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More countries have understood that women's equality is a prerequisite for development.

Unless we include a job as part of every citizen's right to autonomy and personal fulfillment, women will continue to be vulnerable to someone else's idea of what need is.

Any serious shift towards more sustainable societies has to include gender equality.

Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view.

We cannot ensure that women will be free of discrimination in the workplace and everywhere as long as women are not universally defended under our Constitution. As it stands now, the equal rights of women are subject to interpretation of law. That is a risk our mothers, sisters and daughters cannot afford.

Perhaps there is no greater issue facing contemporary women than the choices they must make about balancing home and work.

An idea like equality between men and women, which is now accepted in the West, is quite new.

I have come to understand that in order to effectively advance women's rights, we need to galvanize a global women's movement.

I'm not saying that women shouldn't pursue careers, but if it is going to be equal in the workplace, it should certainly pan out to be a little bit more equal in the home, too.

I really think we need more women to lean into their careers and to be really dedicated to staying in the work force.