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

Women and girls are powerful and we know what happens when that power and potential are unleashed--communities thrive, local and global communities grow, societies prosper and become more inclusive and equitable.

It is a powerful tool, and I hope that the United States can finally put it in our human rights arsenal as well.

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.