Around the world Quote by Swanee Hunt

Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that…

— Ban Ki-moon

Contemporary nations such as Sweden, Norway, and Finland, where women are half of the national legislatures, have more caring policies, less violence, and more…

— Riane Eisler

When women are paid for their work and have control over how the money gets spent, they invest much more of their income than…

— Arancha Gonzalez

Countries with more gender equality have better economic growth. Companies with more women leaders perform better. Peace agreements that include women are more durable.…

— Ban Ki-moon

It's not just a question of numbers. There will be more women (in parliament) who are conscious of women's rights ... There will also…

— Hanan Ashrawi

Women are not making it to the top. A hundred and ninety heads of state; nine are women. Of all the people in parliament…

— Sheryl Sandberg

The evidence shows that investing in women and girls delivers major benefits for society. An educated woman has healthier children. She is more likely…

— Jimmy Carter

“How is it that a country that gave us Emily Pankhurst and Margaret Thatcher is currently number twenty-eight in the list of countries offering…

— Sue Lloyd Roberts

Well, if you look at the programme that we're offering, I think that is a future which is fair for women as well as…

— Harriet Harman

In Rwanda, which has gone through a devastating civil war and has a per-capita income of $16 per year, half of members of Parliament…

— Katty Kay

Women have worked hard; starved in prison; given of their time and lives that we might sit in the House of Commons and take…

— Ellen Wilkinson

The more money a woman has, the more educated she is, and the more educated she is, the more she knows about how to…

— Natalie Portman