Committed Quote by Hanan Ashrawi

I hope this view of the question may be a mistaken one, because it does not seem to me very unlikely that the suffrage…

— John Bright

We need female advocates. I'd love to live in a world where there are as many women in parliament as men.

— Emma Watson

Well, if you look at the programme that we're offering, I think that is a future which is fair for women as well as…

— Harriet Harman

Though women may appear equal in some ways, and though we definitely have accomplished a lot, the fact is one in one women will…

— Julie Zeilinger

Countries with more gender equality have better economic growth. Companies with more women leaders perform better. Peace agreements that include women are more durable.…

— Ban Ki-moon

It is all of our jobs to make sure that women's rights are human rights, and that they do have a place at the…

— Julie Smolyansky

Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that…

— Ban Ki-moon

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as unqualified as some of the men who are…

— Maureen Reagan

Women are not making it to the top. A hundred and ninety heads of state; nine are women. Of all the people in parliament…

— Sheryl Sandberg

Women are as much politicians as men, and I hope that more and more women will enter public life through politics, as this would…

— Preneet Kaur

As long as 85,000 women are raped every year and 400,000 sexually assaulted in England and Wales alone, it's hard to argue that there…

— Laura Bates

About 52% of the world's population is female. But most of the positions of power and prestige are occupied by men. The late Kenyan…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie