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“Women's strength, women's industry, women's wisdom are humankind's greatest untapped resource. The challenge then for U.N. Women i...”

“As more and more women, men and young people raise their voices and become active in local government, and more local leaders take...”

“As a doctor, when I was minister of health and would go somewhere, little girls would come up to me and say, 'I want to be like yo...”

“As a vibrant force in civil society, women continue to press for their rights, equal participation in decision-making, and the uph...”

“My father respected and admired my mother and was a person who was always standing by my side, encouraging me to do more and belie...”

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“On Earth Day, we celebrate all the gifts the world and nature make available to us. We recognize our complete dependence on its bo...”

“My dad was young; he went to work. But he'd been to war. He'd seen some of the world. It wasn't like he was going to be an extensi...”

“My views about God come from my dad. Dad told me that he believed Nature, which to him included humankind, to be so beautiful, so...”

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“The longer you remain silent, the longer you don't turn over documents, a presumption begins to build that you're withholding some...”