Areas Quote by Isabel Allende

The poorest and most backward societies are always those that put women down.

— Isabel Allende

We know that over a billion people live in poverty around the world, and most of them are women and girls. If we can…

— Jeanne Shaheen

Poverty disproportionately affects women around the world.

— Melinda Gates

In the United States we have more women in poverty than any other industrialized nation.

— Patricia Arquette

Inequality can be done away with only by establishing a new society, where men and women will enjoy equal rights, resulting from an upheaval…

— Thomas Sankara

We live in a country [USA] where the belief is that anyone can succeed, but for so many here, and for the majority of…

— Joy Bryant

In the poorest countries...it is women who are the key to breaking out of poverty...and preparing another generation for...leading their countries into real security.

— Queen Noor of Jordan

A serious economic downturn will undermine women's rights on multiple levels. And it is the women who are already the most disadvantaged, that will…

— Konnie Huq

Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is empowered, her…

— Isabel Allende

Women can succeed in villages all over the world today without relying on heavy machinery or debt. They can take leadership roles in agriculture,…

— Frances Moore Lappé

What we are learning around the world is that if women are healthy and educated, their families will flourish. If women are free from…

— Hillary Clinton

Women must be full partners in development, so they can lift themselves and their communities out of poverty.

— Ban Ki-moon