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Irene Santiago Quotes

Philippines

Irene Morada Santiago is a peace negotiator from the Philippines. She is Chair Emerita and chief executive officer of the Mindanao Commission on Women (MCW).

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“One woman you take seriously is better than 1,000 that you don’t. But 1,000 women that you do take seriously is far better, of course. Women have life experiences that are different from men.”

"I always look at power and powerlessness and inequality. It structures the nature of inequality and how people behave, as a result of that. So, in a sense, I am influenced by the structure but the structure also influences me."

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Irene Santiago (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.