Jenny Shipley Quotes

Nothing changes the gender equation more significantly than women's economic freedom.

Even more than the Pill, what has liberated women is that they no longer need to depend on men economically.

If women had better access to the financial system - even so much as a basic deposit account at a bank - it would be a major step in the direction of greater wealth and greater economic empowerment.

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race, economic independence.

Equality begins with economic empowerment.

Education, leading to financial independence, has surely made women more empowered.

We all know money is power. And women won't be equal with men until we are financially equal with men. Getting more money into the hands of women is good for women, but it's also good for their families, for the economy, and for society.

Empowering women with greater income opportunities will lift societies at a much faster rate.

What I always say is that money doesn't have colour. It doesn't matter whether you are from Africa or anywhere in the world. The colour of money is the same.

Growing up, I dreamt of being economically independent because I always believed women should be so.

My mother insists women must have financial independence, which is why I completed my degree in medicine.

Well, it's the last step of the civil rights movement: You know, wrap your hands around some money, right?

The role of business in advancing women's rights is growing, particularly in the area of economic opportunity including opening access to training, mentoring, networks, markets, technology and even to capital in some circumstances.

We know we cannot achieve our twin goals of ending poverty and boosting shared prosperity without ending poverty and creating equality for women and girls.

It's a powerful thing to know that you are empowering someone to lift themselves out of poverty.

I convinced myself economic empowerment of women was going to be key, especially in a country like this where most women didn't go to school.

What we want is a little money. You men know that you get as much again as women when you write, or for what you do. When we get our rights we shall not have to come to you for money, for then we shall have money enough in our own pockets; and maybe you will ask us for money.

If a woman is financially independent, she can definitely make a bigger contribution in making big decisions and contribute much more. If a woman is financially independent, she can pursue her interests, too.

I am a fierce advocate for the economic empowerment of all women. In the Congress, I am one of the leaders of an initiative called 'When Women Succeed, America Succeeds.' It is an economic agenda for women aimed at making sure women have equal pay for equal work, paid sick leave, and affordable child care.

What counts the most for women is having the confidence to make your own money.

Full social and political engagement is impossible without economic empowerment, a point that is as true for women as it is for young people of either gender.

Giving every girl in the world the chance of a healthy, educated, and economically independent life is essential if we are to end poverty around the world.

I personally think the male and female roles have changed dramatically in the past few decades. Men are no longer the breadwinners. Financial independence for a woman is a huge thing.

Women are living independently, but we don't yet have the social and economic policies behind us to support that independence.

Technology is making it easier for women to connect to business opportunities around the world. Legal obstacles must not be allowed to stand in their way. That's not just because it's economically smart. It's because discrimination shouldn't be the law.