gender-and-religion

"She was an expert with javelins, spears, and bows, along with being an exceptional horsewoman."

"Princess Yennega was brilliant, fearless, and a badass woman referred to as Yennega the Svelte"

"The princess was so phenomenal that her father, the king, wouldn’t let her wed for fear she would leave and the kingdom would lose one of its best warriors."

"She was also fearless during battle and extremely brave."

"Yennenga was a woman who demonstrated what was looked at as male dominated techniques and skills. Not only did she perform these techniques, such as battling, using weapons, and horse riding, but she performed them better than her brothers"

"She planted a field of okra before the king’s house, and when it was ripe she left it past its time on the ground without harvesting it."

"From the age of 14, she fought with her father in battles against the Malinkes, whom neighbored Burkina Faso"

"You say the harvest is past its time? But what about a woman who has not been married."

"a bold and fearless woman, an Amazon, a warrior whom we, as women, want to resemble;Burkinabe artists"

"Choosing the princess's name for her first album was "a way of saying we are today's Yennenga;Burkinabe artists"

"They have been an incredible host. They have achieved so much in gender equality. Again, we see some differences with them and they see some differences with us, but we've been always approaching this with them over the last year and a half that we've been having these discussions."

"“I am thrilled to join Women Deliver as President and CEO. I am an ardent feminist and have been working to advance the rights of girls and women, and to implement gender transformative initiatives, throughout my career. I am looking forward to continuing Women Deliver’s important role as a champion of gender equality advocates to realize the rights of all girls and women, not least their sexual and reproductive health and rights. This space is more important than ever to bridge the distance and disconnect that the world has faced over the last two years,”"

"“Where they would say, we are going to do this and I would say, oh gosh, I wouldn't and then we say, okay, I understand that's the direction you're going and I will disagree, but I will commit and we will do it together. I will say to their huge credit; they have done the same with us. We have said we are going to bring in global people from all over the world and they said, anyone is welcome a hundred percent we will give them visas."

"“Gender Equality cannot be achieved without free and open spaces. Spaces that are accessible, spaces that are inviting and inclusive. The Women Deliver Conference is one of those spaces. There are other spaces that need to be accessible for girls and women to live in while pursuing their goals. However, these spaces are often under the control of governments, families, and existing policies. To achieve gender equality it’s important that these spaces remain open and democratic, and remain respectful to every individual despite identity,”"

"A woman is any person who identifies as a woman, has been identified by others as a girl or a woman, and has the lived reality of what it is to be a girl or a woman. This is who we are including in our spaces and that is who we are trying to fight for,”"

"If we want to achieve what we want to achieve, we will often have to partner with and talk to people that we don't agree with on many things. Personally, I agree with very little that President Novák, believes in, espouses, or takes forward. I'm sure she agrees with very little that I believe in,"