I don't have a child, so Women for Women is like my child. But I always said I would step down after 20 years. I didn't want to be a 60-year-old woman holding on to something I created when I was 23.

I by no means intend to simplify the challenges women face in any culture. Women are marginalized in all cultures in my opinion, some in more extreme ways than others.

The single thing all women need in the world is inspiration, and inspiration comes from storytelling.

Changes don't happen in the world by playing it safe, taking risks is the way to change the world.

Believe in your passions and act on them.

From joblessness to lack of education and professional skills to sexual and gender-based violence, women face a multi-faceted oppression.

One year of the world’s military spending equals 700 years of the U.N. budget and equals 2,928 years of the U.N. budget allocated for women.