A short speech by Angélique Kidjo emphasizing community as humanity's true wealth and placing gender equality and women's empowerment at the center of her work. She advocates equal opportunities, financial freedom for women (partnership, not charity), and education as the path to profound change, and states she uses her platform for children's and women's rights.
The wealth that we have as human beings is not money. It's our community. It's how we live together. Gender equality is at the center of my life. And we can only fix the problem of gender equality in the world by giving exact same chances to men and women. They need financial freedom. They don't need help, they need partnership. I believe deeply that to make profound change everywhere, we need to educate people. I've used my platform for children's rights, women's rights, and women empowerment. It's a matter of what you stand for. If everybody is a human being equal to you, then what you do for yourself, that make you good, you have to share with people. My name is Angelique Kijo, and I am ready to make change.
