When a child is starving, a family may not be able to think about long-term sustainability or damage to ecosystems that support endangered species.

- Helene D. Gayle

You can't marginalize more than half of the globe's population and expect to see any meaningful solutions to the problems that ail the world.

- Helene D. Gayle

There is no doubt that a woman's economic empowerment is very much interconnected to her health and the well being of her children.

- Helene D. Gayle

What keeps me motivated is going out to the field and seeing programs that incorporate a focus on both people and the planet, and seeing how mutually…

- Helene D. Gayle

We always say at CARE that we would love to see if we can work ourselves out of business.

- Helene D. Gayle

As many as half of Ethiopias girls become wives before becoming adults. But Ethiopia is also a place where lasting solutions to child marriage are st…

- Helene D. Gayle

Any discussion of investment or putting monetary value on the environment must start with the populations who rely on those resources.

- Helene D. Gayle

Early marriage is most prevalent in communities suffering deep, chronic poverty.

- Helene D. Gayle

The environmental community has an opportunity to create and leverage partnerships with the development community on social issues, rather than tryin…

- Helene D. Gayle