Theres an army of women ready to support the, and theyre all over the world. That kind of confidence comes from knowing that they exist. But what we found when we did a study in 2013 is that women are sadly left behind in terms of internet access. In our report women in the web which we did with your assist and you with women in polls, we identified how large this gap is. Unfortunately, in Subsaharan Africa is the largest gap that we identified. These women and girls are being left behind for a variety of reasons that been mentioned today. We found that when they have access to the internet have access to education, the information that can help them with health care, job creation, Society Development and disempowerment that comes to meeting others that are like you. And so we know that by closing that gap we can make a tremendous impact. We have been committed to a goal of reducing the gap in Subsaharan Africa by 50 in the next five years, and we have numerous, tremendous partners tha
And so many of you are already embracing Young Leaders through your work, whether its improving Girls Education or fighting Cervical Cancer or hiv or supporting microfinance, you all have the potential to inspire millions across the globe. So it is my hope that today, we will rededicate ourselves to these efforts and commit to new efforts to lift up our young people. And i hope that you all will have a chance today to really connect with each other and learn from each other. And hopefully be inspired by each other. With that, it is now my pleasure to begin a conversation with the first lady who has long been an inspiration to me. Laura bush set a high bar for me during her time in the white house, and she has continued to do outstanding work around the world since she and her husband left washington. I consider her not just a role model but also a friend. Im thrilled that our conversation today will be moderated by another woman who i greatly respect and admire, one of americas leading
Qualified sources about what the president is up to while spending team up there. [inaudible] in terms of the familys travel schedule, well have to get you Additional Details when that travel begins. Gosh, there will be some briefings on the vineyard . Well i dont have the schedule to lay out for you in terms of what the briefings will look like but between the president S National Security adviser, deputy National Security adviser and Principle Deputy press secretary we÷g8c keep you well informed. With that i hope you get a chance to take a break while the president is away as well, and well do a briefing in here in a couple of weeks. Thanks, everybody. We posted a question on our Facebook Page asking for your thoughts of president obamas authorization of targeted strikes in iraq. Go to facebook. Com cspan and join in the conversation. Cspan2s booktv this weekend. Tonight at eight eastern with books on marriage equality, the obamas versus the clintons and the autobiography of former
Could she possibly be an activist . Part of the following an International Activist first lady, with, as Hillary Clinton. I suggest to all of us that we have to look the fact that conservative women care about the world, too. And we have as much interest in our sisters and progress around the world as our liberal counterparts do. One person who commented on this quite beautifully actually and recently was the first lady of afghanistan. I racer because they can at this point of consistency. Laura bush said she worked on afghan womens issues for the rest of her life. And recently in dallas, the new first lady of afghanistan came for a meeting of u. S. Afghan womens council, established 13 years ago not long after the fall of the taliban, still in existence come a Publicprivate Partnership between afghan and u. S. Government many individuals and private institutions in our country. Weve never left the women of afghanistan and laura bush has been our leader. And since in the last few years
Have with International Community, especially the United States. So it was for the first time that he mentioned. So right after that i would imagine that come visit deal would lead to negotiators to talk about especially at first regional issues like isis yemen. Ihaving, iraq afghanistan, many regional problems that we have right now, and work on that and getting an agreement like now like the agreement that we are close to get about the Nuclear Issue. And lastly i think it may lead to even broad this conversation and negotiations to normalize the relationship between the United States at iran and after that maybe even it may lead to negotiate about some internal problems that we had about human rights and many other issues. So im pretty optimistic about that is going to happen very soon, if we got this agreement and put it away from you know, and International Community and iran. Bottom line, based on 10 years of interaction with iranians from the business communities and the religiou