But iPods and iPhones are two things we don't get for our kids.

Vaccines are a miracle cure. Eight out of 10 children are getting vaccines.

Women speaking up for themselves and for those around them is the strongest force we have to change the world.

Poverty disproportionately affects women around the world.

If you invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.

Contraceptives unlock one of the most dormant, but potentially powerful assets in development: women as decision-makers. When women have the power to make choices about their families, they tend to decide precisely what demographers, economists, and development experts recommend. They invest in the long-term human capital of their families.

We also look at farming. Are we making sure that we're getting the latest seeds out to women so they can get a bigger yield off of their farms? A new type of seed that gets out to a man, let's say, that's drought resistant - because, of course, the rains are changing in Africa with climate change - if you don't put it in the hands of a woman, she won't necessarily get it. We look at breaking down all those barriers.