I am from Britain, and I think it is right I am paid the same as my male counterparts. I think it is right that I should be able to make decisions about my own body. I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies and decisions that will affect my life.

“Patria o muerte!”, With that phrase the then Minister of Industry of Cuba, Ernesto Che Guevara, ended his speech on December 11, 1964, before the United Nations General Assembly. Almost 60 years later, the speech and the slogan chosen by him for its closure, remain a beacon for the Latin American continent.

What she says “Feminism is about giving women choice. Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women with. It's about freedom, it's about liberation, it's about equality.”

The paragraphs presented are from Ernesto Che Guevara's speech at the U.N. entitled “Homeland or Death” which was given in 1964. The speech follows the revolution in Cuba five years prior and notes the introduction of three new nations to the United Nations.