WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
“I raise up my voice not so that I can shout, but so that those with a voice can be heard---We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.”
- Malala Yousafzai
“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.”
- Margaret Thatcher
“A woman with a voice is, by definition, a strong woman.”
- Melinda Gates
“There is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women.”
- Kofi Annan
“I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved.”
- B. R. Ambedkar
GENDER EQUALITY
“Gender equality is critical to the development and peace of every nation.”
- Kofi Annan
“Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women.”
- Michelle Bachelet
“Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone’s responsibility.”
- Ban Ki-moon
SOCIAL MEDIA
“Social media is the ultimate equalizer. It gives voice and platform to anyone willing to engage.”
- Amy Jo Martin
“Technology and social media have brought power back to the people.”
- Mark McKinnon
“Connectivity is a human right.”
- Mark Zuckerberg
“The great thing about social media was how it gave a voice to voiceless people.”
- Jon Ronson
FREEDOM OF PRESS
“Freedom of press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.”
- Walter Cronkite
“Freedom of press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
“Freedom of press is the staff of life, for any vital democracy.”
- Wendell Willkie
UNITY
“We must constantly remind ourselves that whatever our religion or creed, we are all one people.”
- Jawaharlal Nehru
“There is more power in unity than division.”
- Emanuel Cleaver
“You can’t have unity without diversity.”
- Richard Twiss
“For unity to be real must stand the severest strain without breaking.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
EDUCATION
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
- Benjamin Franklin
“One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”
- Malala Yousafzai
“A good education is the foundation for a better future"
- Elizabeth Warren
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
- Nelson Mandela
YOUTH
“The youths of a nation are the trustees of posterity.”
- Benjamin Disraeli
“We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.”
- Franklin D.Roosevelt
“A society that cuts from its youth severs its lifeline.”
- Kofi Annan
