Melanne Verveer Quotes

Women are in a position now to voice their opinion... women are getting empowered. The more power they get, the more voice they get to shift certain things around. Now I have a daughter, I understand. When I didn't have a daughter, I didn't understand.

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

In the long term, female education may be the best way to advance the status of women.

Women and girls transform societies.

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

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.

I want to reach as many women throughout the world as I can.

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

When you strengthen women, you strengthen the world.

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

I care so passionately about improving the quality of life for women and girls, not just here in the United States, but internationally as well. I am a single mom and I raised a daughter who is now a young adult.

NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women.

Women in the Islamic world are the hope of the whole planet.

The greatest untapped natural resource in the United States today is woman power.

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

I want to create opportunities for women, of course.

I aim to work for girls and I am hopeful I will achieve it through the support of the Miss World Organization.

Empowering women is one of the most important things we - and indeed, every business - can do.

I resonate with everything that the Miss Universe organisation stands for, especially empowering women across the globe.

Every day, women and girls are finding incredible confidence and taking risks. When they change one mind, pretty soon, they have changed one tradition. That changed tradition has changed a village. That one village has changed a country. That new reality means new opportunities for themselves and their daughters.

The women of Odisha will lead the way in women empowerment in India.

When women come together, we make a lot of amazing stuff happen.

Women and girls inspire me. They drive me.

There will never be a new world order until women are a part of it.