9 of Meghan Markle's Most Inspiring Quotes from Her International Women's Day Panel
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"If there was a wrong, if there is a lack of justice, and there is an inequality, then someone needs to do something. And why not me?"
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"There's nothing threatening about a woman coming up to the same level, it's our safety in numbers. Men are part of the conversation…my husband certainly is!"
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"It's not just about girls going to school and becoming smart girls – it's knowing that those smart girls become influential women, and that ends up changing the world for the better."
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"I think it would be impossible to not have boys especially as part of this conversation because picture how much courage it takes for a young girl in a small village, where most of the girls haven't gone to school, and they're reaching out, doing whatever they can, walking miles to be able to get an education."
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"This is something that is going to be part of the conversation forever. And I think the more that we normalize it you see that, to the point of how men and boys should be part of the conversation, specifically in developing countries."
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"I had seen this documentary on Netflix about feminism and one of the things they said during pregnancy is, 'I feel the embryonic kicking of feminism.' I loved that, so boy or girl, or whatever it is, we hope that's the case."
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"At age 11, I had seen a commercial at the time that I thought to be very sexist. Truth be told, at 11 I don’t think I even knew what sexism meant. I just knew that something struck me internally that was telling me it was wrong, and I knew that it was wrong. And using that as my moral compass and moving through from the age of 11, at that age I was able to change this commercial."
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"If you have boys as part of the conversation as well, you're moving the needle in a different way because they're not mimicking learned behavior that could be incredibly sabotaging for young girls' potential."
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"Hashtags are not enough."