Women need opportunity and encouragement. If a girl can climb mountains, she can do anything positive within her field of work. – Samina Baig
As women, we need to stand together. We are judged and objectified often enough by men. – Sara Sampaio
You know what’s strange? A lot of men don’t dream in color. Women will dream in color more than men. – Sylvia Browne
I have been blessed in many ways, and one of those is to have been born in Africa, for me a great treasure house of stories. I have been researching it since my infancy; reading about it, talking to men and women who have spent their lives in this land, living it as I have and loving it as I do. I write almost entirely from my own experience. – Wilbur Smith
I think sometimes women who are supposed to be strong are also written as mean and vindictive. – Yancy Butler
It’s very easy to say that men think about things more simply, but it kind of is true. And that’s not actually a bad thing. Approaching things in a more logical, practical fashion. This is a massive generalisation, but women tend to think about things more first, then act afterwards. – Sarah Snook
Women are emerging as a major force for change. Countries that have invested in girls’ education and removed legal barriers that prevent women from achieving their potential are now seeing the benefits. – Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Women are oppressed in the east, in the west, in the south, in the north. Women are oppressed inside, outside home, a woman is oppressed in religion, she is oppressed outside religion. – Taslima Nasrin
We as black people are not a monolithic bunch. We are not all the same, and neither are women. Instead, we are all individuals who have these extraordinary stories to tell and share with each other that will enrich all of our lives and help us all become more ourselves and better people. – Tracee Ellis Ross
Because we spoke so loudly, opponents of reproductive health access demonized and smeared me and others on the public airwaves. These smears are obvious attempts to distract from meaningful policy discussions and to silence women’s voices regarding their own health care. – Sandra Fluke
Periodically, ‘The New York Times’ runs a business news story lamenting how few women still make it to the top in the Wall Street boys’ club. Could it be that women are choosing to be conscientious objectors in these wars of one against all? – Tina Brown
There are two types of women out there: there’s the kind of woman who finds something nice and likes to keep it to herself, and then there’s the other type, which is me, who wants to share. – Victoria Beckham
People feel feminists are aggressive, men-hating women with a little moustache. I think it’s got a bad reputation because when feminism came into being, we were facing so much opposition that we had to be strident and aggressive. – Twinkle Khanna
Twenty-five million veterans are living among us today. These men and women selflessly set aside their civilian lives to put on the uniform and serve us. – Steve Buyer
I try to never lose sight of what a special time it is to be a women’s basketball player. – Sue Wicks
The suffragettes were women of action. Their motto was ‘Deeds not Words,’ and the film reflects that with a number of big set pieces, from the smashing of windows in central London to a riot at the Houses of Parliament. – Sarah Gavron
To wrap up the idea of ‘Parade’s End’ in a sentence or two, I would say it’s a love story in which we see a man with two women, and we know what’s attractive about them. And we know why and what they feel about him. – Tom Stoppard
I would love to walk into a mall and see more than two or three stores that cater to women who are a size 14 and up! – Yvette Nicole Brown
In reality, the pioneers of this transformation of the indigenous Zapatista woman are a merit of the women insurgents. – Subcomandante Marcos
I’ve always been comfortable working with women and I’ve had two happy marriages. Draw what conclusions you like from that. – Vince Cable
I don’t think that women necessarily always write like women. I was a writer on the ‘Comedy Central Roasts’ for a while, and I always wrote the jokes that people assumed the men would write. – Whitney Cummings
We’ve heard a lot in recent polemic about how to win the fight for the corner office. But pushing up against a glass ceiling is practically a luxury when you consider the millions of women who can feel the floor dropping beneath their feet. – Tina Brown
I have always believed that resistance against repression and violence is possible without relying on similar repression and violence. I have always believed that human civilization is the fruit of the effort of both women and men. – Tawakkol Karman
Financial inclusion helps lift people out of poverty and can help speed economic development. It can draw more women into the mainstream of economic activity, harnessing their contributions to society. – Sri Mulyani Indrawati
