Mahnaz Afkhami Quotes

#1. We have the ability to achieve, if we master the necessary goodwill, a common global society blessed with a shared culture of peace that is nourished by the ethnic, national and local diversities that enrich our lives.

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#2. The connection between women's human rights, gender equality, socioeconomic development and peace is increasingly apparent.

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#3. Any definition of a culture of peace must address the problem of achieving justice for communities and individuals who do not have the means to compete or cope without structured assistance and compassionate help.

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#4. The new information technology, indifferent to human suffering, does not accommodate humane needs unless we harness it and make it do so.

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#5. Rights and empowerment are interconnected: unless a substantial number of women in a community come to believe that they have rights and demand to exercise them, right remains an abstraction.

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#6. Women's empowerment is intertwined with respect for human rights.

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#7. Women, who are a majority of the peoples of the earth, are indispensable to the accumulation of the kind of social capital that is conducive to development, peace, justice and civility.

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#8. In the future, human rights will be increasingly a universal criterion for designing ethical systems.

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#9. Women's status in society has become the standard by which humanity's progress toward civility and peace can be measured."-Architects of Peace: Visions of Hope in Words and Images

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#10. As we move into the twenty-first century, women's status in society will become the standard by which to measure our progress toward civility and peace.

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