Entrepreneurship isn't for everyone, and not everyone is going to be an entrepreneur, but women who turn to business, turn to economics, because there are people depending on them, I think that their creativity, their resilience, their spirit, embody what's best about entrepreneurship.

We are so used to seeing women as victims of war to be pitied rather than survivors of war to be respected.

Entrepreneurship isn't for everyone, and not everyone is going to be an entrepreneur, but women who turn to business, turn to economics, because there are people depending on them, I think that their creativity, their resilience, their spirit, embody what's best about entrepreneurship.

If you're talking about entrepreneurs in conflict and post-conflict settings, then you must talk about women, because they are the population you have left.

Not one country in all the world has eliminated its economic participation [gender] gap - not one.

Microfinance is an incredibly powerful tool ... but we must move beyond micro-hopes and micro-ambitions for women.

The United States will not be in Afghanistan forever.