I think when you've travelled around a lot in Africa, you understand something that many people here don't recognize: the extraordinary power that is Africa at village level - at community level. — Stephen Lewis Copy Share Image
“And there’s one other matter I must raise. The epidemic of domestic sexual violence that lacerates the soul of South Africa is mirrored in… — Stephen Lewis Copy Share
I'm still at the end of my rope because I find myself not handling things well when I travel. — Stephen Lewis Copy Share
Men haven't changed their behaviour, so women somehow have to be strengthened to be able to ward off the men. — Stephen Lewis Copy Share
I think when you've travelled around a lot in Africa, you understand something that many people here don't recognize: the extraordinary power that is… — Stephen Lewis Copy Share
One is that if women's sexuality in Africa wasn't under assault, if women were able to say no, if women weren't subject to predatory… — Stephen Lewis Copy Share
“There’s neither need nor justification to wallow in the trough of mediocrity.” — Stephen Lewis Copy Share
I was working for the Socialist International, after I left university in 1959, as a researcher. — Stephen Lewis Copy Share
Young women, adolescent girls, are more subject to infection, sometimes at a rate of six times that of boys. That tells you a lot… — Stephen Lewis Copy Share
I learned later, just as a footnote, that the World Assembly of Youth was a CIA front. — Stephen Lewis Copy Share
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… — Stephen Lewis Copy Share
