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Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone's responsibility. -- Ban Ki-moon
True equality means holding everyone accountable in the same way, regardless of race, gender, faith, ethnicity - or political ideology. -- Monica Crowley
Similarly, gender-equality, supremacy of law, political participation, civil society, and transparency are among the indispensable elements that are the imperatives of democratization. -- Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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
I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and more equality. -- Judith Butler
Sporting events like the Olympics have developed and maintained a clear message of promoting gender equality as an essential criterion in the success of any international event. -- Richard Attias
Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance. -- Kofi Annan
If supporters of equality for women want to vote for the best candidate, they must look to a person regardless of gender and must disregard the gender of political opponents. -- Karen DeCrow
The basic Buddhist stand on the question of equality between the genders is age-old. At the highest tantric levels, at the highest esoteric level, you must respect women: every woman. -- Dalai Lama
And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so. -- Ed Miliband
I support anything that broadens the message of gender equality and tempers the stigma of the feminist label. We run into trouble, though, when we celebrate celebrity feminism while avoiding the actual work of feminism. -- Roxane Gay
In Sweden, there's a lot of talk of gender equality. That discussion isn't as prevalent in the U.S. I feel that successful American women are tougher than Swedish women - they create their space. -- Joel Kinnaman
Garage Magazine' has a strong track record of promoting diversity and racial and gender equality in the worlds of art and fashion and will continue in our mission to stir positive debate on these and other issues. -- Dasha Zhukova
I can't explain exactly why it lives within me for so long and passionately. But race matters to me; racial equality matters to me, as does gender. There is something about these kinds of social injustices that go to the deep of me. -- Sue Monk Kidd
One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment, you lose at least half of your potential. So, gender equality and women's empowerment bring huge economic benefits. -- Michelle Bachelet
As a partner in a firm full of women who work outside of the home as well as stay at home mothers, all with plenty of children, gender equality is not a talking point for me. It is an issue I live every day. -- Hilary Rosen
You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism - so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving. -- Paloma Faith
Countries with higher levels of gender equality have higher economic growth. Companies with more women on their boards have higher returns. Peace agreements that include women are more successful. Parliaments with more women take up a wider range of issues - including health, education, anti-discrimination, and child support. -- Ban Ki-moon
I've been a staunch advocate of women's empowerment, and I've worked hard throughout my career to advance the cause. It is heartening to see that gender equality is really becoming more of a reality. There is still much more to be done, and I'm confident that, by working together, we can empower women worldwide. -- Madhuri Dixit
Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that India is becoming such a modern nation: no faith is in danger in our country, and the continuing commitment to gender equality is one of the great narratives of our times. -- Pranab Mukherjee
Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality. -- Helen Clark
Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyones responsibility. -- Ban Ki-moon
I believe in gender equality. -- Demi Lovato
Gender equality must become a lived reality -- Michelle Bachelet
Gender equality is more successful than armed force -- Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
I feel like a feminist is gender equality. -- Ilana Glazer
We are a model country where gender equality is concerned. -- Tarja Halonen
Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women. -- Michelle Bachelet
No country in the world can yet say they have achieved gender equality. -- Emma Watson
Achieving gender equality is about disrupting the status quo - not negotiating it. -- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off. -- Nicola Sturgeon
The connection between women's human rights, gender equality, socioeconomic development and peace is increasingly apparent. -- Mahnaz Afkhami
I believe in gender equality and I love that I can represent strong modern-day women. -- Katie Cassidy
We have the data to prove to men that gender equality is not a zero-sum game, but a win-win. -- Michael Kimmel
There's been a sort of mini-revolution, an uprising, as was long overdue, about these subject matters: ethnicity and gender equality. -- Natalie Dormer
The 2010 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum shows that countries with better gender equality have faster-growing, more competitive economies. -- Michelle Bachelet
Clearly, I'm committed to women's issues and stories and promoting gender equality. I have two incredible role models in Jenji [Kohan] and Shonda [Rhimes]. -- Alysia Reiner
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
Women made up 44% of Olympic competitors at London 2012 - the greatest show of gender equality in Olympic history. By comparison, in the 1908 Games men outnumbered women 53 to 1. -- Donna de Varona
I used to oppose women's suffrage and I've come to support it because these women have convinced me that we need full gender equality for full democratic participation. -- Louis D. Brandeis
Gender equality, historically has been predominantly a women's movement for women. But I think the impact of gender inequality and how it's affecting men hasn't really been addressed. -- Emma Watson
If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be anti racist. If being sexist ain't genetic, then, dad gum, people can learn about gender equality. -- Johnnetta B. Cole

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