“Propelled by freedom of faith, gender equality and economic justice for all, India will become a modern nation. Minor blemishes cannot cloak the fact that India is becoming such a modern nation: no faith is in danger in our country, and the continuing commitment to gender equality is one of the great narratives of our times.” CountryFactsNationsJusticeEconomicModernDangerBecomingCommitmentIndiaGenderOur CountryNarrativeOur TimeMinorsContinuingGender EqualityCloaksEconomic JusticeJustice For All Author:Pranab Mukherjee
“I have an immigrant story. Most people come here for economic reasons, or religious reasons, or racial reasons, or gender reasons, or one of those things. I had a good job in Paris, but America was, and still is, the golden fleece. And I've done very well!” PeopleWellsStillsReasonDoneStoriesJobsAmericaReligiousEconomicGenderGoldenParisImmigrantsGood JobFleece Author:Jacques Pepin
“Simply put, no society can truly flourish if it stifles the dreams and productivity of half its population. Happily, I see evidence all over the world that women are gaining social and economic power that they never had before. This is good news.” IfsWorldDreamSocialHalfEconomicNewsEvidencePopulationGenderProductivityGood NewsEconomic Power Author:William J. Clinton
“As a dedicated, successful writer, Lydia Sigourney violated essential elements of the very gender roles she celebrated. In the process, she offered young, aspiring women writers around the country an example of the possibilities of achieving both fame and economic reward.” CountryYoungProcessRolesSuccessfulEconomicAchieveExamplePossibilityFameEssentialsElementsRewardsGenderDedicatedGender Roles Author:Lydia Sigourney
“I think that one of the things that we all agree to is that the touchstone for economic policy is, does it allow the average American to find good employment and see their incomes rise; that we can't just look at things in the aggregate, we do want to grow the pie, but we want to make sure that prosperity is spread across the spectrum of regions and occupations and genders and races; and that economic policy should focus on growing the pie, but it also has to make sure that everybody has got opportunity in that system.” ThinkingWantShouldLooksDoeOpportunityGrowsRaceFocusGrowingEconomicPolicyAgreeAverageProsperitySpreadGenderIncomeEmploymentRegionsOccupationPieSpectrumEconomic PolicyTouchstones Author:Barack Obama
“There's no question that the black middle class has benefited greatly by the civil rights movement. But there is a large black underclass that does not have access to jobs. If there's no clear road to income and status except crime, we should expect social problems. You can't solve this problem without addressing the economic issues, and the same is true with gender.” IfsShouldDoeProblemJobsSocialBlackClassIssuesClearRightsEconomicMiddleCrimeMovementGenderSolveAccessIncomeCivil RightsMiddle ClassCivil Rights MovementSocial ProblemsEconomic Issues Author:Betty Friedan
“There are many ways of supporting gender equality, from something as simple as paid sick leave and flexible work hours to attributing an economic value to all care-giving, and making that amount tax deductible.” WayGivingCareValuesHoursSimpleEconomicAmountTaxesSickPaidGenderFlexibleGender EqualityEconomic ValueSick Leave Author:Gloria Steinem
“When I go to a great movie, I can live somebody else's life a little bit for a while. I can walk in somebody else's shoes. I can see what it feels like to be a member of a different gender, a different race, a different economic class, to live in a different time, to have a different belief.” FeelsLittlesI CanDifferentBeliefBitsWalksRaceClassEconomicMembersLittle BitShoesGenderDifferent TimesDifferent RacesDifferent BeliefsEconomic Class Author:Roger Ebert
“I'm the result of upbringing, class, race, gender, social prejudices, and economics. So I'm a victim again. A result.” SocialResultsRaceClassEconomicEconomicsPrejudiceVictimGenderUpbringing Author:James Hillman
“Usually based on an economic agenda, white working-class voters don't buy into this whole biology-chemistry-abortion-gender agenda as much as they want more take-home pay. They want affordability.” WantWholeHomeWhitePayClassEconomicGenderAbortionAgendasBiologyVotersChemistryWorking ClassAffordability Author:Kellyanne Conway
“It's truly hard to understand how liberal politicians, activists and journalists so consistently escape accountability for stoking the flames of racial disharmony while purporting to dampen them and for dividing our society along racial, gender, and economic lines while claiming to unite us.” HardLinesEconomicPoliticianGenderJournalistFlamesOur SocietyAccountabilityActivistConsistentlyDividingDisharmony Author:David Limbaugh
“The fact that you couldn't see Alfred Hitchcock's first film The Mountain Eagle, or that you couldn't see so many of F.W. Murnau's masterpieces, or that you couldn't see so many of Oscar Micheaux's really intriguing race melodramas, made with fierce independent spirit against all odds in '20s and '30s America. That stuff haunted me. They really did bring to life a sense of 20th Century history: cultural history, pop history, gender politics and race politics, socio economic history, all that stuff. It was bracing and instructive.” FirstsMadeFactsAmericaFilmSpiritStuffRaceEconomicCenturyMountainIndependentPopsGenderFierceOddsOscars20th CenturyMasterpieceEaglesIntriguingHitchcockMelodramaAgainst All OddsEconomic History Author:Guy Maddin
“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.” IfsHumansCountryLosesHalfEconomyEconomicHugeDependsBenefitsEmpowermentGenderAccessFactorsEmploymentHealthcareAdequateGender EqualityEconomic EqualityEconomic Empowerment Author:Michelle Bachelet
“The benefits of feminism have been unequally distributed, because the move toward gender equality and gender neutrality has been countered to a large extent by the increase in economic inequality.” Has BeensMovingFeminismEconomicBenefitsIncreaseGenderInequalityGender EqualityNeutralityEconomic Inequality Author:Stephanie Coontz
“Any insistence on equal pay is crucial and any redefinition of work to include caregiving work so that it also has an economic value, at least at replacement level, that's crucial. So change does come from the bottom up, and it will come from girls and women and men who understand that for us all to be human beings instead of being grouped by gender is good for them, too.” MenHumansDoeValuesGirlHuman BeingsLevelsPayEconomicEqualMen And WomenBottomGenderCrucialReplacementsInsistenceEqual PayCaregivingEconomic Value Author:Gloria Steinem