I hope that no one will ever tell a girl that there is something she can’t do because she is a girl. I hope that women have and embrace the power to … - Rosalynn Carter

We need to end the silence and put pressure on governments and the private sector to prioritize mental health care reform. And the reform process needs to be guided by informed decision-making that includes the voices and stories of people with lived experience.

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be.

And what will that future hold? Perhaps none have a greater right to ask that question than the young people of this country, and none are more qualified to answer. The ten teenage essay winners who participated in the opening ceremony had been asked: "How will women have changed this country by the year 2087?" Although they came from places as diverse as Dorchester, Alaska and the Bronx, New York, each was chosen because she or he had expressed a unique opinion or insight into the future role of women in our society.