Unless there is recognition that women are most vulnerable… and you do something about social and cultural equality for women, you’re never going to defeat this pandemic. – Stephen Lewis
I think when you’ve travelled around a lot in Africa, you understand something that many people here don’t recognize: the extraordinary power that is Africa at village level – at community level. – Stephen Lewis
I learned later, just as a footnote, that the World Assembly of Youth was a CIA front. – Stephen Lewis
I was working for the Socialist International, after I left university in 1959, as a researcher. – Stephen Lewis
Men haven’t changed their behaviour, so women somehow have to be strengthened to be able to ward off the men. – Stephen Lewis
I’m still at the end of my rope because I find myself not handling things well when I travel. – Stephen Lewis
Young women, adolescent girls, are more subject to infection, sometimes at a rate of six times that of boys. That tells you a lot about the vulnerability of women. – Stephen Lewis
