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- Nov 07, 2020
Women Quotes
On confidence, identity and being true to yourself.
These quotes discuss women's confidence and identity from a few angles: resisting pressure to act a certain way, and the discipline shown by women serving alongside men in the military. For related reflections, see our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Nov 07, 2020
Women don't get the same opportunities that men get in racing, so they don't get to learn race craft.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
The one thing I like about 'Playboy' is they don't have the anorexic look. The women are voluptuous. So I didn't really want to diet. I just wanted to tone up.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
I just hope that people, women specifically, embrace that side of themselves that maybe is a little nuts or that society tells us is crazy.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel our brides are empowered women who know what they want and have a strong sense of their identity. Obviously, they love fashion and glamour.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Too often the desire for peace has been expressed by women while the stewardship of the mechanisms which are used to attempt to secure peace in the short and medium term are dominated by male decision-making structures and informal arrangements. This must change.
- NGOs
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- Nov 07, 2020
NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women.
- Progress
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- Nov 07, 2020
By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made.
- Action
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to achieve economic independence.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that gender based violence will not be tolerated.
- Essential
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ten years ago in Nairobi we said that the participation of women in the decision-making and appraisal processes of the United Nations was essential if the organization was to effectively serve women's interests.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
On many occasions New Zealand has spoken about the need to ensure that women's concerns are fully integrated into all aspects of the United Nations' activities and structures, not marginalised in one part of the Secretariat.
- Full Potential
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- Nov 07, 2020
The serious problems facing the world today will never be solved until women are able to use their full potential on behalf of themselves, their families, and their global and local communities, as the World Bank and others have discovered.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
What we need is to understand that women won't often apply for a job until they're almost 95% qualified. So they tick the box and say, 'If I can't do it all, I can't be qualified.' Men look at the same job, and as long as they get to about 60%, they'll apply.
- Full Potential
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- Nov 07, 2020