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.

There is no doubt that a woman's economic empowerment is very much interconnected to her health and the well being of her children.

What keeps me motivated is going out to the field and seeing programs that incorporate a focus on both people and the planet, and seeing how mutually reinforcing they can really be.

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

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.

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.

Learn to forgive yourself and move on.