Development Quote by Dalia Mogahed

Incidentally, the next time some war-mongering wise-ass tries to tell you that one reason we're in the Middle East is to enhance the civil…

— L. Neil Smith

One cannot understand what's happening to women in the Middle East if they don't realize that the mothers are a strong, progressive force. The…

— Fatema Mernissi

Our Matru Shakti is our pride. Women empowerment is very crucial to our development.

— Narendra Modi

Here's a notion: Peace in the Middle East would come about more easily if the region were governed by women.

— Roger Ebert

“If the world is to have a future, it lies in the hands of women. At time of this writing nearly half of all…

— A.C. Grayling

From an Islamic point of view, women are as responsible as men to help people finding their way to God (S.W.T), and to guide…

— Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah

Gender equality and empowerment of women is key to the success of the Millennium Development Goals. Not only as a specific target, but for…

— Anonymous

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

— Kofi Annan

As is the case with many Middle Eastern nations, women are nowhere near equal to men when it comes to basic freedoms and rights…

— Ginny Brown-Waite

Even into the 20th century, women were still struggling in the Western world for rights that Islam had granted women in the 7th century:…

— Queen Noor of Jordan

In some extreme cases, women are constrained by what can only be described as pre-Islamic, misogynistic approaches to the role of women in society.…

— Queen Noor of Jordan

“The vast majority of funding in support of women appears to have been directed toward the training of women as participants in political, civil,…

— Nadje Al-Ali