Simply put, girls and women are the keys that will unlock sustainable development. They are also at the center of the healthier and more resilient societies we desire.
Interpretation
Empowering women is crucial for achieving sustainable development and creating healthier societies.
Tedros Adhanom emphasizes the fundamental role of girls and women in driving sustainable development. Their empowerment not only leads to social progress but also forms the backbone of resilient and thriving communities, highlighting the connection between gender equality and societal health.
In practice
During a panel discussion on global health, one could reference this quote to emphasize the importance of women's roles.
Universal health coverage is an ambitious goal, but it is one that can create a healthier and more equitable world for all people. It means a child reaches adulthood, and adults lead healthier lives regardless of who they are and where they live.
Expanding health coverage is not a technical issue but a political one; it should be seen as a right and a means to development.
Strong leadership is essential in the face of health crises. Complex public health emergencies demand a collective response with high-level political and diplomatic engagement at both the national and global levels.
My purpose... to go on with my heart and soul, devoting all my energies to Girl Scouts, and heart and hand with them, we will make our lives and the lives of the future girls happy, healthy and holy.
We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.
Just once in a while let us exalt the importance of ideas and information.
What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?
I had an American journalist say to me, "Is it true you wrote the whole of the first novel on napkins?" I was tempted to say, "On teabags, I used to save them.
It is not systematic education which somehow molds society, but, on the contrary, society which, according to its particular structure, shapes education in relation to the ends and interests of those who control the power in that society.
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