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In Afghanistan, we have had a history of very strong women, and we need to reclaim that history and talk about it.

My issue with the state of women became incredibly stimulated when I was visiting developing countries and it became obvious that women bore the brunt of so many things in society.

I keep thinking about how terrifyingly vulnerable women are in so many countries.

Women in America will have to find an answer for the pressures of work and family, but if you really care about women's issues you have to think about women in the world, especially Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

Whether it's in Washington, or whether it's with the mothers of extremists, or whether it's education in places like Pakistan... a lot of women in these emerging countries are taking charge and doing amazing things.

I'm working for the women in the world, today; that's my essential issue.

In a place like Afghanistan where the society is completely segregated, women have access to women. Men cannot always photograph women and cannot get the access that I get.

Afghan women, as a group, I think their suffering has been equaled by very few other groups in recent world history.

All issues are women's issues - and there are several that are just women's business.

In the Philippines, we don't have that much of a problem. There's not much difference between the men and the women. In our business, we always have a good mixture of the men and the women.