Rohini Nilekani Quotes

How can you contribute towards building the Indian society and the Indian nation? No better way than to upgrade the quality of young people in school, particularly the schools which are run by the state government in the villages.

Boosting education will be a direct counterbalance to Boko Haram's appeal. In particular we must educate more young girls, ensuring they will grow up to be empowered through learning to play their full part as citizens of Nigeria and pull themselves up and out of poverty.

There's apparently soccer leagues that they've set up with young Indian girls.

I have travelled in the country enough to know that the concerns of villages in Rajasthan will be very different from the issues in the villages of Tamil Nadu. Anybody who makes a general remark about India probably doesn't know India.

I would like to make sure, first of all, that our women in the informal sector - I mean, these are the farmers and the traders; many of them are not educated, many of them lacking literacy - be able to give them better working conditions. And we've done a lot to be able to achieve that.

My music reflects my strong belief in equal opportunities for all - specifically young girls and women. Many, many children do not have anywhere near the opportunities that we kids did in my community - great schools, public safety, etc.

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

Key to success for the education of young African girls is building a model that works with communities, schools, and national Ministries of Education to build a system of protection and support around girls, ensuring that they receive the education that is their right. Financial support is provided alongside a social support system.

I've done work in every area of social justice you can think of, but I've been highly focused on young people and then specifically black and brown girls.

Ethiopia's government is doing a commendable job of working closely with donors and humanitarian organizations to educate parents about child marriage, and to support organizations like the Hamlin Fistula Hospital.

I've been doing a lot of work on female rights, especially adolescent rights. I've been to a lot of schools where the UNICEF had set up villages in India, and it's an eye-opening experience.

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.

We can't afford not to educate girls and give women the power and the access that they need.

Women with opportunities are women who can contribute.

I have a thing about working with young people. I adore them.

The way our government handled the Chibok girls case goes beyond an election matter. This is not a one-time issue we discuss over elections. We need to have a deeper conversation about what kind of a nation we want to be.

We need to strengthen basic infrastructure in border areas so that people don't migrate to other places looking for better opportunities.

I feel like so many girls are too intimidated to walk into their local Boys & Girls Club or YMCA - places that have equipment and offer a lot of opportunities to be active for little-to-no-money but are usually more boy-focused.

My dream is to get the young people off the streets, to make it possible for them to play football in the stadium instead.

To be able to make other girls play - and hopefully in Latin America as well - is very important to me.

I want to help all those youngsters in Nagpur who have fire and sporting spirit burning inside them and not merely those who want to take up wrestling.

Full social and political engagement is impossible without economic empowerment, a point that is as true for women as it is for young people of either gender.

We live in a world where adolescents and young people, especially from key populations, are still left behind. We cannot fail to address their needs.

Opportunities for young girls, like young boys, to go into academies from a young age does happen now in England, but it doesn't happen globally.

We should be teaching young girls to take up space. Nothing is as important as taking up space in society and cementing yourself.