Five ways to realise and protect women’s rights
<h3 class="post-title subpt">To mark International Women’s Day, we highlight five perspectives on how to achieve gender equality, including on maintaining the momentum in challenging times and the importance of engaging men and boys.</h3><div class="quoteblock"><div class="quotetext"></div></div><h2><strong>Gro Brundtland: Don’t be complacent!</strong></h2>
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<p><em>“Setbacks can easily happen when our attentiveness recedes”</em> warns Gro Harlem Brundtland in this piece from 2013 on why we cannot be complacent about the progress made so far.</p>
<p>Read <a href="http://theelders.org/article/womens-rights-must-not-be-taken-granted"><… rights must not be taken for granted</strong></a></p>
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<h2><strong>Hina Jilani: Keep being outraged!</strong></h2>
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<p><em>“Our courage doesn’t come from desperation; it’s a courage that comes from seeing problems as challenges”</em> affirms Hina Jilani during an event with Gro Brundtland and Sanam Anderlini in 2015.</p>
<p>Read <a href="http://theelders.org/article/empowering-women-we-are-all-change-makers"… women: we are all change-makers</strong></a></p>
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<h2><strong>Mary Robinson: Support culture change from within</strong></h2>
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<p><em>“Promoting the rights of girls and women cannot be imposed on a society; instead, we must support activists working to change their culture from within”</em> argues Mary Robinson in this piece from 2011 on the relationship between religion, tradition and gender inequality.</p>
<p>Read <a href="http://theelders.org/article/women-against-fundamentalism-and-equality"… against fundamentalism and for equality</strong></a></p>
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<h2><strong>Desmond Tutu: Prove your manhood by how you treat women</strong></h2>
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<p><em>"You are a weak man if you use your physical superiority to assault and brutalise women" </em>warns Desmond Tutu in his message to men and boys in 2009.</p>
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<h2><strong>Lakhdar Brahimi: Know that change can happen</strong></h2>
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<p><em>“Why have my sisters been deprived of education?”</em> asks Lakhdar Brahimi as he reflects on the discrimination suffered by his sisters and the change he has witnessed in his own family.</p>
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