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Theo Sowa Quotes

b. 1957 Ghana

Theo Sowa CBE (born 1957) is a Ghanaian-born independent adviser working on a wide range of international issues with a focus on social development issues and has spoken publicly on a number of socio-political issues. She has worked with a number of organisations, including UNICEF, Stephen Lewis Foundation, the African Union, DfID, and UNDP, among others, and is currently CEO of the African Women's Development Fund.

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Random Theo Sowa quote

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Stop patronizing women and girls – we have proved over and over again that investing in us brings huge benefits to our families and nations

Stop talking about women’s rights when women are not at the heart of that discussion, of planning and of implementing

Walk the talk – Put women at the centre of our economic, political and social development

African women and African women’s organizations are doing incredible things

We all have power, different types of power. When we don’t acknowledge that power, it’s easier for others to step all over us

there is no successful African who has not benefited at some point from another African’s philanthropy

Invest in women and girls – our communities deserve the leadership that African women bring. This is not a matter of charity or benevolence – it is a matter of rights and of common sense

Attribution

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