kavita ramdas is the president and chief executive officer of the global fund for women, the largestgrant-making foundation focused exclusively on women's rights issues. the fund has given more than $71 million to thousands of organizations in 167 countries. kavita ramdas was born in new delhi, then educated in india and the united states, where she is now a citizen. she describes herself as a "social venture capitalist." welcome to the journal. >> thank you. it's very n%ce to be here. >> sherr: let me start with what's going on in new york this week and around the world, which is all this focus on girls and women. why now? why girls and women? >> i think there is a growing sense that with the challenges that are facing us on climate change, on growing militarization of societies, on the security front, you simply can't address this with a sort of a business as usual strategy. and i think women and girls have moved from a place of sort of being, "there, there, dear, that's nice." on the side. to really being seen as an engine for change in other critical world areas of making a diffe