Political Quotes

Barack Obama: You can measure how well a country does by how it treats its women.

On the recordAugust 3, 2014
You can measure how well a country does by how it treats its women.
Said by
Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Fact Sheet: U.S.-African Cooperation in Advancing Gender Equality

Share

More from Barack Obama

Jun 22, 2026

While we are non-partisan, we are not value-neutral. We have a point of view.

foxnews.com
Jul 19, 2026

At least one of our major parties has been captured by politics that is not that subtle about suggesting that ‘We the people’ means a certain kind of people.

huffpost.com
Jun 25, 2026

I obviously have a room in his head.

salon.com

Other voices in this conversation