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Women Speaking Up For Themselves And For Those Around Them Is The Strongest Force We Have To Change The World.

Contraceptives Unlock One Of The Most Dormant, But Potentially Powerful Assets In Development: Women As Decision-makers. When Women Have The Power To Make Choices About Their Families, They Tend To Decide Precisely What Demographers, Economists, And Development Experts Recommend. They Invest In The Long-term Human Capital Of Their Families.

Poverty Disproportionately Affects Women Around The World.

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.

Sanitation Issues In The Developing World Affect Women More Than They Affect Men.