Stephen Lewis Quotes

Canada, Politician
November 11, 1937

Stephen Henry Lewis CC is a Canadian politician, public speaker, broadcaster and diplomat. He was the leader of the social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party for most of the 1970s.

I learned later, just as a footnote, that the World Assembly of Youth was a CIA front.

Stephen Lewis
- Front
- Assembly
- CIA
I think when you've travelled around a lot in Africa, you understand something that many people here don't recognize: the extraordinary power that is Africa at village level - at community level.

Stephen Lewis
- Power
- Recognize
- Africa

Young women, adolescent girls, are more subject to infection, sometimes at a rate of six times that of boys. That tells you a lot about the vulnerability of women.

Stephen Lewis
Men haven't changed their behaviour, so women somehow have to be strengthened to be able to ward off the men.

Stephen Lewis
- Men
- Women
- Behaviour
I'm in a great rage now, as I understand how many lives we have lost.

Stephen Lewis
- Lost
- Lives
- Rage
All I know is that every time I go to Africa, I am shaken to my core.

Stephen Lewis
- Africa
- Core
- Shaken
Unless there is recognition that women are most vulnerable... and you do something about social and cultural equality for women, you're never going to defeat this pandemic.

Stephen Lewis
- Women
- Defeat
- Recognition
The United Nations has a lot of capacity on the ground.

Stephen Lewis

The pandemic of AIDS is a gender-based disease.

Stephen Lewis
- Disease
- Gender
- Aids