The present structure of rewards in high schools produces a response on the part of an adolescent social system which effectively impedes the process of education. – James S. Coleman
Giving women education, work, the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property, benefits the society. If a woman is empowered, her children and her family will be better off. If families prosper, the village prospers, and eventually so does the whole country. – Isabel Allende