Women Quotes

Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view.

~ Jenny Shipley

Women will only have true equality when men share with them the responsibility of bringing up the next generation.

~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Women have talent and intelligence but, due to social constraints and prejudices, it is still a long distance away from the goal of gender equality.

~ Pratibha Patil

We know we cannot achieve our twin goals of ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity without ending poverty and creating equality for women and girls.

~ Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Women have fought so long and hard for our rights and equality, and now all our attention is put on being a size 0.

~ Pink

For most of us, fidelity is faithfulness to an obligation, trust, or duty. For the men and women of the FBI, fidelity also means fidelity to country. It means fidelity to justice and the law, fidelity to the Constitution, fidelity to equality and liberty.

~ Robert Mueller

I believe there is complete equality between men and women. And I believe those passages in the New Testament, not by Jesus, but by Paul, that say women should not adorn themselves, they should always wear hats or color their hair in church - things like that - I think they are signs of the times and should not apply to modern-day life.

~ Jimmy Carter

The only way to ensure equality for women is to clearly declare it in our Constitution.

~ Carolyn Maloney

The women's movement in the 1970s led more women into the workforce and got them closer to pay equality.

~ Rebecca Traister

Our daughters were coming of age during a rising consciousness about gender equality. Throughout their school years - from kindergarten through graduate school, 1972 to 1992 - women were starting to take their places in areas traditionally reserved mostly for men.

~ Tom Brokaw

The storm and stress period of women and the new social and psychological formations thereby entailed must indeed extend far into the twentieth century. This period of conflict will cease only when woman within and out of marriage shall have received legal equality with man.

~ Ellen Key

Imperfect though it may be, the Beijing Platform for Action is the strongest statement of consensus on women's equality, empowerment and justice ever produced by governments.

~ Bella Abzug

Gender equality cannot be achieved by cutting programs that allow girls to get the same chance to compete, learn, and play. The United States has had a solid history of commitment to its female athletes and expanding opportunity for women, and it is imperative that we continue on this path.

~ Linda Sanchez

In Canada, women's rights are a vital part of our effort to build a society of real equality - not just for some, but for all Canadians. A society in which women no longer encounter discrimination nor are shut out from opportunities open to others.

~ Paul Martin

What is being called the UN 'gender architecture' is more like a shack. Women need a bigger global house if equality is ever to become a reality.

~ Charlotte Bunch

My pledge to you is that the SNP will put women and gender equality right at the heart of the Westminster agenda.

~ Nicola Sturgeon

Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.

~ Ban Ki-Moon

Those of us focused on issues related to social justice and equality are grateful for the significant steps President Obama has made to advance women's equality and status all over the world.

~ Christy Turlington

Women have full equality with men before the Lord. By nature, the roles of women differ from those of men. This knowledge has come to us with the Restoration of the gospel in the fullness of times, with an acknowledgment that women are endowed with the great responsibilities of motherhood and nurturing.

~ James E. Faust

It is Republicans that have led the fight for women's equality. Go back through history and look at who was the first woman to ever vote, elected to office, go to Congress.

~ Marsha Blackburn

I would love for women to be focused on maximum wage, and I have fought to be recognized with equality for a long time.

~ Marsha Blackburn

If interviewers are prejudiced against women or Hispanics, for example, a face-to-face interview will predictably result in discrimination. Reliance on tests, or on actual or past performance, can promote equality.

~ Cass Sunstein

My mum fought for feminism in her day so instilled in me the importance of equality. She taught me so much about women.

~ Chris Evans

I know a lot of the work that paved the way for women happened before I was around... I was never that feminist girl demanding equality, but maybe that's because I've never really faced inequality.

~ Kaley Cuoco

I never understood why women wanted equality in the workplace when in fact, that would be selling them short.

~ Jay Samit

Some women are smarter than men, and some aren't. But to suggest to women that they deserve dominance instead of equality is at best a cheap applause line.

~ Campbell Brown

The media says that equality for women has arrived, but if you look around, you still don't see girls playing guitars and having success with it.

~ Joan Jett

Feminism is just an idea. It's a philosophy. It's about the equality of women in all realms. It's not about man-hating. It's not about being humorless. We have to let go of these misconceptions that have plagued feminism for 40, 50 years.

~ Roxane Gay

When you say 'revolution' when you have only men outside, you know that something is going wrong. I'm not like a hardcore feminist, but I think that one of the things that makes the society advanced is equality between men and women. If half of the society is oppressed by the other half, it's not fine.

~ Marjane Satrapi

There needs to be radical development in equality law to create the environment to allow women to stay in work.

~ Ken Livingstone

'The Handmaid's Tale' is a human story, and women's rights are human rights, and it's all about equality, but at the end of the day, it's not equal.

~ Yvonne Strahovski

Despite great advances in women's rights, statistics show that when it comes to the balance of power between the sexes, equality is far from being a global reality.

~ Sam Taylor-Johnson

Women are the only exploited group in history to have been idealized into powerlessness.

~ Erica Jong

What's really sad is that so many young women between the ages of 16 and 25 are ignorant and they already believe that women get the same pay as men. They don't even really understand that equality hasn't happened with the pay force.

~ Bell Hooks

Single women will get us closer to gender equality, and that will take many forms, including a reimagining of what families entail and what it means to have a full female life. Also, their presence will force the government to support a population of independent women more capably.

~ Rebecca Traister

I don't consider myself a feminist, but I feel very empowered as a woman, and I've used all my resources widely. I believe in equality, but that's just naturally happening. I still want a door opened for me, to be treated like a lady, but I also want equal rights for women, of course.

~ Pamela Anderson

There have been some gains made in terms of more equality for women in the workplace and in the way the legal system deals with issues of violence against women.

~ Tracy Chapman

Until we command the exact same salary as every male counterpart, I feel a political desire to stand by other women. If we don't stand together, that equality will never be fully realized, and that bothers me.

~ Shirley Manson

The Islamic tradition does show some areas of apparent incompatibility with the goals of women in the West, and Muslims have a long way to go in their attitudes towards women. But blaming the religion is again to express an ignorance both of the religion and of the historical struggle for equality of women in Muslim societies.

~ Hamza Yusuf

It's tougher for women than men in Hollywood, period, if you ask me. As with most professions, women have generally not found equality with men when it comes to income and influence. There aren't as many female directors, producers, and writers, which translates to fewer complex roles for women.

~ Nazanin Boniadi