"Just as women's rights are human rights, women's progress

is human progress. Achieving a world where women everywhere

can fulfill their potential is the great unfinished work

of today and the very work we must do to make progress.

Lois Quam first worked with me over thirty years ago, and

she demonstrates in her life and leadership-and now in

her book Who Runs the World?-the resilience and creativity

needed for this work. Lois shows how we can build the future

we envision for us all by supporting women and girls around

the world."

-Hillary Rodham Clinton

67th U.S. Secretary of State

"This is an inspiring book by an inspiring woman. Lois Quam

is a leader, thinker, and mother who has put into words key

insights about our world and how to change it. Who Runs

the World? is a powerful call to new kinds of action and new

ways of thinking."

-David Miliband

President and CEO, International Rescue Committee; 74th

U.K. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

"Women's leadership in climate solutions is required everywhere.

Who Runs the World? Unlocking the Talent and Inventiveness

of Women Everywhere rightly highlights the vital role

women have to play. I see this at the global COP forums

and in the local village. For anyone who cares about addressing

climate change, investing in women is the catalytic move

that can make all the difference."

-Sherry Rehman

Member of the Senate of Pakistan; Former Minister for

Climate Change and Ambassador to the U.S. for Pakistan

"It is clearer every year that we cannot afford to pursue

responses to one challenge at the expense of another. We need

holistic, global solutions to climate change that also benefit

sustainable development. So, if you want to make a difference

on climate, add Who Runs The World? by Lois Quam

to your reading list. Quam, a longtime partner with us on

setting the climate agenda in Norway, shares why and how

empowering women is at the heart of the sustained effort we

need for climate resilience."

-Frederic Hauge

Founder and Leader, Bellona Foundation

"Lois and I worked to end preventable maternal deaths

through the Saving Mothers, Giving Life initiative. I am

delighted she has shared this important work and her vision

in Who Runs the World. In it, Lois makes the powerful-

and obvious but neglected-point that unlocking women's

talent is key to addressing many of the challenges of the

twenty-first century. She's right and we can all do our part to

make this happen."

-Christy Turlington Burns

Founder and President, Every Mother Counts

"Imagine a future where women and girls everywhere have

the same opportunity to run the world. Lois Quam imagines

and more. These stories of leadership decisions, experiences

and lessons, provide a front seat view of her transformational

allyship, and a key to unlocking the power of women

everywhere."

-Mary-Ann Etiebet, MD, MBA

Merck for Mothers

"Lois writes Who Runs the World? as we mark a halfway point

for the Sustainable Development Goals, set for 2030. Yet we

already know we will not achieve many of these goals, unless

we enable women to realize their full potential. At the core

of this pursuit is the right for women to decide if and when

they want to have children, afforded through rights-based

family planning."

-Samukeliso Dube, MD, MPH, MBA

Executive Director, Family Planning 2030