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Governments everywhere have ministries dedicated to women's affairs. I know of only one with a Ministry for Women Empowerment: Indonesia. Charged with the 'realization of gender equality and justice' together with children's well-being, the ministry frames gender equality as a matter of justice. ”
Technology is making it easier for women to connect to business opportunities around the world. Legal obstacles must not be allowed to stand in their way. That's not just because it's economically smart. It's because discrimination shouldn't be the law. ”
Around the world, it is much more difficult for women than for men to run a successful business. Even when laws are not explicitly biased against them, companies owned and operated by women often face discrimination every step of the way, from obtaining finance to finding customers. ”
The social and legal discrimination that relegates hundreds of women to subordinate or marginal economic roles has a huge aggregate cost. ”
As I grow older, the idea takes increasing hold in me that we've misunderstood our own delicacy and diversity as human beings. ”
There are people who don't understand some of the core aspects of being a decent human being. ”
Tip your drag queens, bartenders, and don't rub your chopsticks together at the sushi restaurant. Also, just in general, don't be a dirtbag human. ”
I'm very receptive to direction, to change, and to developing myself as an artist and human. ”
I pray as follows: May justice reign, may the laws not be broken, may the wise men be poor, and the poor men rich, without sin. ”
I wanted fans to know that I'm human and not perfect. ”