Molly Qerim Quotes

Gender equality is not only an issue for women and girls.

Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone's responsibility.

What the government and we in society need to do is to address the issue of gender justice.

The days of a tennis champion as a gender rights leader are over.

It is no longer acceptable to discuss women's rights as separate from human rights.

Women share this planet 50/50 and they are underrepresented, their potential astonishingly untapped.

This year women learned that if we aren't at the table, we're on the menu.

The man's world must become a man's and a woman's world. Why are we afraid?

How can you talk about power to the people unless you realise the people is both sexes.

Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.

I know if I was a woman I wouldn't want to be a member of an organization that's mostly men.

We are a model country where gender equality is concerned.

You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism - so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.

My major obligation or responsibility is to work to integrate gender issues throughout the work of the State Department.

Women are not a special interest group in the usual sense of the term. We are half 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.

The world of humanity is possessed of two wings, the male and the female. So long as these two wings are not equivalent in strength, the bird will not fly

Women have a better understanding of social issues, and better representation gives them an opportunity to address these issues.

How is our society going to progress if 50 percent of the population is not allowed to contribute?

In 'The Force Awakens,' women as well as men are in positions of authority. And you don't have to work hard to do that - it's not a statement, it's the world.

I think people have to understand that 'empowering' for women doesn't mean negating men.

I think we've come a long way with women's rights, but we've got a long way to go.

I want to empower girls so that they are treated as equals to the boys in the country.

We are in a world where men and women are on the same platform.

I think gender parity is a crucial part of any healthy society. It's applicable to the entire world.