The women of Afghanistan have a voice, and it needs to be heard and not forgotten. — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
In reality, Afghanistan has functioned as a nation-state for more than two centuries, and its army and bureaucracy reach back to the… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
The military alone cannot end the conflict in Afghanistan. On that much nearly everyone can agree, offering a rare island of consensus… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
No woman in Afghanistan is in business without support from either her husband or her father or her uncle, someone. — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
The one thing you learn from looking at places like Afghanistan is that the power of business to do good is enormous. — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
In Afghanistan, life is so fragile; who knows what the next week will bring? That fragility really affects the way you're able… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
When the Taliban captured Kabul in 1996 after a searing, four-year civil war, they immediately instituted laws which fit their utopic vision… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
Women in Afghanistan do not ask the United States to stay for the simple or sentimental reason of safeguarding their rights. They… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
Not one country in all the world has eliminated its economic participation [gender] gap - not one. — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
If you're talking about entrepreneurs in conflict and post-conflict settings, then you must talk about women, because they are the population you have left. — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
A lot has been said about single mothers. Most of it has been less than flattering. — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
In Tunisia, where women have long enjoyed greater rights than many of their Arab neighbors, women pushed for and won a new electoral code… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
Women who choose to breastfeed should get as much education and support as possible. — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
I think for larger-scale entrepreneurship, it's true - for men and women - that people who already have capital tend to do better. — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
The women of Afghanistan have a voice, and it needs to be heard and not forgotten. — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
My mother never asked me whether I wanted to go to college, but told me I was going - to the University of Maryland… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
The majority of Afghans do not see the Americans as foreign occupiers who must be defeated. Instead, they are hungry for the Americans to… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
I worked at ABCNews.com at a time when nobody knew what 'dot com' was. — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
It is high time to declare an end to the breastfeeding dictatorship that is drowning women in guilt and worry just when they most… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
My mother worked at the telephone company during the day and sold Tupperware at night. Evenings, she took classes when she could at University… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
