Quotes About Advocacy

Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history.

I created EIDWIM20s as a voice for women like myself.

That's a very, very touchy subject, domestic violence. I think women don't realize is it's something that's very prevalent. It goes on, on a daily basis.

Turns out, this 'whatabboutery' is a classic way of silencing women when you don't like what they're fighting for. Don't panic, feminists are quite capable of fighting multiple battles at once!

I focus on a lot of women's issues.

It's really not enough to just have black women. A really good idea could be to comment on how they are treated by society.

Feminists believe that men and women should have the same opportunities. If you are a feminist you believe in equal rights as a whole. That's not a concept you can really shoot down.

I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due.

The feminist women's organization NOW has endorsed Carol Moseley-Braun for president. Once again NOW has shown it is so far behind the times it should change its name to THEN.

The Women of the Storm made a big difference for me, because it really put some real-life faces with the situation, and not just politicians.

We must help women in every society to have their voices heard.

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

I don't think people should think of women's issues as auxiliary issues - they are central.

I do consider myself a feminist. I know the word has weird implications for people now, but I do think that its important to have women involved, whether its business or public service or...anything.

I think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring women's issues to the center of our foreign policy.

Although birth control is a part of my plan now, it won't necessarily be a year from now. I want to use my platform to inspire other women out there.

Eve Ensler is a hero of mine. She's been working for the rights of women for a long time.

Speaking of Margaret Sanger, Grandson Alexander Sanger, head of Planned Parenthood of New York City, said: She made people accept that women had the right to control their own destinies.

She made people accept that women had the right to control their own destinies.

I think that one of the tasks of feminist women - mainly women of culture - in our time is to seek out those women who were only forgotten because they were women.

One woman is a pest and two women is a team, but three women or more is a coalition. If you can bring a lot of people together as a coalition, you can get a lot changed.

There's always been a women's movement this century!

If women who were free to speak did not speak, we might as well say to the entire world, 'No matter what you do to women, no one cares, just go right ahead.'

We feminists think that women deserve the right NOT to prostitute.