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Children with healthy mothers...

Children with healthy mothers are much more likely to survive childhood, attend school and live healthy, productive lives.

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It's very difficult to hand s...

It's very difficult to hand someone your whole life story to play, and you've never really met that person.

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It's always a tricky thing, t...

It's always a tricky thing, trying to make aid sustainable.

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In 1967, the world health com...

In 1967, the world health community launched a global effort to eradicate smallpox. It took a coordinated, worldwide effort, required the commitment of every government, and cost $130 million dollars. By 1977, smallpox had disappeared.

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The most inspiring piece of a...

The most inspiring piece of advice I've gotten is simply to persevere. My mom taught me to always keep going no matter what from an early age. When it feels too difficult to push forward, I always remind myself, 'This too shall pass,' and then I redouble my efforts.

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Dying in childbirth is someth...

Dying in childbirth is something that's not new; it's been going on for ages, and so it's not something that people focus on; it's not something that gets funded a lot, and it's exactly for that reason that we are losing mothers all the time, and we have kids with no mothers.

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No other health disparity is ...

No other health disparity is so stark; virtually every woman who dies giving birth lives in a poor country.

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What I love most about Mother...

What I love most about Mother's Day is that I am acknowledged and honored for being a mother.

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Every day we hear about the da...

Every day we hear about the dangers of cancer, heart disease and AIDS. But how many of us realize that, in much of the world, the act of giving life to a child is still the biggest killer of women of child-bearing age?

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Helping others isn't a chore; ...

Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is.

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I actually started modeling in...

I actually started modeling in Ethiopia, because that's where I grew up, and I started out by just doing little fashion shows for school, and I liked it so much that I started pursuing it.

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A small gold plain cross was p...

A small gold plain cross was passed down from my grandma to my mom, then to me, and now to my daughter. It is always nice to own something that connects you to the women who made it possible for you to exist.

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I want to spend as much time a...

I want to spend as much time as possible with my children, so I always like to keep my beauty and fashion routines effortless but still chic!

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Children with healthy mothers ...

Children with healthy mothers are much more likely to survive childhood, attend school and live healthy, productive lives.

Liya Kebede 51 quotes

I don't think we should judge ...

I don't think we should judge celebrities for doing charity work. Period. Whatever their reasons for doing it, they are shedding light on issues that would otherwise go unnoticed.

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Investing in women's lives is ...

Investing in women's lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations - and consequently in our own long-term national interests.

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When a woman has her first chi...

When a woman has her first child in places like Africa, they're really young. They can be 12, 13,14, so their frames are really small, and they're usually malnourished.

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I am always touched when frien...

I am always touched when friends make contributions to my foundation on my behalf.

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We should work to guarantee th...

We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth.

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If nothing else, I want women ...

If nothing else, I want women to understand that they are powerful. If you look back at history, in almost every big moment, in every leap forward, you find ordinary women at the core. We have more ability to make changes in the world than we can imagine if we have the courage to try.

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