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Moushira Khattab Quotes

born 1944

Moushira Mahmoud Khattab (born in 1944) is an Egyptian politician and diplomat. She is serving as the president of the National Council for Human Rights, Egypt's national Human Rights Institution.

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Women will be fully empowered and gender equality will prevail when we explain to everyone in the society that they stand to benefit.

We have definitely seen marked improvements in the status of women. These improvements are driven by the diligent efforts exerted by women- led movements.

To empower women, we should ensure that all young girls receive their education. The benefits of this education will trickle down not only to their families but nationwide as well.

Egyptian women already have gained the right to travel without their husband’s prior consent, and the right to pass down their nationality to children born to foreign fathers.

My diligent efforts were rewarded when I was decorated with the ‘Order of Good Hope’.

some people doubt women’s capabilities simply because they are women, so you have to double your efforts to get what you are entitled for.

There are still women and girls who are denied their right to education even though the government provides free basic education, but some parents deprive their daughters of that right.

Offering females quality education and putting in place techniques for active life-long learning, while giving them the space to express themselves and air their grievances, as well as access to support removing any obstacles in their way for development, are badly needed.

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