Best quotes by Winnie Byanyima on Women

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• ‟ When men and women, boys and girls, are denied the right to education, the right to own land, the access to basic services like healthcare and clean water, a fair price for the crops they grow, a fair wage for the work they do, or the right to be part of making decisions that affect them, the result is poverty.

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• ‟ Women, men, and children have fundamental rights to humanitarian assistance and protection. Yet far too many states block aid and attack their own citizens, and too many others - including some of the world's wealthiest countries - turn their back on those fleeing conflict and violence.

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• ‟ When we talk about women's economic empowerment, we should be careful that we're not just giving women more to do.

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• ‟ GDP excludes care work and other unpaid work, most of which falls to women and girls in rich and in poor countries alike.

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• ‟ The discrimination of women and girls goes to the core of any and all analyses of the world's economic, political, and environmental problems.

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• ‟ Without women's equal access to positions of decision-making power and a clear process to get there, gender equality, global security, and peace will never be realized.

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• ‟ Instead of presiding over an economic system that panders to big business and a wealthy elite, a more human economy must be established which meets the needs of African women and young people.

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