Women Born In The 1950s

"In refusal and protest against the political agreement signed today between Abdel-Fattah Al-Burhan and Abdullah Hamdok."

"Every Black teacher I had told me, “I’m going to give you the best that I have; and I want you to be better.” It is from that perspective that I approach nurturing and mentoring my students. […] Though much of my life has been formed in that academic world, my sense of mentoring was not deformed by it. Nurturing is my ministry. And I have to do it in a way that offers to every student an experience of school as sanctuary."

"Loyalty to the lives of 40 martyrs who rose since the military coup on 25 October 2021 against the document and constitutional legitimacy and the accompanying arrest of the Prime Minister, Abdullah Hamdouk, and a number of members of his government and the dissolution of the government delegated to run the country’s affairs."

"Our bodies are the texts that carry the memories and therefore remembering is no less than reincarnation."

"On one hand, there is the risk of cross-border trafficking of children for economic, sexual or other exploitation."

"Delegates from various disciplines, Government Ministries and Departments, judges and child protection specialists from South Africa, other countries in Africa and the rest of the world, including England, Scotland, France, the Netherlands, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, the USA and others have already secured their places at the Conference."

"International mobility and the opening up of borders linked to increasing globalisation have given rise to serious risks for children caught up in cross-border situations."

"The 1996 Constitution came into force and South Africa has also ratified a number of international conventions such as the International Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations Convention of the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, and the Hague Convention on Child Abduction."

"Mark my words,” as Paul said in verse 2, “Do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery”. We slave ourselves into sadness with our sinful nature."

"Even when they call your truth a lie, tell it anyway! Tell it anyway!"

"It's so easy to get caught up in something that doesn't really honor our highest good, our true self, our being in the presence of the divine."

"It is not very difficult to exclude the women and they do not exclude us; we get involved in as many things as we like to."

"I think that the needs of the people, that is, the majority of the people – healthcare, education, security, and water."

"I am also looking forward to making impact on the lives of women."

"African society had lost out completely in the collapsing of all other forms of learning and education systems into one education system, the Western model, collapsing this further into the "narrow process" of schooling."

"So if I look in the mirror and I look like crap, I feel like crap, then if I suddenly put a face on, I suddenly feel a little bit better, and I think it's part of my coping strategy."

"It's so funny isn't it, when you suddenly have something to write about you find your voice, and it's amazing the opportunities. I'm petrified of flying, but I actually flew a plane myself."

"It operates as one of the political idioms at the very moment when democracy is becoming essential as a universal, unavoidable reference."

"The crucial questions, when thinking about emergent humanisms, have to do with the exegesis of the political, and at its heart democracy, citizenship and the management of violence, which obstinately appears as a constant in the political experience in Africa."

"I probably have always been an exhibitionist, but I've done things that I never thought I could do, and it is because of cancer. I'm dyslexic and I've just written a book. I'm not saying dyslexia stops you, but I never thought I was a writer."

""We will focus on ensuring the WMA (world medical association ) becomes more relevant to poor countries by addressing issues that national medical associations and the health of people in such countries."Margaret on her vision after being appointed WMA president in 2013"

"In the medical profession, my achievement shows that women can not only be doctors who can make a difference but they can also be leaders in the medical profession, internationally at that."

"The African state seems unable any longer to guarantee its citizens’ security. The human body is becoming an integral part of the territories where conflict is occurring."

"So how can we imagine a space for interaction where collective issues are put up for discussion? The case of Côte d’Ivoire, the reform of the Family Code in Senegal, and the tragedy in Rwanda are examined."

"What is being challenged is the sovereignty of the state, which means that the symbolic construction of a people transforming the state into a nation state is no longer possible"

"Ugandan health workers are heroes who do the work done by five people elsewhere. They take no breaks."

"China, India, South Africa and Brazil are forming a new front to push for a new agenda in the transformation of global relations."

"The medical field was such that women could only be nurses or something else along these lines, but not doctors."

"I was given this lifeline of targeted therapy and it put my cancer to sleep, but what people don't get about it is that on average people get about six months extra life and I got two and a half years."

"My reason for wanting to be a midwife was based on the reproductive history of my family, especially that of my mother, who had infertility for 12 years, wasted pregnancies and high infant mortality.”"

"We seriously need the commitment of the government; they need to sit up and be up and doing to support education programmes in Nigeria, be it at the non-governmental organisation, agency or commission level. Encouragement must be given, so also financial support must be forthcoming, because without money, there is a limit to what we can achieve. Then, the round peg should be in the round hole; let an adult educator be at the helm of affairs of adult education."

"The rate of illiteracy in this country is still high. According to the UNESCO’s information in its last record of 2010, we still have over 53 per cent who are still illiterate in Nigeria. The answer to that question is straightforward: we don’t have enough adult educators in this country. To have enough Adult Educators, it means at every local government, you must have between five and 10 Adult Educators in the various ministries or secretariats. The Adult Educators in this country have not been able to permeate all nooks and crannies of Nigeria, and that is why the level of illiteracy is still there."

"Without education, no nation can develop."

"Concerted action by all national stakeholders, with the support of the international community, to stabilize the fragile governance system, ensure the proper functioning of state institutions and face other pressing political and socio-economic challenges."

"Some of us decided to come together to form an organization that will provide the need specially for the communities, most especially the youth. In African culture, for those who understand, youth are to be seen and not be heard. And this started in our good old days when we were taught that you respect your elders and just keep quite. But I'll like to say that things have changed dramatically and we'll like to thank those who have contributed to changing the attitude of the government, of the culture and ensuring that things move forward."

"It’s that it’s high time all the nations of the world had a precise concept of adult education; and that each government of all nations and countries of the world should be conscious of the fact that without adult education, no nation can develop."

"We have reached a point when the female circumcision is discussed in the community and demystified"

"Adult education is a multi-disciplinary field that is all-embracing. It’s all-embracing in that up till now, we have not even got a precise definition of adult education. A layman sees adult education as a kind of education for elderly people, forgetting that the constitutional definition of adult education in Nigeria starts from the age of 18. However, there are different definitions of who an adult is from country to country, region to region, state to state."

"For meaningful change and impact, it is important to build on and implement agreed decisions."

"It depends on individuals; you know what you want. If you want to get a certificate within the university setting, fine. There are various departments and various areas of specialisation in the university system; but the fact remains that once you come for Adult Education, you have varieties of choices to make and you end up like most of the students we have produced within the system who are now successful people all over the place. Whatever any student in the system of Adult Education has chosen to do career-wise in future, we get him\her integrated and perfected."

"Best practices that were extensively discussed in the KJWA on matters such as livestock, soil management, water and the economic impacts of global warming should now be implemented in practice"

"To continue to support the government and people of Guinea-Bissau in implementing reforms aimed at guaranteeing strong democratic institutions, a prosperous economy, the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and a society where peace reigns."

"Up till now, majority of our people in Nigerian do not know what adult education has for them – even some of the students we lecture here. Each year, we set aside a week for them, which we tag the ‘Orientation Week’, to enlighten them on what adult education stands for. And then, they begin to ask questions on what they could do as an adult educator; and I say to them that it’s a kind of discipline that could make them function in any society. An Adult Educator could get appointment at various ministries. We have agencies for Adult and Non-Formal Education all over the country; and of course, recently, there was an edict passed by the Nigerian National Association of Adult Education (NNAAE) which made the federal government give a statement that every existing university in Nigeria must have an Adult Education Department; and that all colleges of education must also have a Department of Adult Education."

"agrifood systems and forestry can help cities be resilient and healthy, connecting urban dwellers with nature and delivering benefits across the entire sustainable development agenda."

"There were many opportunities to highlight the importance of agrifood system transformation as a key part of climate solutions"

"Promoting food security and diversity, empowering and engaging women, youth, Indigenous Peoples and people in vulnerable situations, using science and innovation to improve agricultural practices across the value chains are just some of the principles that will guide FAST’s work."

"I suggest the need for higher institutions to develop a pragmatic policy of accessing funds set ‎aside for the development of academic and non-academic staff."

"There is also the urgent need for the restructuring of TETFUND as the main resource centre for financial support of tertiary institutions, this would reduce the excessive bureaucracy attached to its functions."

"Continuing education is imperative in balancing life equation for meaningful human existence, I call for more stakeholders’ involvement in developing continuing education programmes."

"It involves cutting off the clitoris of girls of the same age in the community, usually by a traditional practitioner with crude instruments and without anesthesia."