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“I want to see a reduction in poverty levels, ensuring that every Zambian benefits from our policies. I also hope that every girl receives an education, just like boys, and that women enjoy the same rights and opportunities as men. In 50 years, Zambia should transition from being a developing country to a middle-income country.”
Inonge Wina (born 1941) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think Africa in general will heal the wounds of poverty when mothers become the caretakers of our governments.”
Edith Nawakwi (1959–2025) said by 2025 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We believe that we are all global citizens responsible for making the world a better place, and the time to do so is right here, right now. We recognise the challenges, especially in a region with high poverty, and we strive to play our part to effect positive change.”
Bontle Modiselle (born 1991) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bontle Modiselle’s dance shakes the worldIOL, 27 September 2023 by Siyabonga Sithole
“People make me a superstar and treat me that way. But I am not a superstar. I just regard myself as an ordinary God-fearing person. Today’s enemy is poverty and ignorance, and it has to be fought with all the might at our disposal.”
Deborah Fraser (1965–2022) said by 2022 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: UN names Drylands Ambassadors to raise awareness on land degradation by UN Retrieved 9/9/2024
“So there's no lack of poverty anywhere-not even in Warsaw! Ah, well, you'll find plenty of misery everywhere..." (Chapter VIII, p150)”
Esther Kreitman (1891–1954) said by 1954 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We can't end poverty if we fail to save the lives of our world's mothers.”
Liya Kebede (born 1978) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Foundation is planning to come to Edo and empower 18,000 women in 18 Local Governments through the micro-grants scheme and it is expected that these funds will generate a positive ripple effect on the incomes, livelihoods and poverty levels of the beneficiaries”
Halima Dangote wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This facilitated the implementation of policies that relate to the rights of the child with respect to access to education, health and social welfare. Therefore, in Nigeria today, in order to conquer the consequences of illiteracy and poverty, we cannot afford to wait until all our children are educated.”
Adenike Grange wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is also an opportunity to go beyond borders and share my experience with others and advocate for some of the issues around gender based violence, poverty, human trafficking, among others. It’s also an opportunity to learn and bring back the experience to my people,”
Oda Gasinzigwa (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We chose only a few children so that we can invest more effort in them and, by God’s grace, see lasting changes in their lives, and put them in a position to lift themselves out of poverty.”
Sherrie Silver (born 1994) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sherrie Silver signed agreements with some of the children she supports.Moreabout Media(August 27, 2025)
“It is often difficult economic circumstances that make people consider the option of migration and it is also poverty with other intertwining factors that makes them vulnerable to becoming easy targets for traffickers.”
Joy Ezeilo (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am very optimistic about the future of agriculture in Tanzania as the best means available to lift millions of smallholder farmers poverty.”
Mary Mgonja first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Mary Mgonja said, (The Citizen, August 8, 2016)
“I think that tech might be our way out of poverty.” On the role of technology in transforming economic futures in Africa.”
Blessing Abeng (born 1994) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think that Tech might be Our Way out of Poverty.”
Blessing Abeng (born 1994) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tech is showing a new perspective on the African continent, showing how amazing and talented our people are as opposed to the general opinion of us as a poverty-stricken continent.”
Blessing Abeng (born 1994) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As an empowerment right, education is the primary vehicle by which economically and socially marginalised adults and children can lift themselves out of poverty, and obtain the means to participate fully in their communities.”
Aminata Touré (born 1962) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are losing our national heritage not to poverty, but to ignorance and greed. Our elephants, our rhinos, they don't belong to the government or to NGOs—they belong to the people of Kenya. We must become their guardians.”
Paula Kahumbu (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We cannot vilify the sector, because to eradicate energy poverty, there has to be a balance on how we generate and consume different forms of energy.”
Ogutu Okudo (born 1992) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“African countries must work together with the global community to lift the continent out of poverty. But they should also focus on leveraging their abundant resources and young and dynamic populations.”
Zainab Ahmed (born 1960) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Today I'm here to tell you that the Western world is in danger. And it is in danger because those who are supposed to have to defend the values of the West are co-opted by a vision of the world that inexorably leads to socialism and thereby to poverty”
Javier Milei (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We should remember that by the year 1800, about 95% of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty. And that figure dropped to 5% by the year 2020, prior to the pandemic. The conclusion is obvious.”
Javier Milei (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Fortunately there’s more and more of us who are daring to make our voices heard, because we see that if we don’t truly and decisively fight against these ideas, the only possible fate is for us to have increasing levels of state regulation, socialism, poverty and less freedom, and therefore, worse standards of living.”
Javier Milei (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poverty exists because of an unjust system that deprives people of equal opportunities.”
Angel Locsin (born 1985) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.cosmo.ph/entertainment/women-of-influence-2019-awardees-a483-a704-a2520-20190823-lfrm5
“This is coupled with the removal of fuel subsidy, the purchasing power of Nigerian citizens for goods and services has been greatly diminished, plunging more people into the poverty net.”
Aisha Abubakar (born 1966) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I grew up living in the New York City housing projects with my seven siblings and my mom. I grew up in poverty so sports was something that helped me to go to college and travel the world and become a pro - things that would have never happened for someone like me.”
Nicky Anosike (born 1986) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Kelly Ann Krueger and Zack Rickens, VFL Nicky Anosike returns to basketball with Girls Inc. of the Tennessee Valley, WVLT, August 18, 2023.
“There’s a direct link of how we spend our time and how successful we are. There’s a direct link between how we manage our time and poverty. Some individuals make a whole country’s budget in a day! That’s the extent of the possibility of how we can apply our time.”
Amina Ahmed El-Imam (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I do not need to remind you that the key priority area of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has been tackling of poverty and job creation.”
Mariam Yalwaji Katagum (born 1954) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poverty remains the most important factor in determining whether a girl can access education.”
Mary Akpobome (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The workshop is to re-position women to take advantage of the numerous generous financial policies of the present administration, in its next bid and agenda to lift up over 100 million Nigerians out of poverty”
Mary Ekpere-Eta wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The triple problems of poverty, unemployment, and environmental degradation have affected rural communities in Ghana and forced many youth from rural Ghana to migrate to the urban areas. One way of addressing these problems is to use local resources, maximize the skills of the people, and enable profitable partnerships throughout the value chain”
Bernice Dapaah wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everywhere in the world there is poverty. So, there are people who have need for good education. And the more education we give to people, the more light we bring into our communities.”
Eberechi Wike (born 1972) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is therefore, imperative to bridge the skills gap in employment opportunities and sell social-economic transformation and reduce poverty.”
Bamidele Abiodun (born 1966) first seen 2019 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: I'm committed to achieving SDG Goal 4 - Bamidele Abiodun. 20 August 2019, PM Newspaper.
“I am not oppressed simply because I have, thank God, been spared the causes of oppression: poverty, war, destitution, abuse, illness and ignorance.”
Leila Aboulela (born 1964) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Poverty is an apocalypse in slow motion, inexorable and generational.”
Mikki Kendall (born 1976) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are women who are also experiencing poverty, but also want to talk about bullying in schools or the experience of ecological development in the Pacific.”
Noelene Nabulivou (born 2000) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Fiji, lesbian feminist activist Noelene Nabulivou strives for world ‘liberated and free’ (13 May 2020)
“I’ve always thought of ‘race’ as a powerfully creative category of exploration and expression. I was fed up trying to find a way to talk about identity, race and Africa in architecture that wasn’t only about poverty and ‘informality,’ a word I loathe.”
Lesley Lokko (born 1964) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Patricia Leigh Brown, Setting the Stage for Africa at the Venice Architecture Biennale, The New York Times, May 14, 2023.
“In general, trans people are more likely to have lower incomes and to experience poverty than the wider population. [...] Prejudice persists. It is not just a personal affront, but an economic reality that shapes and limits trans lives.”
“There's greater risk of displacement, higher odds of being injured or killed during a natural disaster. Prolonged drought can precipitate early marriage, as families contend with scarcity. Floods can force last-resort prostitution as women struggle to make ends meet. These dynamics are most acute under conditions of poverty.”
Katharine Wilkinson (born 1983) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nations that have made significant progress in reducing poverty and inequality have done so by investing in robust social protection systems.”
Agnes Naa Momo Lartey (born 1976) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://gna.org.gh/2026/06/social-protection-indispensable-for-sustainable-inclusive-development-gender-minister/# gna.org (June17,2026)
“Over 226,000 households [have] graduated out of extreme poverty.”
Agnes Naa Momo Lartey (born 1976) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://gna.org.gh/2026/09/leap-new-grant-rates-take-effect-this-month-says-gender-minister/#gna.org (september16,2026)
“I would rather talk about the opportunities in Africa. I want to create a positive narrative of Africa. However, we know that we still face challenges of conflicts, disease, poverty and hunger. That is why we must implement the Sustainable Development Goals and Africa’s Agenda 2063, the African Union’s blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa.”
Bience Gawanas (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Once you focus on reducing maternal mortality you have to address poverty by making healthcare accessible to pregnant women by making healthcare free,” she said adding that the lack of integrated policies creates a situation where various ministries work in conflict with each other. She suggests that the only way to overcome this is by advocating for a stronger social policy framework”
Bience Gawanas (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“These victims are lured with the prospect of good jobs, education, or a chance to escape poverty”
Francisca Oteng-Mensah (born 1993) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I think you can make arguments on all sides of the political spectrum using Jewish texts,” Hurwitz said. “I don’t think there is any one authentic Jewish position on immigration, poverty or healthcare. Conservatives can use the Torah and Jewish law, liberals can use Torah and Jewish law.”
Sarah Hurwitz (born 1981) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I intend to undertake certain causes that are dear to my heart and be ready to assist national, regional and international efforts, especially in the areas of poverty eradication, people with disabilities, food production through agriculture and infrastructure development.”
Sam Nujoma (1929–2025) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement at 59th Session of the United Nations General Assembly" (2004)
“Without concrete and sustained peace and stability, Africa's economic growth and poverty eradication will remain unfulfilled dreams. They will make our promises empty and a betrayal to the African masses. We must act collectively to nurture their hopes and make their dreams come true.”
Sam Nujoma (1929–2025) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Statement at 59th Session of the United Nations General Assembly" (2004)
“Our common destiny, as Africans, is defined by peace, security, development and prosperity; free from poverty, disease, underdevelopment and conflicts. We want a continent whose citizens occupy a pride of place among the people of the world. We want a continent that has reclaimed its pre-eminence as a centre of technological innovation, scientific excellence and cultural advancement.”
Sam Nujoma (1929–2025) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech at 86th Birthday Celebrations" (2015)
“China is working to maintain the right balance between proper COVID-19 containment and sound socio-economic development, and will stay committed to deepening reform and opening-up. We will make every effort to overcome the impact of the virus, complete the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and secure an ultimate victory in the battle against extreme poverty.”
Li Zhanshu (born 1950) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Egoistic urban life is intolerable to those accustomed to village life. Where there is no hope of success besides poverty, it is far more comfortable and warm to support each other under the protection of the association.”
Itō Noe (1895–1923) first seen 1921 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Facts of Anarchy (1921). From Robert Graham (Ed.), Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas; Volume One: From Anarchy to Anarchism (300 CE to 1939)
“I now invite to address you, “The Merchant of Death.” The “merchant of death” to terrorism, the “merchant of death” to corruption, the “merchant of death” to nepotism, the “merchant of death” to official inefficiency, the “merchant of death” to bureaucratic negligence, the “merchant of death” to poverty and ignorance, the “merchant of death” to darkness and despair.”
Cho Ramaswamy (1934–2016) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: commenting on Narendra Modi. Cho Ramaswamy, Editor, Thuglak, introducing Narendra Modi to a gathering in Chennai, 2008 quoted in Madhu Purnima Kishwar: Modi, Muslims and Media. Voices from Narendra Modi’s Gujarat, Manus…