Madeleine M. Kunin Quotes

Empowering women leads to a more inclusive growth of society and the nation.

When we empower women, society benefits, grows, and thrives.

A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.

If you economically empower a woman, she represents enormous opportunity that can actually be transformative not only for her family and for her community, but at the aggregate level for the economy.

If we really care about impacting countries around the world and their economic futures, then what we need to do is empower women.

Empowerment of women is the empowerment of the nation. No household, no society, no state, no country has ever moved forward without empowering its women.

Women are the key to successful development and ongoing progress. In the workforce, their ingenuity, determination, and hard work help our economies thrive. In the government, they offer valuable perspective that can inform policy and remove barriers.

So much research has been done showing that the woman is the most vulnerable but also the biggest strength leading to economic progress.

I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.

When we lift women up, our communities thrive.

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

No country can succeed if it denies itself the talents of half of its people.

I have fielded mothers, whose empowerment can bring the real double engine growth.

I believe that raising the status of women in Turkey is a responsibility shared by everyone. It is not only in Turkey; we are still in need of serious support for the role of women in business and society all around the world.

My foundation is absolutely about the women we work with, and they are contributing every day to their families, to their communities, and to the economy of their countries. All we are doing is enabling them to be the best that they can be.

I want to empower women.

Women are emerging as a major force for change. Countries that have invested in girls' education and removed legal barriers that prevent women from achieving their potential are now seeing the benefits.

There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players.

The serious problems facing the world... will only be solved if women have a seat at the table and are listened to as to what is required. These issues will never be solved until women are able to use their full potential on behalf of themselves, their families and their global and local communities.

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.

So much of what I do is about inspiring and empowering women.

Investing in women and girls may once have been considered a radical notion or even a waste of resources, but in most places in the world today, women and girls are increasingly recognized as a critical link to greater prosperity, political stability, better health and public policy.

I want to tell women in developing countries that they are as powerful as their male counterparts, and they can play an equal role in their respective societies.

If you look at any Muslim society and you make a scale of how developed they are, and how successful the economy is, it's a straight line. It depends on how much they emancipate their women.