Melanne Verveer: “If they are not at the table, it is unlikely that the outcomes, as much as we want the peace, will be as good for them.”

Women's equality has rightly been called the 'moral imperative of the 21st century.'

It is just wrong that women anywhere are denied access to the same economic opportunities as men.

I believe that many women woke up with the Arab Spring, and they will not go back to sleep.

This is not the time for the United States to be absent from such an important forum.