But Ipods And Iphones Are Two Things

In The Developing World, They Don't Have Smartphones Yet. They Have The Older Plastic Phones, But Women Are Saving Money On Those, Because They Don't Have Access To Banks. Having That Access To Digital Money Changes Everything For Her Because She Actually Doesn't Have To Negotiate With Her Husband, Which She Will Tell You Is Very Hard In These Circumstances, Especially When The Means Are Meager. She's Expected To Have Money To Pay For The Kids' Health Or To Help With The School Fees.

I've Travelled Extensively In The Last 16 Years - To Slums In Bangladesh, To Townships In South Africa, To All Kinds Of Places In India, Etc. When I Would Go And Talk To Villagers About Something Like Vaccines, If I Stayed Long Enough, The Women Would Bring The Conversation Around And Say: "what About This Family Planning Tool? We Can't Keep Having The Number Of Children We're Having."

Around The World We Have Girls In Primary School At About The Same Rate Now As Boys, But Keeping Them In Quality Secondary Schools Is Where The World Is Lagging. I'm Seeing A Lot Of Countries Look At This Now.

We Have To Look At It Country By Country. In Places Like The Developing World Where, As You Say, In Mumbai, It's About Five Hours' Gap Between What A Woman Does And A Man Does. You Have To Start By Recognizing The Problem And Talking About It, Trying To Change Those Roles.

Now We Just Really Need To Do The Work, Which We're Doing, To Get Contraceptives Out To Women Worldwide.