Civil rights Quote by United Nations

Women must have economic and social equality with men.

— Margaret Sanger

All women, whatever be their position, should demand political equality as a means of a freer life, and one calculated to yield rich blessings…

— Clara Zetkin

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

The principles of fairness and equality for working men and women are deeply interwoven within the fabric of our nation's history.

— Bob Menendez

“Now I know of only two methods of establishing equality in the political world; every citizen must be put in possession of his rights,…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

We have not ratified The Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Among Women. I think 194 countries have signed onto it,…

— Carolyn Maloney

The goal of equality seems to disproportionately burden women, since it's assumed that they have to assume more responsibility, while men can remain the…

— Amy Richards

The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal, but it depends upon themselves whether the principle of equality…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Despite all the progress that we have made in the world, gender equality is still not pervasive in all parts of our society.”

— Avijeet Das

Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

If women really want equality, we have to wipe the slate clean. It no longer matters in the largest sense what men did to…

— Nancy Friday

“The kind of emancipation that is being put forward today in technologically based cultures is crying out for women at last to become men.…

— Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI