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The female contribution to the economy could also have an enormous impact if women were encouraged to achieve the full scope of their potential productivity. - 1998-04-05

Antagonism between genders cannot be creative or productive, it can only detract from the process of building for societal development - 2000-02-08

Entrepreneurial activity provides income, income provides security, and when necessary, independence - 1998-04-05

Every one of us can take part in this process by ensuring that the basic rights of man are also the basic rights of women. - 1998-04-05

Volunteers

Aga Khan Development Network programs depend heavily on volunteers, particularly in schools, health clinics and hospitals. - 1998-08-25

As we move away from the welfare state and more toward a civic society, volunteers become more and more important - 1998-08-25

At the very time that we talk more and more about global convergence, we also seem to experience more and more social divergence - June 12th, 2014

Let me also explain that in Islam, the role of an Imam is not limited to the domain of faith. It also includes a deep engagement in the world, in all of the wide and complex issues that affect our quality of life - November 27th, 2013

I have long felt the enhancement of the nursing profession to be absolutely critical to the improvement of health care in the developing world, and the Islamic world - June 7th, 2001

Very young children that are provided with the building blocks of knowledge and learning at an early age have been shown to be more successful at navigating the difficult paths of adolescence and early adulthood. - May 9th, 2012

In determining the best way to alleviate social exclusion, we found that providing training and increasing the beneficiaries' ability to help themselves is crucial in allowing those on the margins of society to break the vicious circle of poverty. - May 9th, 2012

Deforestation is one of the great challenges of our times. Scientists estimate about half of all the forests that once covered the Earth are gone - October 19th, 2011

This year is the UN International Year of Forests. It should remind us of the importance of forests in our lives. - October 19th, 2011

Pluralistic values have been articulated since ancient times. Profound expressions about our common humanity are embedded in the world's great religious traditions, including my own - June 12th, 2014

Since ancient times, great cultures have thrived because of their openness to diversity, and not because of their exclusivity. - June 12th, 2014

Instability is infectious, but so is hope. And that it is why it is so important for us to carry the torch of hope as we seek to share the gift of pluralism. - June 12th, 2014

Hazrat Ali Ibn Abi Talib emphasized in his teachings that 'No honour is like knowledge.' Those words have inspired an emphasis on education within our tradition ever since that time - 2008-08-13

The Aga Khan University (AKU) itself opened officially in 1983 in Pakistan where, I am happy to note, it has been voted as the country's leading university - 2008-08-13

The Aga Khan Hospitals in Kenya, and everywhere else they exist - in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tanzania - operate on a non-profit basis - no dividends are ever distributed, but they also aim to operate on a break even, self-sustaining basis. - 2008-08-13