The burden of health care shouldn't be borne by the poorest families. We should have equity within health systems so that families are able to cope with serious illness and not be driven into poverty and relationship breakdown because they don't have access to health care.

When globalisation means that many of the services that individual governments used to have direct power over are privatised, in education and health, even prison services, nonetheless national sovereignty still needs to be exercised.

If we took away barriers to women's leadership, we would solve the climate change problem a lot faster

A lot of young people are very cynical about the political framework because they see the countries that preach democracy and human rights being countries largely responsible for the problems in their region.

I can see the immense capacity of business to give leadership.

It's only after their death that people are truly appreciated. It's because they are true to values.

Sharing experience and building public support for the full range of rights is more powerful than legal cases.