Kovai Sarala Quotes

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

We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security, economic recovery, health, or peace and security, the participation of women is needed now more than ever.

As a member of the Democratic Women's Working Group and Co-Chair of the Congressional Seniors Task Force, I will keep fighting for women's rights until they are completely secured. My daughters and granddaughters and millions of women and girls nationwide deserve our tireless efforts until we become a country where there is truly equality for all.

The BJP is certainly for empowerment of women.

On women empowerment, no one can challenge the BJP.

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.

I want to empower women.

When women succeed, America succeeds.

I wanted to help women and their families.

A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that the political disabilities of women will not be maintained.

Empowering women means trusting them.

I am totally against the idea that a Muslim woman should not have the same opportunities as a Muslim man to learn, to open up, to work, help shape the future. To close Islam down to a sexist approach is totally intolerable and ridiculous. It's not Islam.

Investments in women are positively correlated to growth, prosperity, stability, democracy, health - and vital to our national security. We cannot write off the talent of half the world and expect to confront our challenges.

I am very much in favor of women's rights, being a woman myself, and I support intelligent, successful, independent working women.

Republican women bring an important voice to the table.

Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice ever produced by governments.

I'm 100 percent in support of women's rights, the right of a woman to make her own choice.

In the developing world, it's about time that women are on the agenda. For instance, 80 percent of small-subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are women, and yet all the programs in the past were predominantly focused on men.

Women are not all single-issue voters.

A woman running for President. There is not a thing in the Constitution to prohibit it. I cannot vote but I can be voted for.

An Arab renaissance cannot be accomplished without the rise of women in Arab countries … Directly and indirectly, it concerns the well-being of the entire Arab world

Tunisia's democratic development depends on removing the obstacles that women fact in all fields.

Women empowerment is, after all, a dream, a vision of Rajivji. It is a genuine vision. We now have so many women in Panchayats.

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

As long as I am president, the rights of women will be protected.