Top 15 quotes of the 'Girls' Education Forum 2016'

"Let's ensure every country has a proper girls education system.. Let's give them the life they deserve." Lord McConnell 2016

"The reason I am a minister is because I went to school. I went in place of my elder sister. I am a guilty man" HE Hon. Deng Deng Hoc Yai. Education Minister of South Sudan.

"We must achieve gender equality. Let's do it for the human race, and above all the girls" HE Hon. Deng Deng Hoc Yai. Education Minister of South Sudan.

"A girl who is educated is able to control and make choices." Bonavitha Gahaiha. Tanzania In-country ICS volunteer. 

"We must create a new normal, where girls overcome the beliefs that hold them back" Maria Etel. CEO of The Nike Foundation/ Founder of The Girl Effect 

"Inequality is destroying our world, but we have the power to change that" Theo Sowa, African Women's Development Fund 

"Every girl has a dream. What do we need to achieve that dream? Education" Muzoon Almellenan. The Malala Fund 

"Education cannot wait for peace to be achieved because there is always war" HE Hon. Deng Deng Hoc Yai. Education Minister of South Sudan.

"The best people to advocate for young people are young people" Justine Greening. UK Secretary of State for International Development. 

"We no longer want to be the exception. We want to be the norm" Nyaradzayi Gombonzvanda. African Union Ambassador for Ending Child Marriage 

"Education in Afghanistan is educating three generations. The parents, the sister and brothers, and the children when that educated girl becomes a mother" HE Minister Assadullah Hanif Ballehi. Education Minister for Afghanistan 

"Men in positions of responsibility need to be responsible" Nyaradzayi Gombonzvanda. African Union Ambassador for Ending Child Marriage 

"We can't keep putting it off nor wait for someone else to put it top of the agenda. Because I can, I will... I mean I am." Justine Greening, Secretary of State for International Development. 

"Investing in girls is not the smart thing to do. It is the right thing to do" Julia Guillard. Global Partnership for Education. 

"We must never be afraid to challenge cultural norms if they don't benefit all members of that society." Eleanor Booth, returned ICS volunteer, aka moi.