The connection between women's human rights, gender equality, socioeconomic development and peace is increasingly apparent. — Mahnaz Afkhami Copy Share Image
...gender relationships, which are tough for people to deal with, are key to whether a society orients to domination or partnership in… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
“We were like captive animals that had lost the will to fight. We even went so far as to defend the very… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
“You self-proclaimed "MILF" hunters have it all wrong -- we aren't the prey, YOU are. You are but a Service Male -… — Delaine Moore Copy Share Image
The progress of women's rights in our culture, unlike other types of 'progress,' has always been strangely reversible. — Ann Douglas Copy Share Image
We were idealists. We thought that when we got the vote the whole pattern of politics would be greatly improved and would… — Jessie Daniel Ames Copy Share Image
you have not a boat of your own, that is just it; that is what women always suffer from; they have to… — Ouida Copy Share Image
I call myself a feminist. Isn't that what you call someone who fights for women's rights? — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“An intelligent, energetic, educated woman cannot be kept in four walls — even satin-lined, diamond-studded walls — without discovering sooner or later… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
People say Malala's voice is being sold to the world. But I see it as Malala's voice reaching the world and resonating… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
In the '60s, when I was growing up, one of the great elements of American culture was the protest song. There were… — George Clooney Copy Share Image
I have been the victim of many of the injustices that women who are my clients have had. That is how I… — Gloria Allred Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a sphere for sex. Every man has a different sphere, in which he may or may… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Male and female citizens, being equal in the eyes of the law, must be equally admitted to all honors, positions, and public… — Olympe de Gouges Copy Share Image
Sixty-three percent of our university students are female. But you still see violations of women's rights in Iran. A Muslim man can… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
the backlash convinced the public that women's 'liberation' was the true contemporary American scourge - the source of an endless laundry list… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
“Women are born to serve and breed, and when we fail at this, what else is there? What is it that we… — Felicia C. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“I am no feminist. Even though the term "feminism" is founded upon the basic principle of gender equality, it possesses its own… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Forty-two years after Dr. King was murdered, we are still a nation of inequality. People of color, women, gays, lesbians, and others… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
“When all you know is pain you don’t know that that is not normal. It is not a woman’s lot to suffer,… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
“As a group who can never afford the expensive fiction of having a nation—and whose bodies suffer from nationalism by being used… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
As Elders, we are fully committed to the principle that all human beings are of equal worth. You will see that we… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
“I knew that I wouldn’t be able to apply for the ID card without his signature, but I went to the registry… — Manal al-Sharif Copy Share Image
“Perhaps you'll apprentice to a healer when you're older," Grete suggested. "I'd say you have the gift for it." Hen reddened, then… — Frances O'Roark Dowell Copy Share Image
“How dare a person tell a woman, how to dress, how to talk, how to behave! Any being who does that, is… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Women have always been at the forefront of progressive movements. Women can be depended on when you need bodies in the streets… — Martha Plimpton Copy Share Image
“O my Courageous Sister! You have to become the beacon of hope for all women around you and then for the whole… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure — Patty Duke Copy Share Image
I know we can't abolish prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Her mother always told her, “If he hits you, then you leave,” but Jack had never hit her, not with his fists.” — Shannon Celebi Copy Share Image
I admire women who can be feminists and fight for women's rights, who believe in our powers as individuals and yet not… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
“After listening to Rick Santorum, I'm now for late-term abortions (say up to age 53).” — Quentin R. Bufogle Copy Share Image
...a political struggle that does not have women at the heart of it, above it, below it, and within it is no… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
The arc of American history almost inevitably moves toward freedom. Whether it's Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation, the expansion of women's rights… — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
“I find it strange that practicing law in a comfortable well-heated office is considered too demanding an occupation for women, yet laboring… — Shirley Tallman Copy Share Image
“Listen my dear sister! You only fix something, when it’s broken. And you - are far from broken. Say to yourself, I… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Women are from their very infancy debarred those advantages with the want of which they are aftewards reproached, and nursed up in… — Mary Astell Copy Share Image
We see all around the world where women's rights are denied, where governments don't believe in educating their girls. There are 800… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
In the 1980s, I was working to reform the schools in Arkansas. Donald Trump was borrowing $14 million from his father to… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Frederick Douglas's agenda was an agenda, not for black people to get out of slavery. It was for America to become a… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
