# @unfoundation on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BFZ9702EGFL
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/6344812-unfoundation-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/c1af9606da.jpg
- **Posted:** 2016-05-14T23:15:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** United Nations Foundation (@unfoundation) — https://gondola.cc/unfoundation

## Caption

"When I was a girl, many opportunities didn’t exist for women in positions of leadership. You could be a nurse, not a doctor; a secretary, not a CEO; or an airline stewardess, not a pilot. Social traditions cast men as “bread-winners” and women as “home-bodies.” Traditions born of women with responsibilities as mothers and homemakers have created social pressures that often override common sense – competence, intelligence, and physical strength are, of course, not the issues." @natgeo Explorer-in-Residence and #UNEP Champion of the Earth Dr. Sylvia Earle tells us why we need women to solve the oceans biggest problem -- ignorance. Read more on the UN Foundation blog (link in profile) 📸 by Kip Evans

#sylviaearle #nationalgeographic #natgeo #oceans #girlhero

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## Tags

sylviaearle, unep, natgeo, girlhero, nationalgeographic, oceans

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