Around the world Quote by Melinda Gates

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

Across the world, in Africa, Asia, Latin America, everywhere, there is a widespread recognition on the part of the parents, too, that the children's…

— Amartya Sen

In many countries, they do not even keep track of how girls are doing in school, or if they are there at all. If…

— Malala Yousafzai

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

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

To build a more healthy, peaceful and equitable world the classrooms of the world have to be full of girls as well as boys

— Kofi Annan

It seems the public in Europe has not yet learnt that most girls in India today go to school.

— Hans Rosling

Housework comes first, so girls often fall behind in school. Global statistics show that it's increasingly girls, not boys, who don't know how to…

— Melinda Gates

Education is key. We have to keep girls in school and give them the same opportunities that boys have. They need access to vocational…

— Gillian Anderson

As more girls get basic schooling, larger numbers will move up the educational ladder - some to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. That's…

— Julia Gillard

In sub-Saharan Africa, fewer than 1 in 5 girls make it to secondary school.

— Nancy Gibbs

“Why aren’t boys more engaged in school? According to Sommers, “schools today tend to be run by women for girls. Classrooms can be hostile…

— Helen Smith