Women Summit: Michelle Obama & Oprah Winfrey Speak on Gender Equality

Last week Tuesday, 14th of June, 2016, Oprah Winfrey and first lady Michelle Obama spoke at The United State of Women summit in Washington, D.C. on issues that concern women of this generation.

The summit was attended by 5,000 women and a few hundred men.

During the keynote address held at the Washington Convention Center, Obama and Winfrey shed light on how they overcame obstacles.

They also spoke at length about women’s empowerment and self-worth, but their message to men got a lot of attention as they offered a bit of advice to men, Rolling Out reports.

Read excerpts from their conversation…

On being better fathers

“Be better. Be better at everything. Be better fathers. Good lord, just being good fathers who love your daughters and are providing a solid example of what it means to be a good man in the world, showing them what it feels like to be loved. That is the greatest gift that the men in my life gave to me.”

On being better in relationships

“I never experienced abuse at the hands of any man in my life. And that’s sad to say that that’s a rare reality. So men can be better at that.”

On being better husbands

“Men can be better husbands, which is — be a part of your family’s life. Do the dishes. Don’t babysit your children. You don’t babysit your own children. Be engaged. Don’t just think going to work and coming home makes you a man. Being a father, being engaged, all that stuff is important.”

On being better employers

“Be a better employer. When you are sitting at a seat of power at a table of any kind and you look around you [and] just see you, it’s just you and a bunch of men around a table, on a golf course, making deals, and you allow that to happen, and you’re OK with that, be better.”

Watch the video below…

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