Afghanistan Quote by Khaled Hosseini

I started a foundation, called The Khaled Hosseini Foundation. The mission has been to help the most vulnerable groups in Afghanistan. So the focus…

— Khaled Hosseini

We will also be funding projects that empower women and children in Afghanistan and now and then give scholarships to Afghan students here in…

— Khaled Hosseini

The bulk of our efforts [in The Khaled Hosseini Foundation] has focused on helping build permanent shelters for returning refugees who are homeless, living…

— Khaled Hosseini

“Since many donor countries required development projects—from agriculture to politics—to consider specifically how the lives of Afghan women were to be improved, Kabul had…

— Jenny Nordberg

Today, this young woman is me, a Nobel laureate. I'm now on a journey to fulfill the wish, in my tiny capacity, of little…

— Leymah Gbowee

The Israeli government has already established a fund to encourage young Arab women, specifically from the Bedouin community, to study engineering. We are funding…

— Naftali Bennett

Not long ago, women in Afghanistan were required by Taliban leadership to be covered nearly head-to-toe and were barely allowed to leave the home;…

— Kristen Soltis Anderson

“Women in my country take their rights for granted and completely dissociate themselves from the women's rights movement and feminism. But I think anything's…

— Cheryl Benard quoting Lorrie

... our scholarships should be bestowed on those whose ability and earnestness in the primary department have been proved, and whose capacity for a…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

The Women's Sports Foundation has empowered so many young girls and women across the U.S. I benefitted from WSF with a travel and training…

— Michelle Kwan

Everyone wins when children - and especially girls – have access to education. An educated girl is likely to increase her personal earning potential…

— Angelique Kidjo

Boosting STEM education opportunities for young women globally is one critical way that the U.S. can promote women's equality, as well as economic development,…

— Kristen Soltis Anderson