You can't marginalize more than half of the globe's population and expect to see any meaningful solutions to the problems that ail the world.

We always say at CARE that we would love to see if we can work ourselves out of business.

If you educate a girl, you educate a nation.

There are plenty of risks when we encourage "investment" or commoditization of natural resources, as power dynamics may mean that poor people (who are often marginalized and have less power) are sidelined by more powerful interests when money is involved.

As many as half of Ethiopias girls become wives before becoming adults. But Ethiopia is also a place where lasting solutions to child marriage are starting to make a difference.

Any discussion of investment or putting monetary value on the environment must start with the populations who rely on those resources.

Early marriage is most prevalent in communities suffering deep, chronic poverty.