Alice Walker Quotes

The world belongs to those who want to make a difference, and gender is no barrier.

As a society, we need to create an environment that encourages women to make the choices that are available to them and encourages them to speak their mind.

Feminism is the best movement that's happened in the 21st century, and it benefits everyone.

All of these really strong females making names for themselves in what were traditionally male-dominated spaces. And I'm not usually one to get too hung up on the male-vs.-female side of things, but it is interesting to see the dynamic shifting and it's happening across the board. It's cool to be a part of that.

I believe 2016 is the Year of the Woman and now more than ever, it is our time to accomplish anything and everything.

A country cannot make progress while leaving half of its population behind.

Equality for women is progress for all.

If you empower women, you can change the world.

We're changing ourselves to fit the world instead of changing the world to fit women.

Don't think about making women fit the world -- think about making the world fit women."

I can't imagine anything that would make the world look more different than if women and girls were unequivocally enfranchised.

Women have more rights, and women do have their own power in the world.

Being a mother is no longer a liability, and being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition!

I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and more equality.

And I think women have come a very, very long way, but they have a long way to go.

Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view.

The women's movement was always going to work in two parts. With one part, we'd break open the doors that were closed to women, and with the other part, we'd walk through, transforming society for men and women. Turns out it was a lot easier to open the doors.

I would chance saying globally there is a feeling that female empowerment has, at last, become a topic that is fashionable, and more power to that.

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.

The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress.

I don't want women and their families to be left out and left behind. We can fight for them. We will fight for them. They deserve better and I want to give them better.

I love the women's movement, and I never thought of it as belonging to any particular segment of the population.

The creation of a peaceful and sustainable world civilization will be impossible without the full participation of women in every arena of human activity.36 While this proposition is increasingly supported, there is a marked difference between intellectual acceptance and its implementation.

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.

Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex.