Nawal El Saadawi Quotes

We as women need to empower each other.

All men should be feminists. If men cared about women's rights, the world would be a better place

I think feminism is taking off. It's just not visible in the way that we would like it to be.

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.

Sisters all, let us not underestimate our power.

At the women's march, we held signs that said, 'Today we march, tomorrow we run.' They didn't believe us, but it's coming to pass.

The glass ceiling will go away when women help other women break through that ceiling.

Empower us women and we will change this whole entire world.

Could women's liberation ever be a revolutionary movement, not rhetorically but on the ground?

When I say women are the agents of change, I really should say women and girls.

My feminism has evolved way beyond self-empowerment and I see feminism as a path to peace on earth. The fundamental imbalance that is behind all of the other social diseases is patriarchy. I do believe. As men and women, together, I really long to feel my society evolve its understanding since we're one of the leaders in the f-word. I want us to grow our idea of feminism collectively and get both men and women involved in undoing patriarchy. It's huge. It's a huge job.

Feminism is about friends and sisters and community.

There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other women.

Until the day arrives when all women decide that our rights are not negotiable, our future choices will not be secure.

It's not enough for women to speak out on the issue - for the message to be strong and consistent, women's voices must be backed up by men's.

Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.

The women's movement resurgence of standing up for so many things that were kind of sleepy there for a decade or so, there's been a reawakening and I think the consciousness movement in general is dovetailing with a lot of recovery and self-empowerment.

The women's movement appeared at a very crucial moment in my life. There was a whole political movement asking such questions and others I had never asked. I began to feel heard in that movement. But it was because my voice was resonating with other voices.

Honestly, I do believe in the power of women supporting each other.

I consider myself a feminist, in a way.

I am really glad women are speaking out.

Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.

The most powerful thing is for women not just to be the beneficiaries of the change, but to be agents of it.

The women are very important too, we can't have a revolution that doesn't involve and liberate women. It's so subtle the way you're taught male superiority.