"Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve."

Time, Women, Children, Waste

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"Women are responsible for their children, they cannot sit back, waste time and see them starve."

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"There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting."

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"It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa."

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"We need to promote development that does not destroy our environment."

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"African women in general need to know that it's OK for them to be the way they are - to see the way they are as a strength, and to be liberated from fear and from silence."

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"In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace."

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