Monica Geingos Quotes

It's not only about representation at the top. It's also about hiring female talent so female talent is around when decisions are being made on leadership and key positions within an organization.

We used to have 23 percent female representation in parliament but, with the stroke of a pen it went up to 48 percent. So, we managed to double our female representation with that decision,”

But government help is still needed in providing better access to capital for female entrepreneurs and prioritizing government procurement from female-owned or represented businesses,

We spoke to the Ministry of Sports, Youth, and National Service about building a youth concert. The ministry gave us 5 000 square meters. We will put up the building,”

‘Be Free Youth Concert’ will establish and build a youth campus where many youth development activities will be taking place. After the building is done, it will be handed over to the ministry, because it belongs to the ministry,

I will not be silenced anymore, especially not on Beyoncé's internet, the First Lady said. If I allow myself to be silenced, bullied, and insulted, I may be signalling that this kind of conduct is okay, that it's normal.

We happened to have young people who want to be where they want but have no financial means. This will be a good platform for youth to come together, share ideas and knowledge, and discuss issues for youth development,”

Be Free Youth Concert has already introduced a financial means, selling 30 percent of tickets to young people, elders, and stakeholders who want to contribute and participate in youth development, and hosting gala dinners among other strategies to mobilize funds.

There should be parental involvement in youth matters, and without all these, families have not played their role in youth engagement and development as supposed to be,”

Disrespecting women is an important enabler of gender-based violence as it reduces women to objects,

Next time you see a woman going through crude forms of abuse, remember this: it's not what they think about that individual woman, it's what they think about women and their place in society. Challenge it. By standing up for one woman, you stand up for all women,

We should make it wrong to procure from businesses that are all male. Because, they're not inclusive of our societies,

Having sex is nice but it is only nice when it is consensual. Some people have made sex as their means of survival, they do it for money and when things go wrong they end up regretting it. Sex is supposed to be made to produce babies and not to be for transactional purposes,

Neither my son, nor brother have a business relationship with Cohen involving a government tender or contract.

Power does not concede without a demand, and neither does patriarchy,”