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“In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground- a time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now.
— Wangari Maathai
Environmentalist and Nobel Peace laureate
Quoted in Woman power to the fore, by R.S. Binuraj, The Hindu (1 July 2017)
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