Around the world Quote by Laura Bush

“Continued resistance to female education means that female illiteracy is higher than male, yet it is usually women who do the artificial feeding. Of…

— Gabrielle Palmer

When we look at countries that suppress women's rights, I think that they are missing the point. Women have so much to offer.

— Lynda Carter

In many developing countries, girls don't go to school. They stay home. They are at the water wells, bringing water back and forth to…

— Laura Bush

Success on the front of women's rights will look like a world not only with obvious advances - where no girl is denied access…

— Adora Svitak

One of the biggest development issues in the world is the education of girls. In the United States and Europe, it has been accepted,…

— Harri Holkeri

There are over 200 million illiterate women in India. This low literacy negatively impacts not just their lives but also their families' and the…

— Sachin Tendulkar

In some big cities [in Pakistan] some women have access to a job and education - but the UN reported that more than 5…

— Malalai Joya

Sometimes the issue is about whether families and communities think girls are even worthy of an education in the first place. It's about whether…

— Michelle Obama

I would like to see many times more dollars going into the education for girls. The World Bank has some wonderful statistics in terms…

— Swanee Hunt

We can't afford not to educate girls and give women the power and the access that they need.

— Michelle Obama

There is a reason you keep hearing about the power of educating girls in the developing world. It's a reason so simple that you…

— Richard E. Robbins

Even in areas like the most depressed region of India in terms of female education, namely Rajasthan, which has [one of] the lowest female…

— Amartya Sen