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Women's
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“It
is truly a privilege to be able to support all women's causes on a global level.
It is remarkable that something as simple as television can empower us to create
change and awareness in the world. I am blessed to be able to work at a job I
love and also give back in the most vital way--to people in need.”
-- Teri
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“I've
always been a big believer in equality. No one has ever been able to tell me I
couldn't do something because I was a girl.”
-- Anne
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"When
I see the elaborate study and ingenuity displayed by women in the pursuit of trifles,
I feel no doubt of their capacity for the most herculean undertakings.
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Julia Ward Howe |
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"Full
democracy requires the full participation of women. Your voices are vital. The
word 'vital' means necessary for life. A democracy, to be fully alive, must include
all its citizens."
-- Swanee
Hunt |
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women are the victims of
war... as widows they've faced the trauma of being single parents and livelihoods
of families are affected. A lot of gender-related problems come up in terms of
health, education, domestic violence, etc.
-- Kumari
Jayawardena *
Today
women in many countries are taking part in various types of movements of protest,
some of which are serious struggles for economic and social emancipation .
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Kumari Jayawardena
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"Across
the world women are joining hands in solidarity and support, in a global women’s
movement, sharing knowledge and experience and empowering themselves to build
a peaceful and fairer world."
-- Marilee
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Every
day we hear about the dangers of cancer, heart disease and AIDS. But how many
of us realize that, in much of the world, the act of giving life to a child is
still the biggest killer of women of child-bearing age?
-- Liya
Kebede *
The
message of our campaign is "Make every mother and child count". This campaign
is not just about health. It is also a powerful call for radical progress in women's
rights and the rights of their children. Too often, the health of mothers and
children does not count. In too many parts of the world, they are forgotten.
-- Liya Kebede |
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I
think it's important for me as an actor that I say these are the issues I'm going
to be committed to. One of them for me is women and children's health around the
world and their rights;the other is ovarian cancer.
-- Nicole
Kidman *
As
a Goodwill Ambassador for UNIFEM, I’ve learned that violence against women knows
no boundaries. Join me in helping women worldwide who have suffered unthinkable
violence.
-- Nicole
Kidman *
Violence
against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable.
We can put a stop to this.
-- Nicole
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“One in three women
may suffer from abuse and violence in her lifetime. This is an appalling human
rights violation, yet it remains one of the invisible and under-recognized pandemics
of our time.”
-- Nicole
Kidman I’m
especially interested in helping to give visibility to the pandemic of violence
against women
-- Nicole
Kidman
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“I know we can't abolish
prejudice through laws, but we can set up guidelines for our actions by legislation.”
-- Belva Ann Lockwood
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“I
do not believe in sex distinction in literature, law, politics, or trade - or
that modesty and virtue are more becoming to women than to men, but wish we had
more of it everywhere.”
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“Prior
to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might
grow up and become chief.”
-- Wilma
Mankiller |
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Because
of their agelong training in human relations-for that is what feminine intuition
really is-women have a special contribution to make to any group enterprise.
-- Margaret Mead It
has been a woman's task throughout history to go on believing in life when there
was almost no hope.
-- Margaret
Mead Every
time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
-- Margaret
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The
world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation, because in the degradation
of women, the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source.
-- Lucretia Mott |
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History looks different
when the contributions of women are included.
~ National Women's History
Project
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In
less than a century we experienced great movement. The youth movement! The labor
movement! The civil rights movement! The peace movement! The solidarity movement!
The women's movement! The disability movement! The disarmament movement! The gay
rights movement! The environmental movement! Movement! Transformation! Is there
any reason to believe we are done?
-- Holly
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