#gender

When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy, basic health care and gender equity, aimed specifically at India and Bangladesh. ↗

— Amartya Sen

#aimed #also #award #bangladesh #basic

With the adoption of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women, the international community sent out a clear message that gender based violence will not be tolerated. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

#against #based #clear #clear message #community

There are not as many women who support the national defense budget now as men. I really think there is a gender gap in the support for the large expenditures that are necessary to modernize the force. ↗

— Ted Stevens

#defense #defense budget #expenditures #force #gap

There's still a massive inequality between the genders. If you look at the trajectory of a male actor's career, there's no hesitation or hiatus. But women after the age of 35 to 40 are rarely placed in the centre of the story. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

#after #age #between #career #centre

I don't think people should have boundaries put on them, by themselves or society or another gender, because it's our birthright to experience life in whatever way we feel best suits us. ↗

— Hilary Swank

#because #best #birthright #boundaries #experience

Sexuality and gender don't change anyone's performance on the court. ↗

— Sheryl Swoopes

#change #court #gender #performance #sexuality

Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy. ↗

— Tertullian

#enemy #engenders #hatred #soon #truth

I have no problem with it. I don't look on homosexuality as an aberration. It's just they way they're born, and how could any relationship between two people in a committed relationship be wrong, regardless of gender? ↗

— Andrea Thompson

#any #between #born #committed #could

I thought, transgender people are much worse off than I am. That's why they're willing to risk everything to be who they are. But the older I got, the harder it got to stay in my body. ↗

— Chastity Bono

#body #everything #got #harder #i

One of the hardest questions I have been asked is 'How will you manage the army if you are having menstrual cramps?' I have also been asked if I will have the courage to face criminals. My answer is that courage is not a matter of gender. ↗

— Josefina Vazquez Mota

#answer #army #asked #been #courage