“Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view.”

“Every second, every day, every year, we fail to address demand for reproductive health and family planning services. Lives are lost, and girls' opportunities to thrive and contribute to their count...”

“The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to achieve economic independence.”

“The serious problems facing the world today will never be solved until women are able to use their full potential on behalf of themselves, their families, and their global and local communities, as...”

“By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made.”

“I was brought up in a family of leaders, and I think leadership is a life sentence. I like changing things that will shape the future.”

“When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.”

“There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.”

“All of us lived life when sex was the farthest thing from our minds. Try to remember the careless freedom of play, basking in the beingness of others. As adults, responsibilities and obligations ca...”

“Our greatest mistakes, if we look at them, and digest them, and interact with them, and learn from them they can be the greatest moments of our lives.”

“Value of gold is understood in crisis than on a occasion. But the gold plays both the role reminding its significance. We yet times need to value and de-value to understand and appreciate significa...”

“My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl that's pretty seductive.”

“What you teach your own children is what you really believe in.”