Sheryl WuDunn on Powerful Women and Activism
Audience reactions from APB speaker Sheryl WuDunn speech at #ENThompsonForum on 2.23.16
- Excited to have the opportunity to listen to @WuDunn speak on global opportunities for women tonight! #enthompsonforum
- Tonight's theme is activism and powerful women #WuDunn #enthompsonforum
- Our society is much less violent than it has been for the past 1500 odd years. Still a long way to go. #ENThompsonForum
- Standing room only at @ENThompsonForum #enthompsonforum
- For most families in remote China, education for girls is not always financially viable, despite test scores. #ENThompsonForum
At @SherylWuDunn with granddaughters. 1/2 the Sky-girls are 5/6 of their generation in our family. #ENThompsonForum pic.twitter.com/uJl9Zr4RQk- Educating girls can make such a huge difference in not just families but in communities as well. #halfthesky #ENThompsonForum
- Educating girls can allow them to help themselves and then reinvest in their communities. #ENThompsonForum
- Giving young, poverty stricken girls, an education is the easiest and most beneficial way to jumpstart an economy. #ENThompsonForum
- Gender inequality is the moral cause of our time- Sheryl Wudunn. #ENThompsonForum
- In this century, the central moral challenge is the oppression of women and girls in the world-@WuDunn #ENThompsonForum
- It is reported that in the global population, there are between 60-100 million missing girls and women. #ENThompsonForum
- The moral challenge of our world today is the oppression of girls and women. -- Sheryl WuDunn #ENThompsonForum #UNL
- "How does educating a girl help with poverty? When you educate a girl, you help the village." -@WuDunn #ENThompsonForum
- "Women and girls aren't the problem. They are the solution." -@WuDunn #ENThompsonForum
- Women's brains and talent should not go unused. Women can only benefit a country. #ENThompsonForum
- Despite the Taken franchise, sex trafficking is very much a problem in the United States. #ENThompsonForum
- From the speaker Sheryl Wudunn lecture, the woman has played an irreplaceable role in the world, gender should be equal #ENThompsonForum Unl
- At the height of the US slave trade, about 80,000 slaves were transferred to the US. Now? 800,000 in the sex slave trade. #ENThompsonForum
- Current sex slaves have an approximate value of 30k-40k, yet get sold for only a few dollars. How do we value human lives? #ENThompsonForum
- WuDunn reports the value of a prostitute in the Philippines can be as low as 300 Dollars #ENThompsonForum
- We know what it takes to allow women to deliver [children] smoothly. It's just basic healthcare. @WuDunn #MaternalMortality #ENThompsonForum
- Education can be the answer to most of the world's problems involving social intolerance anywhere in the world. #ENThompsonForum
- Women and girls are part of the solution, not the problem. #ENThompsonForum
- We need to move women into a virtuous cycle, not keep them in a vicious cycle. #ENThompsonForum #UNL
- You never know where a rose can grow from, until it does. #ENThompsonForum
- the media began a systematic reports of male and female students encounter in employment gender discrimination.@WuDunn #enthompsonforum unl
- Investing in women is investing in a better future for everyone #ENThompsonForum #halfthesky
- The best way to help a country trying to spark its economy? Keep everyone healthy. #ENThompsonForum
- Not all aid programs work. The ones that do? Instead of giving out fish, they teach you how to catch your own. #ENThompsonForum
- "Sustainable solutions are what the world is looking for, not just aid." -@WuDunn #ENThompsonForum
Great discussion by @WuDunn on the importance of empowering women tonight at the #ENThompsonForum ! #nebraska pic.twitter.com/Ax923Sgwkh- Sustainable solutions bring women out if poverty globally. #ENThompsonForum
- "Sometimes the problem is so big that saving one life doesn't feel enough." #ENThompsonForum
- Changing one life can still change the world. Let's cut vicious cycles and start a new one. #ENThompsonForum #halfthesky
- Snaps for @WuDunn 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 she is incredible and I'm so happy I got to see her speak at the #ENThompsonForum
- Women matter. Just ask your mom. #halfthesky #ENThompsonForum
- Why join a movement to better society? What's in it for you? Honestly, why wouldn't you? #ENThompsonForum #halfthesky
- "Contribute to a cause bigger than yourself" -Sheryl Wudunn. #ENThompsonForum
- With great fortune comes great responsibility. #ENThompsonForum
- With great fortune comes great responsibility. Join the moment, help turn oppression into opportunity for women worldwide. #ENThompsonForum
- "With our fortune comes great responsibility, it is up to us on how we can discharge that fortune into the community." #ENThompsonForum
- Q and A is about to start with Sheryl #WunDunn #enthompsonforum
- Value women for who they are, not just what they do for you. #ENThompsonForum #halfthesky
- #ENThompsonForum how do we invite men to this conversation without making them feel blamed?
- Boys are sometimes cool too. Educating everyone builds better lives. #ENThompsonForum #halfthesky
- "What are you going to push forward to address the lack of women in all industries to encourage the rise to top positions?" #ENThompsonForum
- "What policy are you going to put forward to encourage more women in leadership?"- Wudunn asks all president candidates #ENThompsonForum
- What would be a good place to start for someone to help make a change in the world? #ENThompsonForum
Thoroughly enjoyed hearing @WuDunn at @ENThompsonForum tonight on the moral imperative of empowering women. pic.twitter.com/nwFfOYw1lC- The best thing i've done this month coming here to see @WuDunn #ENThompsonForum @ENThompsonForum @UNLNews #unl
- To what extent do cultural differences impact oppression of women around the world? #ENThompsonForum
Excited to see Sheryl WuDunn speak on international women's issues at the #ENThompsonForum @u_nebraska pic.twitter.com/lZ8ZYUOypp- Raise our kids to be empathic #ENThompsonForum #SherylWuDunn
- Inspiring message by @WuDunn at tonight's @ENThompsonForum: "Women can be part of the solution."
- "This is not a women's issue, this is a social issue"-@WuDunn #ENThompsonForum
- In order to change society, we have to change the attitude 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I liked that @WuDunn #ENThompsonForum @ENThompsonForum
- #ENThompsonForum @WuDunn How do you convince decision makers to join the campaign?
- The oppression of girls and women around the world is not a "women's issue." #ENThompsonForum #UNL
- Would having a woman president signify progress? #ENThompsonforum
- Do you believe that having a woman president would signify gender equality or progress in gender equality? #ENThompsonForum
- How men can be a part of the effort: "We lose the battle when it is just a women's thing, we must be in it all together" #ENThompsonForum
- .@WuDunn "Men, get involved in gender equality. This isn't just women's issues" That's the definition of Feminism, Sheryl. #ENThompsonForum
- "We need to provide role models that are closer to ordinary people." @WuDunn #ENThompsonForum #relatability
- "This is not a women's issue this is a social issue" - Sheryl WuDunn on women's rights and equality. #ENThompsonForum
- Chose what you're interested in. Take that first step. You'll find it rewarding.- Sheryl Wudunn #ENThompsonForum
- "The key is to take that first step, it will be rewarding and you will ultimately be happier." #ENThompsonForum
- Sustainable solutions is what the world needs, not just something that's simply given away. #ENThompsonForum
- "Sometimes the problem is so big, on a global scale, saving one life just isn't enough." #ENThompsonForum
- "It is very possible to bring these women into the solution." -Sheryl WuDunn #ENThompsonForum #UNL202diversityspeech
- "Educate a man, you raise an individual. Educate a woman, you raise a nation" #ENThompsonForum
We had a wonderful time at the #ENThompsonForum tonight hearing from Sheryl WuDunn. What an awesome experience! pic.twitter.com/Oqt7H6zSCt
Sheryl WuDunn concludes forum series with discussion on female oppression http://bit.ly/1LbR9pC pic.twitter.com/Blc5C4iNTe
Thanks for shining the light on issues facing women & girls at #ENThompsonForum @WuDunn pic.twitter.com/F0bG9CsJbe- This was the best thing I ended up doing today. #SherylWuDunn #ENThompsonForum
