Why I Joined the Global Fight for Women's Empowerment

'WIE need you' in the fight to save women's lives around the world! So say Arianna Huffington, Sarah Brown and Donna Karan, co-hosts of the first annual Women, Inspiration, Enterprise (WIE) symposium in NYC. Timed to underscore appeals to world leaders, WIE is at once a convention and a celebration, bringing together women at the forefront of politics, philanthropy, media, fashion, and the arts with young women from the US and developing countries who are already making a difference to change the world.

I suppose there are some issues in the world that I've always considered to be above my pay grade.

It's difficult to consider the scale of problems such as poverty and world peace without feeling overwhelmingly small. I suspect many of you have felt the same way.

So we carry on with our own lives, hopefully give a bit of our time and money to the causes we hold dear, and try to make a difference on a smaller scale, all the while hoping − or assuming − that somewhere, the world's best and brightest are tackling these seemingly insurmountable problems.

But for me, one day recently, a flip switched. Continue on Huffington Post

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