The woman has found herself constantly and consistently on Forbes lists of the most powerful. She says power means many things. In her magazine and website, she offers her own definition of power, as well as declares the most powerful women in her opinion.

We are aware by now that whatever Oprah believes in strongly, Oprah endorses publicly. This time, she is promoting the 3 things the world can do to empower women via endorsing the new book authored by husband-and-wife Pulitzer Prize winners Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, entitled Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Knopf).

Along with the book authors, Oprah believes that ‘the key to economic progress in the world lies in unleashing women’s potential.’ This is nothing short of the very message of Gender and Development (GAD) which strongly enjoins people to make women a co-equal driver of economy.

The 3 powerful suggestions are: make girls smarter through iodine and iodized salt, support a woman’s business through microfinancing, and keep a girl in school to get her educated first and foremost on her rights and security.

These are operational strategies to help women become active participants in the day-to-day upliftment of the world. More than half of all people in the world are females. So, it is but logical and wise to make them equal and active doers and contributors of progress. That is definitely what sustainable development means.

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Via O, The Oprah Magazine