The women's movement has led the struggle, very bold, very courageous. But the change that is required­– respect for human rights of women– is not ju… - Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Well, it was women in the labour movement in the 1900s that gave us this day. They were calling for bread; they were calling for better working conditions and they were calling for peace. Guess what? We are calling for the same things today, in different ways. We are rededicating ourselves to the struggles of today. Today, for instance, we are calling for decent work because women continue to be at the bottom of the pyramid of economic activity and the work and the jobs that they do continue to be informal and to be low paid.

Young people, of whatever time and generation, feel invincible. That's important for necessary change

We don't have a groundswell in a critical mass of countries that have allowed young people to take their rightful place. So something has to change in Africa, so that we do not have so many young people who are so desperate.