"The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards."
-Michelle Bachelet
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"In today's interdependent world, a threat to one becomes a menace to all. And no state can defeat these challenges and threats alone.“
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"Gender equality will only be reached if we are able to empower women."
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"Educational equality doesn't guarantee equality on the labor market. Even the most developed countries are not gender-equal. There are still glass ceilings and 'leaky pipelines' that prevent women from getting ahead in the workplace."
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"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."
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"The 2010 global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum shows that countries with better gender equality have faster-growing, more competitive economies."
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"Violence against women in all its forms is a human rights violation. It's not something that any culture, religion or tradition propagates."
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"Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form."
-John Berger
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"None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone."
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"If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."
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"I knew I was alone in a way that no earthling has ever been before."
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"He alone is free who lives with free consent under the entire guidance of reason."
-Baruch Spinoza
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"God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly."
-Paul Valery
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