Access Quote by Jenny Shipley

It's long been accepted as fact that the availability of family planning services saves lives. Where women have access to these services, children and…

— Martha Plimpton

The choices that women make have huge impact on families, on communities and on nations. Being able to provide an enabling environment for them…

— Babatunde Osotimehin

UN studies conducted in more than forty developing countries show that the birth rate falls as women gain equality... I believe income-earning opportunities that…

— Muhammad Yunus

There is no tool for development more effective than the education of girls and the empowerment of women... When women are fully involved, the…

— Kofi Annan

There is no shortage of evidence that when we support the fundamental freedoms of women and girls, they are able to realize their full…

— Sam Kutesa

Today, the growing economic and social pressures in our country are putting millions of women, children and families at increased risk of abuse and…

— Robert Casey

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

— Ban Ki-moon

Every second, every day, every year, we fail to address demand for reproductive health and family planning services. Lives are lost, and girls' opportunities…

— Jenny Shipley

It's important for women to be financially independent and in control of their lives.

— Simi Garewal

More than a billion women around the world want to emulate western women's lifestyles and are rapidly acquiring the material ability to do so.…

— Louise Burfitt-Dons

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

It is imperative that women have quality affordable day care available to them because without it, families suffer.

— Sander Levin