“Real development also demands empowerment of women and their equal participation with men in all walks of life. Our new Educational Policy provides girls with free education up to higher secondary school, monthly stipends to 11.90 million students of poor families and also free textbooks to all up to the secondary level.”

"Finally, what I hoped to convey through the tragic example of Islam Bibi is the importance of women's participation and protection in the areas of peace and security.

In closing, if we were to follow the wisdom of "womenomics" mentioned earlier, our development concept under which we focus on cultivating the power of women would engender more peace and wellbeing in the world. I wish to bring about "a society where women shine," both within Japan and also in regions in conflict and countries suffering from poverty. I do not consider the outlook to be optimistic.

"We also support calls to prioritize gender equality, the health related MDGs, education and environmental sustainability in the post 2015 development agenda among other issues. These are critical issues in our quest to achieve sustainable development for all our people."

“My country attaches importance to improving the welfare of our people especially, the women, children and the youth through wealth and employment creation, provision of quality education, provision of quality health care, and industrialization, among others.”

"I would emphasise, Mr. President, here that maternal mortality is also rooted in gender inequality, which manifests itself as poor education for girls, early marriage, adolecent pregnancies and lack of access to sexual and reproductive health. The results, therefore, tell us that, with more gender inequality can be redressed.”