Emma Bonino Quotes

My personal cause and platform, if you like, is women's rights and women's issues.

I think I've really learned how important it is to empower women.

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

I do feel I have a responsibility to empower women and to inspire them.

The women of Afghanistan have a voice, and it needs to be heard and not forgotten.

When you strengthen women, you strengthen the world.

All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.

I respect women that have a voice and use it for a proper reason.

Women in Iran enjoy the highest levels of freedom.

Throughout my career I have been an advocate for women, in all aspects of their lives.

When I took over, I thought that I must do something for the empowerment of women.

We keep discussing nuclear power and other issues, but we should spare a thought to the basic needs of our women.

Women in Africa, generally a lot needs to be done for women. Women are not being educated, not only in Angola but my trip to Nigeria, one point I would make over and over again was that women need to be educated too.

We need to empower women. Give women a voice in the decision-making process. Give women a political voice where they can champion, for their own welfare. And, of course, for us. United Nations - organizations, agencies - we need to do our part.

I want to empower women.

I wanted to be an empowered woman, and I became an empowered woman. And now I want to empower every woman. And I do it through my clothes, I do it through my words, I do it through my money, I do it through everything.

President Obama understands women. He trusts women. And on every issue that matters to us, he stands with women.

Unless there is recognition that women are most vulnerable... and you do something about social and cultural equality for women, you're never going to defeat this pandemic.

I want to make the world a better place, for women, mainly.

President Obama has called for economic and political empowerment of women globally. The Equal Futures Partnership promotes removal of policy, legal, and regulatory barriers that hold women back at local, state and national levels.

By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made.

Elevating the status of women is our best path to peace, justice, and prosperity on a global scale.

I focus on a lot of women's issues.

Women's issues have always been a part of my life. My goal is to bring the word 'feminism' back into the zeitgeist and reframe it.

I'm working for the women in the world, today; that's my essential issue.