Traveling around Ethiopia, I saw dozens of abandoned textile factories. People kept asking me to help them find work. So I thought I could make use of my experience in fashion to commercialize their products outside of Ethiopia.

There's a saying in Africa: To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.

It's one thing to donate money. It's a whole other thing to give an opportunity for someone to make his own money.

Every day we hear about the dangers of cancer, heart disease and AIDS. But how many of us realize that, in much of the world, the act of giving life to a child is still the biggest killer of women of child-bearing age?

For my wardrobe, I like to invest in classic pieces and pair them with more trendy new pieces and accessories each season.

In a hundred years, how do you want the world to be? Everybody should get together to make the world a better place.

Investing in women's lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations - and consequently in our own long-term national interests.