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" There have been some gains made in terms of more equality for women in the workplace and in the way the legal system deals with issues of violence against women. "

Tracy Chapman

Women

Way

Equality

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" Men are able to sustain a career into their 50s and 60s and still present themselves as sex symbols. With women, on the other hand, people say, 'Why doesn't she retire?' "

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" I mentioned that I received a scholarship to Episcopalian school, and the model for the school was 'From each according to his or her ability and to each according to his or her need.' And it's something that is still really important to me in thinking about how I prioritize what I do with my life. "

" I found myself in the middle of a race riot when I was about 14 years old, and I found someone pointing a gun at me and telling me to run or they'd shoot me. "

Tracy Chapman

Run

Gun

" When I look at my daughter, who's 24, she is much more confident than I ever was and her expectations are higher. But I worry that there is a backlash brewing against progress on equality. "

" Humanistic values of equality and equal rights for all nations and individuals as crystallized in the principles of the United Nations Charter are mankind's great achievements in the 20th century. "

" And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so. "

" I personally feel a responsibility to demonstrate to that we girls have the power to not only gain equality for women but all sectors of society. "

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" I think men are allowed to be fat and bald and ugly and women aren't. And it's just not - there is no equality there. "

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" Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and men, girls and boys. It is everyone's responsibility. "

" I was part of a show called 'Manifest Equality' in Los Angeles in 2010, and I realized there was a disconnect between people who are gay or have gay friends and are gay-friendly, and people who think they don't know any gay people. "

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