glory belongs to…

“Whatever glory belongs to the race for a development unprecedented in history for the given length of time, a full share belongs to the womanhood of the race.” – Mary McLeod Bethune

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“I would like to stress the importance of girls’ education and its crucial impact on all aspects of human development. All the objectives of the MDGs, such as alleviating poverty and hunger, involve and affect women. In this sense, gender equality and the empowerment of women hold the key to regaining momentum toward the achievement of those goals.” – Excerpt by Daisaku Ikeda, 2010 Peace Proposal (see ikedaquotes.org)

MDG – Millennium Development Goals

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