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“You educate a boy, and you're educating an individual. You educate a girl, and you're educating a village.
-African Proverb”
― Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
-African Proverb”
― Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
“When women gain a voice in society, there's evidence of less violence.”
― Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
― Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
“Americans of faith should try as hard to save the lives of African women as the lives of unborn fetuses.”
― Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
― Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
“Women might just have something to contribute to civilization other than their vaginas. —CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY, Florence of Arabia”
― Half the Sky
― Half the Sky
“The paradox of honor killings is that societies with the most rigid moral codes end up sanctioning behavior that is supremely immoral: murder.”
― Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
― Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
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