There's obviously a correlation between an economically empowered woman and the investments she makes. That leads to her social and moral conscience for bettering her community.

I can only have dinner with my girlfriends once a month instead of once a week.

Avon is a unique place to work; we've got family-friendly policies. We have more senior women in high-level management than any other company; 46 percent of our officers are women.

China is going to be one of Avon's largest market opportunities. It has a large geographic expanse, with hundreds of thousands of women in small villages really striving to make an earnings opportunity for themselves.

Talent is the No. 1 priority for a CEO. You think it's about vision and strategy, but you have to get the right people first.

It's an unbelievable responsibility to influence decisions, shareholder value and most important to me, people's careers and livelihoods.

Women like myself, CEOs, can pave the way for more women to get to the top.