QUOTES
"We
have to start looking at the world through women's eyes. How are human rights,
peace, and development defined from the perspective of the lives of women?"
“Feminism
is a transformational force, an individual and social force. It is a way of looking
at the world–a questioning of power/domination issues, an affirmation of women’s
energy.”
“We
have to start looking at the world through women’s eyes’ how are human rights,
peace and development defined from the perspective of the lives of women? It’s
also important to look at the world from the perspective of the lives of diverse
women, because there is not single women’s view, any more than there is a single
men’s view.”
“We
are asking people to understand that slavery still exists today; in fact, according
to a recent New York Times article, if you count the number of women and children
in bonded labor, domestic slavery or sexual slavery today, there are more slaves
in the world than at any other time in history.”
“...lesbian
and gay rights battles have been lost because opponents say, ‘They shouldn’t get
special rights.’ But these ‘special rights’ are just access to the same rights
everybody has. That language is used to mean that whenever any group advocates
for itself, it’s somehow a special plea over and against other groups. That has
been a very effective manipulation of language, and we have to counter that manipulation.”
“We
want people to realize that much of the rape in the world today is a form of terrorism;
it is used as a method of keeping women of the street, out of the bars, out of
the factories, or anywhere else men don’t want women to go. It is used as a way
of keeping women in their place.”
Feminism
is an entire world view or gestalt, not just a laundry list of women's issues.
“Whether
there are innately female leadership styles... is not really the right question.
It is more important to ask why there has been so little attention paid to women
leaders over the years as well as why the styles of leading more often exhibited
by women are particularly useful at this critical moment in history.”
Sexual,
racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture
cannot be eliminated without changing culture.
“As
a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's
obligation, not just a good idea.”
“There
is no private domain of a person's life that is not political, and there is no
political issue that is not ultimately personal.”
“The
state of the world today demands that women become less modest and dream/plan/act/risk
on a larger scale.”
Women
have a lot to say about how to advance women's rights, and governments need to
learn from that, listen to the movement and respond.”
“People
learn to lead because they care about something.”
“We
need women leaders. But we need them to have a vision for something.”
