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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a big perfectionist! I'm trying to channel super-confident women like Alicia Keys, Mariah Carey and Beyonce, because I realized that if you want something, you really have to go for it, just like they do.
- Impossible
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- Nov 07, 2020
Prince loves his women. It's not impossible that someday he'll be devoted to just one.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
The representation that I always go back to is a pop star - whether it's Lady Gaga or Madonna, I love the way those women in pop music have always made an effort to create a specific vision.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Full social and political engagement is impossible without economic empowerment, a point that is as true for women as it is for young people of either gender.
- Finance
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- Nov 07, 2020
Entrepreneurs - both women and men - need equal and fair access to finance - to create new businesses, to reach to new markets, and to adapt to climate change.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Around the world, it is much more difficult for women than for men to run a successful business. Even when laws are not explicitly biased against them, companies owned and operated by women often face discrimination every step of the way, from obtaining finance to finding customers.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Japan has huge potential in women - potential, especially in the area of the economy, that Japan is not using fully.
- Opportunities
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- Nov 07, 2020
Empowering women with greater income opportunities will lift societies at a much faster rate.
- Economy
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- Nov 07, 2020
It makes perfect economic sense to integrate women in the economy in the developing world in order to catch up with advanced countries, thereby minimising socioeconomic costs as well.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our main aim globally is to connect more women to the economy because we know there is a specific market failure there: women are having more difficulty in business than men.
- Information
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 'SheTrades' programme aims to connect one million women entrepreneurs to markets by 2020 with a campaign, a focussed networking app, and a range of international and national information resources.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women are the half of the engine of our societies; they are half of the engines of our economies.
- Justice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Governments everywhere have ministries dedicated to women's affairs. I know of only one with a Ministry for Women Empowerment: Indonesia. Charged with the 'realization of gender equality and justice' together with children's well-being, the ministry frames gender equality as a matter of justice.
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- Nov 07, 2020