“Global is a unifying bond for people. Once they get outside their own heads and their own communities and see themselves in a broader framework, it really changes their sense of what they can get done. It all adds up for us.” PeopleDoneCommunityAddFrameworkUnifying Author:Kathy Calvin
“Women and girls have been my passion for my whole life.” Has BeensWholeGirlPassionWhole LifeMy Passion Author:Kathy Calvin
“When the Berlin Wall fell and suddenly all those countries had burgeoning democracies, women were still being left out. The big turning point, about ten years ago, was moving from a notion of empowering women to actually looking at where you can make the most difference, and it's in a girl's life.” YearsStillsCountryBigsMovingGirlLeftDifferencesDemocracyWallTenYears AgoNotionEmpoweringEmpowering WomenBerlinTurning PointsLeft OutBerlin Wall Author:Kathy Calvin
“If you can get to a girl and make a difference in her life, you're actually going to have a greater impact on a woman's life. If you don't get to her as a girl, you may not be able ever to help her as a woman.” IfsMayHelpingAbleGirlDifferencesGreaterImpactMaking A Difference Author:Kathy Calvin
“Phones are powerful at providing information.” PowerfulInformationPhonesProviding Author:Kathy Calvin
“I'm inspired by the resilience of people around the world.” PeopleWorldInspiredResilienceAround The World Author:Kathy Calvin
“Being poor is not like being a victim. Being poor means that you don't have one resource.” MeanPoorResourcesVictim Author:Kathy Calvin
“The resilience and the resourcefulness of people to make a better life, to survive, to give their children something better than they had, is so inspiring. I look at how hard it must be to get up every day and fight that battle and I think, Wow, anything I'm doing just has to be in service.” PeopleThinkingGivingLooksChildrenHardFightingBattleResilienceGet UpWowBetter LifeSomething BetterResourcefulness Author:Kathy Calvin