Liya Kebede Quotes About Children

• 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?

  Liya Kebede

  Children, Women, Cancer

• The message of our campaign is "Make every mother and child count". This campaign is not just about health. It is also a powerful call for radical progress in women's rights and the rights of their children. Too often, the health of mothers and children does not count. In too many parts of the world, they are forgotten.

  Liya Kebede

  Mother, Powerful, Children

• 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.

  Liya Kebede

  Children, Firsts, Young

  CNN Interview, www.cnn.com. June 11, 2007.

• Los niños de madres sanas tienen muchas más probabilidades de sobrevivir a la infancia, asistir a la escuela y llevar una vida sana y productiva.

  Liya Kebede

  Madre, Hijos, Escuela

  "Mother’s Day Mission: Help Reduce Maternal Mortality in the Developing World" by Liya Kebede, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 7, 2010.

• 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!

  Liya Kebede

  Fashion, Children, Want

  "4 Effortessly Chic Moms Talk Shop". Interview with Kerry Pieri, www.harpersbazaar.com. May 10, 2013.

• I grew up watching films. Film has been part of my life since I was a child.

  Liya Kebede

  Children, Film, Grew Up

• Miriam Were has made outstanding contributions to public health in the developing world. She brings basic medical services to women and children in East Africa.

  Liya Kebede

  Children, East, World

• My children are still young, but I try to talk to them about giving back and how important it is, just to look at the world, be invested in things, to be passionate about things, to have a dream.

  Liya Kebede

  Sueño, Niños, Dar

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

• When our mothers are alive and healthy, they do extraordinary things... like the mothers of Plaza de Mayo, who marched in Argentinean plazas, defying the military junta dictatorship and demanding the whereabouts of their abducted children... or the Liberian mothers who faced down civil war armed only with T-shirts and courage.

  Liya Kebede

  Mother, Children, Military

  "Let’s Make Mother’s Day a Global Reality" by Liya Kebede, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 7, 2009.

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