As long as women are bound by poverty and as long as they are looked down upon, human rights will lack substance. As long as outmoded ways of thinking prevent women from making a meaningful contribution to society, progress will be slow.

Nelson Mandela

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It has been women who have breathed gentleness and care into the harsh progress of mankind.

Queen Elizabeth II

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The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.

Swami Vivekananda

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To awaken the people, it is the women who must first be awakened. Once she is on the move, the family moves, the village moves, the nation moves.

Jawaharlal Nehru

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Freedom cannot be achieved unless the women have been emancipated from all forms of oppression.

Nelson Mandela

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Women are strong and fragile. Women are beautiful and ugly. We are soft spoken and loud, all at once.

Lady Gaga

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