and its implementation.

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

… no civilization can be perfect until exact equality between man and woman is included.

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

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

What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice.

In the quest for more equality in a society, when we think that men aren't part of the solution, we're truly wrong… We're all winners when we unite for more equality.

I believe men and women should be afforded the same opportunities.

If you always have consciousness of gender equality at the heart of your policies, then you will have much more democratic, much more sustainable development.

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.

There should be no boundaries, no hierarchy, no violence. Men and women are equal.

I think gender parity is a crucial part of any healthy society. It's applicable to the entire world.