Nancy Lublin Quotes

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.

If the basic structure of Grameen is changed, the worry is that the poor women who are the rightful owners of the bank will be disenfranchised.

I will continue to find ways to help poor people find a job, get a job, and learn someday to own the job.

I'm a big proponent of young women dressing appropriately in the workplace to get ahead. We need to demand respect as women, and part of that involves how we present ourselves.

Camfed has worked for more than two decades in partnership with poor families, transforming this desire for girls' education into reality, and showing the measurable benefits of girls' education for all of us.

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

The 'National Suit Drive' collects gently used professional attire, but what it's really collecting is inspiration and a chance for men to feel empowered as they head into their next job interview.

I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations.

HSNi Cares was established in 2010 with a mission to empower women and support children and families in need locally, nationally, and globally.

Our focus is on helping people develop the skills to find and keep a job. Instead of focusing on a war against poverty, we will focus on fighting for the poor among us by offering them hope and opportunity.

Let us recommit to supporting every girl to develop her skills, enter the workforce on equal terms, and reach her full potential.

I just want to be able to show who I really am, what I can do, bring awareness, create something because I want to take tennis, women's tennis, into an even more exciting path because I believe we have a lot more things to offer.

I have strived to empower women and girls throughout my entire career.

I'm not interested in worrying in if I make people uncomfortable. I'm interested in stopping women and children dying - that's what I'm interested in.

I don't think there's anything wrong with feminist uplift. That's how we got credit cards in our own name.

This transition of being a woman and a breadwinner - it took some time for my dad to get used that. It took some time for my husband. I was like, gosh, I've worked so hard to be here, and then all of a sudden I don't know if I feel comfortable being here.

Women, goals, empowerment, well-being, and women's health has always been important to me.

Teach your daughters, teach your granddaughters, everybody has to have something that they're good at where they can earn a living.

I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. The act of wearing a suit when she's walking in the door, it's so powerful - it's about gaining control of their lives and situations.

I know that I don't have a problem with women knowing more or learning more or performing better or making more money.

Women are working for part or all of their adult lives now. The possibilities are limitless, but you need to prepare.

The saying was that Madam Walker made the money, and her daughter - my great-grandmother - spent it.

The original purpose of the welfare state was to lift people into self-sufficiency, not to create a permanent underclass dependent on taxpayers.

I am becoming a solution provider. I'm very happy. I don't want to make this as a corporate entity. I want to make this as a local sanitary pad movement across the globe.

I think every woman should have the skills and confidence to be able to earn a living. A working woman is happy because she has goals beyond herself and her needs.