Billions Quote by Riane Eisler
“Women represent 70 percent of the 1.3 billion people in our world who live in absolute poverty. Consequently, as Joan Holmes, president of the Hunger Project, points out, any realistic efforts to change patterns of chronic hunger and poverty require changing traditions of discrimination against women.”
About This Quote
Source Report: The Hunger Project, 2015
Women’s empowerment is essential to ending extreme poverty.
In simple terms: Women key to ending poverty.
Key Takeaway
Support gender equality.
Themes
poverty
gender
social justice
empowerment
Mood
urgent
hopeful
Type
activist
inspirational
When to use this quote
- policy reform
- education programs
- microfinance
- community leadership
Key Concepts
systemic discrimination
economic development
Questions to Reflect On
- What barriers prevent women's empowerment?
- How can men support gender equity?
A Different Perspective
Cultural resistance may slow change.
