““The ICROSS philosophy has always been that change occurs by empowering women. You can only empower women by educating them. This was a part of our policy twenty years before it became development sector.”

Source: https://www.herald.co.zw/womens-resilience-unmatched/ 'Zimbabwe: 'Women's Resilience Unmatched'

Source: Speech at the Regional Event to the Farewell position of Vice Chancellor Professor Mbwette in Lindi, (21 December 2014)

2015, Remarks to the People of Africa (July 2015)
Context: [... ] let girls learn so they grow up healthy and they grow up strong. And that will be good for families. And they will raise smart, healthy children, and that will be good for every one of your nations. Africa is the beautiful, strong women that these girls grow up to become. The single best indicator of whether a nation will succeed is how it treats its women. When women have health care and women have education, families are stronger, communities are more prosperous, children do better in school, nations are more prosperous. Look at the amazing African women here in this hall. If you want your country to grow and succeed, you have to empower your women. […] Let’s work together to stop sexual assault and domestic violence. Let’s make clear that we will not tolerate rape as a weapon of war -- it’s a crime. And those who commit it must be punished.  Let’s lift up the next generation of women leaders who can help fight injustice and forge peace and start new businesses and create jobs -- and some might hire some men, too. We’ll all be better off when women have equal futures.

https://fabwoman.ng/omotola-jalade-inspirational-quotes-for-women-fabwoman/ Omotola Jalade Ekehinde speaking at FIDWOMEN.

Source: Joining the Resistance

2000s, Youth Q&A on the U.N. High-Level Panel on the Post-2015 Agenda Report (2009)

2013, Cape Town University Address (June 2013)

Changing the World