One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment, you lose at least half of your potential. So, gender equality and women's empowerment bring huge economic benefits.

You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks.

We have to make sure that women's issues are an essential element on the agendas of all heads of state, all governments.

The 2010 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum shows that countries with better gender equality have faster-growing, more competitive economies.

The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.

By including women in decision-making, city governments will be in a better position to fulfill their responsibility to ensure the safety of their residents, especially women and girls.

In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate.