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I want to reach as many women throughout the world as I can.

I work for the Global Fund for Women, an organization that is actively supporting women's rights groups in 160 countries around the world.

I want to empower women.

As a husband and a father of two daughters, I want young women around the globe to have the same rights and opportunities as my daughters.

I want women, especially young women, to create a world where your success is not based on being young.

I would like to be a positive force for young girls.

I'd like to reach out to more women and different body types.

I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.

Overall, I have formed three major organizations: the National Association of Business Women, the Young Women's Leaders Network, and the Joyce Banda Foundation. Under the foundation, we have a huge program that targets women to teach them about HIV and other diseases and to give them economic empowerment.

I hope that through Fast Forward, we can encourage women everywhere to know their power wherever they find themselves; to find their purpose; and to connect with others in order to create a better world - especially for women and girls.