Women And Girls Should Be

It's Important To Remember That Behind Every Data Point Is A Daughter, A Mother, A Sister—a Person With Hopes And Dreams.

If I Really Believe All Lives Have Equal Value, And If I Use Contraceptives, Which I Do, And If I'm Counselling My Son And My Two Daughters To Use Them, How Am I Not Serving The Women Who Don't Have Access To The Contraceptives They Need?

You Can't Save Kids Just With Vaccines.

If We're Going To Make Progress On This Issue [of Contraception], We Have To Be Really Clear About What Our Agenda Is. We're Not Talking About Abortion. We're Not Talking About Population Control. What I'm Talking About Is Giving Women The Power To Save Their Lives, To Save Their Children's Lives And To Give Their Families The Best Possible Future.

Even In Our Own Agriculture Strategy, If We Got A Great New Drought-resistant Seed And We Managed To Get It Distributed In The System, We Just Assumed That It Would Reach Female Farmers. That's A False Assumption, Because Women Don't Interact With Agro-dealers. So If You Don't Develop Specific Programming To Ensure That Seed Gets In A Woman's Hands, Then The Extra Income [generated By Higher-yielding Crops] Goes Into Her Husband's Hands.