Equity Quote by Amartya Sen

I'm a big believer in education. If people learn the truth, they'll see the benefit if they have gender neutral policies.

— Brigid Schulte

While most men don't have first-hand experience with gender-based discrimination, we can still be powerful allies for advancing women's rights. We need to do…

— Cory Booker

Sometimes the issue is about whether families and communities think girls are even worthy of an education in the first place. It's about whether…

— Michelle Obama

Education is key. We have to keep girls in school and give them the same opportunities that boys have. They need access to vocational…

— Gillian Anderson

Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access…

— Adora Svitak

Women's rights are nothing but a part of the bigger picture, which is human rights. Women are trusted with the lives of their kids,…

— Manal al-Sharif

Women's rights are an essential part of the overall human rights agenda, trained on the equal dignity and ability to live in freedom all…

— Anonymous

Freedom from discrimination for women, ensuring that female children can learn to read, these are human needs for half the human race, not western…

— Mary Robinson

The landscape in academic science is traditionally male-dominated. Women didn't always see themselves there - there was a lack of role models, a lack…

— Kirsty Duncan

I think gender inequality is a problem that goes back a long, long time. In human society, as a whole, women have tended to…

— Amartya Sen

Grounded in international human rights, gender equality doesn’t just improve the lives of individual women, girls, and their families; it makes economic sense, strengthens…

— Helen Clark

Educated people can make their own choices about their governments. And certainly for women, an education allows you to understand your rights.

— Laura Bush