Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Educate a woman, you educate a nation.

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

With technology, we can achieve universal access to secondary education within a generation.

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

I'm certainly hoping that all the recommendations that we have heard will be implemented.

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

They've participated extensively in this conference and they are doing their best to help.

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

I do not believe that the majority of men in the world would like to hurt women, but they can be very…

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Employers must make far-reaching changes to employment terms and conditions for women: Equal pay for equal, decent work.

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Achieving gender equality is about disrupting the status quo - not negotiating it.

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

There is no great force for change, for peace, for justice and democracy, for inclusive economic growth than a world of empowered…

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

My mother always told me that inaction is not an option. And neither is going it alone.

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

We hope that there will be better policy-making and hope to see projects implemented. We have lots of information that can be…

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

But had they not paid that advance we would have lost much more, we would have started to go and look for…

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

They are responsible for starting this relationship and wanting to help Africa. The United States is very well suited for this as…

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Power relations between men and women must change profoundly, men must be partners in the pursuit of gender equality, in their decision-making…

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Patriarchy is bestowed on men at birth. Whether you want it or not, you have a privilege as a man, and you…

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

These days, because women are so active on social media, it is important to be active on the sites of social media…

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

I think we have to continue to protect women on social media, who are coming out in a world that can still…

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

We also have to match the skills with the needs of the economy... I think we are losing the plot because we…

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

The fact that women begin to avoid running for public office because of the harassment and sometimes even violence that they face…

— Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka