Equality for women is progress for all.

- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

We also have to match the skills with the needs of the economy... I think we are losing the plot because we are continuing to produce the people that…

- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Power relations between men and women must change profoundly, men must be partners in the pursuit of gender equality, in their decision-making roles,…

- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

My mother always told me that inaction is not an option. And neither is going it alone.

- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

I think we have to continue to protect women on social media, who are coming out in a world that can still be very harsh towards them, so that they d…

- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Patriarchy is bestowed on men at birth. Whether you want it or not, you have a privilege as a man, and you either fight against it and reject it by b…

- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Employers must make far-reaching changes to employment terms and conditions for women: Equal pay for equal, decent work.

- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

The fact that women begin to avoid running for public office because of the harassment and sometimes even violence that they face as a hazard, it mea…

- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

I do not believe that the majority of men in the world would like to hurt women, but they can be very complacent, and that is just as bad.

- Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka