“We know that over a billion people live in poverty around the world, and most of them are women and girls. If we can improve their lives, that has a positive effect on their communities, on their families, on their countries.”

Meaning

This reads as an argument that poverty is not only a private hardship, but a social one with wider consequences. It points to the idea that improving the lives of women and girls can lift families and communities too, so the quote lands in discussions of development, aid, and policy priorities.

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Originally said in English.

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