Belinda Johnson Quotes

I think I've really learned how important it is to empower women.

When you strengthen women, you strengthen the world.

Women in the Islamic world are the hope of the whole planet.

When women are empowered to contribute more fully, we all benefit.

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

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.

So much research has been done showing that the woman is the most vulnerable but also the biggest strength leading to economic progress.

I want to empower women.

It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.

When women succeed, America succeeds.

Unless there is recognition that women are most vulnerable... and you do something about social and cultural equality for women, you're never going to defeat this pandemic.

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.

More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.

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.

It took the United States until 1920 to give women the franchise and another 40 or 50 years to start utilizing women's potential. How many women of incredible potential did we fail and what achievements were lost to all because we never tapped that potential?

I certainly came up in an era where women were really making strides and making a point to beat down doors and find their place and crash through the glass ceiling.

A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.

All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.

I respect women that have a voice and use it for a proper reason.

Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.

It is the rank and file - the average woman - for whom the world has opened up so astonishingly.

The greatest untapped natural resource in the United States today is woman power.

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

When I took over, I thought that I must do something for the empowerment of women.

Wherever women succeed, businesses will succeed.