33 Quotes by Charlotte Bunch

Whether there are innately female leadership styles... is not really the right question. It is more important to ask why there has been so little attention paid to women leaders over the years as well as why the styles of leading more often exhibited by women are particularly useful at this critical moment in history.

If you think that you are where you are just because you worked hard, it is easy to become self-righteous and make classist moral judgments about others.

We know that priorities are amiss in the world when a man gets a military medal of honor for killing another man and a dishonorable discharge for loving one.

The state of the world today demands that women become less modest and dream/plan/act/risk on a larger scale.

Leadership is people taking the initiative, carrying things through, having ideas and the imagination to get something started, and exhibiting particular skills in different areas.

Feminism is a transformational force, an individual and social force. It is a way of looking at the world-a questioning of power/domination issues, an affirmation of women's energy.

We need to see a lot more than these 'concessions' from the US if they are serious about wanting to ensure the success of the Summit. Contrary to their claims, they are not negotiating with urgency and in a spirit of compromise. Women's organizations call on the US to stop wasting time of governments and the UN.

They turned me into a feminist because I was so frustrated. I'm grateful to them.

As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government’s obligation, not just a good idea.