"It is the arts and humanities that give us roots, that foster our civil society and democracy and create a universal language so that we can understand each other better as nations and human beings."
"The history of women's progress is the history of women who won't give up being treated like nothing."
"Women are the primary caretakers for most of the world's children and elderly. Yet much of the work we do is not valued—not by economists, not by historians, not by popular culture, not by government ..."
"If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, it is that human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights, once and for all."