"It's always the same with family, Wydrin reflected. You spend your life consumed with guilt that you're letting them down somehow, and then when you meet up with them you can't wait to get away again."

"There is, it seems to me, a certain type of man who is terrified of the idea of a woman wielding power, of any sort; the type of man who is willing to dress up his terror in any sort of trappings to legitimise it."

"“Any institution that claims to keep women locked up for their own good should be watched very close, in my opinion.”"

"This pain is not a weakness. It is strength. Our grief binds us. Do you feel it?"

"The struggle for women's rights in Zimbabwe continues and needs to be heard by the men who are mismanaging this country."

"In Africa, women are regarded as second class citizens and women like me who ‘don’t know their place’ are also a target."

"We formed WOZA as a movement to show a peaceful way women of all colours and class could restore dignity for the people of Zimbabwe."

"The power of love can conquer the love of power."

"It is also very important that both the mother and the father play with their baby by taking the time to create back and forth interactions every day. You are helping to prepare your baby, laying the foundation for a lifetime of learning and problem solving."

"It’s all about interaction, visual and sound, looking the eye, making the personal connection and being sensitive to the baby’s feelings."

"All of these are opportunities for playful interaction and learning between adults and children. Parents need to understand that when you smile back and don’t just stop there and start playing, you’re actually building the baby’s brain connections."

"Play can occur when you’re feeding your child, when you’re changing a child’s clothes or when you’re bathing your child."

"Parents can do to support the brain development of a child is to get to know the young child to understand her or his needs and also be able to engage with a child through what scientists call a ‘serve and return’ interaction."

"Did you know that babies’ brains develop most in the first 1,000 days at a pace never repeated again? Did you know that the most important interaction you can have with your child is through play."

"Did you know that? Is it the responsibility of both parents to ensure baby’s brain development."

"This kind of accessibility will go a long ways to enhance the reading culture and boost the enthusiasm for learning starting at a young age. I am sure, we all agree that in the end In the end, knowledge is power."

"Our parents’ generation and our generation grew up under different circumstances. Our parents were born during difficult times and forced into exile at a very young age. They had to fight for their country and identity."

"I hope that in this generation’s lifetime, we can live to see a self-reliant and stable Africa. That we can start to be defined more by our successes rather than the negative images that have become synonymous with Africa."

"The youth should own the development process of their respective countries and feel very much a part of it."

"Despite obstacles such as unemployment, Africa’s young population continues to show the potential for innovative young entrepreneurs across the continent to drive the economic transformation."

"We live in a social media-driven world. With a large number of us with access to Twitter, Facebook and different social media outlets, the news and what is going on in the world is that much closer to us."

"The right to education has the potential to serve as an equalizer of opportunities globally."

"We have to get to a place where education is not just a privilege for some but a right for everyone."

"I am sure, we all agree that in the end, knowledge is power."

"The successful programme of one laptop per child is already a policy in all primary schools and is expanding to one digital ID per child. This will allow a child to log in anywhere at any time, making it easier to track his or her progress."

"Education is the key to our country’s future."

"Library for All can make a big difference in the lives of many children and young adults by encouraging the culture of reading in Rwanda."

"The technology perfectly aligns with our country-wide efforts to increase digital learning, develop Rwanda’s reading and writing culture, and maximize the use of information and communications technology"

"If I want to show who my father is in one word, I would say that he is an activist. He went through a rough road, but it built him up, it didn't discourage him. You are recognized as an incomparably strong man.(Mbaye nshatse kugaragaza uwo Papa ari we mu ijambo rimwe, navuga ko ari umurwanashyaka.Yanyuze mu nzira y’inzitane, ariko byaramwubatse, ntibyamuciye intege.Mwemera nk’umugabo ukomeye mu buryo ntagereranywa."

"It's not good to go into something without putting your whole heart into it."(Si byiza kujya mu kintu utagishyizeho umutima wawe wose".)"

"Celebrating 20 years of Rwanda's independence leaves our peers with a great responsibility. The passion of our parents made us the first generation to live in a Rwanda that is full of value and human attraction. It is our duty to protect and leave what our parents were willing to die for."

"I have always felt that being independent is one of the most powerful assets a person can have."

"It is only combination of the young and the old, the traditional and the modern, that we can deliver the kind of future, the next generation deserves."

"Serve and return’ is just like any play but it is more important because it brings about interaction that goes in both directions."

"Unfortunately, in many places, girls and women are held back by legally sanctioned sexism and laws that prevent women from traveling outside the home or obtaining secular work without male consent."

"The early years of a child are important for the child’s brain development, because the experiences young children have and the relationships they build with the important people in their life, literally shape the development of their brain."

"Growing up, my parents made reading a top priority. My parent’s emphasis on reading is not confined to our home, they have made it a priority for our entire country. Education is the key to our country’s future."

"We should not suppress our feelings of sadness during our activism. Being upfront with these emotions shows our humanity and gives validation to others feeling the same way."

"We don’t persist because we see hope. We only see hope when we persist. Before we succeed, we are not failing. It’s just that we are not there yet."

"There are many activists who fight for different political goals. But no one thought about the future of digital rights."

"In Hong Kong, in order to be able to have discussions at all, we need a free press first. Unfortunately, that is currently not the case."

"The press is society’s fourth estate and has the unparalleled role of informing the public."

"Without press freedom, society would be a really bad place, because there would be no one to hold the government to account."

"There are more than 100 reasons to give up."

"But when I saw they were offering bounties on the wanted list, my first reaction was to think why aren't I on the list? Haven't I been doing enough?"

"You never know how they will try to find out where you live."

"It's unclear how the crime of 'failure to report' under Article 23 will be enforced, but it's definitely putting pressure on us, hoping we'll retreat in the face of difficulty."

"Making use of common law procedures and the veneer of an independent judiciary, the NSL has successfully infiltrated and taken over Hong Kong's legal system, providing law enforcement and prosecutors with unchecked power and legitimacy."

"The Hong Kong government continues to spout phrases like ‘law-abiding’ and ‘rule of law,’ but the law now serves to uphold the regime rather than protects and safeguards Hong Kongers’ basic rights and freedoms."