>>> ALL RIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT, WELCOME BACK.

AND LEADERS, WE WERE TALKING JUST BEFORE THE BREAK ABOUT THE PERVASIVE MYSOGENY AND PHYSICAL ATTACKS AROUND THE WORLD.

I WANTED TO ASK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF DEMOCRACY WHEN HALF THE GLOBE'S POPULATION IS KEPT DOWN AND STILL IS?

>> YOU ANSWERED YOUR OWN QUESTION.

WHEN YOU HAVE HALF THE POPULATION BEING SUPPRESSED, OFTEN VIOLENTLY, THEN BY DEFINITION, DEMOCRACY IS NOT FUNCTIONING THE WAY IT SHOULD.

AND WHAT IS ALSO TRUE IS THAT WHEN WOMEN ARE NOT EMPOWERED, TYPICALLY, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO ARE THE CARE GIVERS WHICH MEANS CHILDREN ARE NOT EMPOWERED.

AND THE KINDS OF ISSUES WHETHER IT IS HEALTH CARE OR EDUCATION, KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES.

THOSE ARE NOT BEING ATTENDED TO.

AND SO WE ARE DEPRIVING OURSELVES OF A SET OF PERSPECTIVES VITAL TO MAKING DEMOCRACY WORK.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT COUNTRIES THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL, THEY ARE COUNTRY INS WHICH WOMEN ARE EMPOWERED.

AND COUNTRIES THAT ARE LESS SUCCESSFUL THAT STAGNATE, THAT ARE MORE LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN CONFLICT AND ARE MORE VIOLENT ARE TYPICALLY ONES IN WHICH WOMEN ARE SUPPRESSED.

>> SO THERE IS A NEW REPORT THAT CAME OUT THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS.

THE U.N.

GENDER INDEX.

AND IT SHOWS THAT SOME NINE OUT OF TEN PEOPLE ARE BIASED AGAINST WOMEN IN ABOUT 80 COUNTRIES THEY SURVEYED.

ABOUT HALF SAY MEN MAKE BETTER LEADERS, MEN ARE BETTER BUSINESS LEADERS AND A QUARTER OF THE RESPONDENTS SAY THEY ACCEPT MEN BEATING THEIR WIVES.

A QUARTER OF THE RESPONDENTS.

LET ME ASK YOU, BECAUSE YOU COME FROM SUDAN, YOU ARE LIVING BACK AND FORTH IN EUROPE AND YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED WAR AND REFUGEE STATUS.

TELL ME HOW IT AFFECTS YOU AND IN YOUR COMMUNITY BUILDING THE SUPPRESSION OF WOMEN STILL.

>> WELL, STEPPING INTO THAT, AND GOING BACK TO HOW SUDAN WORKS WHEN IT COMES TO WOMEN'S RIGHTS, SUDAN HAS BEEN FACING THIS MASSIVE WAVE OF HAVING THIS KIND OF EXPLAINING TO WOMEN THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING, WE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN TOLD YOU CANNOT VOTE.

WHO IS GOING TO TAKE YOUR VOTE.

YOU CANNOT PARTICIPATE IN ANYTHING.

YOU ARE NOT AS EQUAL AS MEN ARE.

SO HAVING ALL OF THOSE CHALLENGES THAT ARE BEING FACED BY WOMEN, IT KIND OF RESHAPED HALF OF THE WOMEN IN SUDAN INTO NOT KNOWING WHAT KIND OF LEADERS THEY CAN ACTUALLY BE.

SO THE POWER THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE IN THEM.

IT TAKES AGES FOR WOMEN TO LEARN THEY HAVE THE POWER, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO HAVE A VOICE AND THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE RESPECTED AS WELL.

STEPPING INTO RESPECT.

IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR SUDANESE WOMEN TO BE RESPECTED.

ESPECIALLY BY MEN.

BECAUSE FOR THEM, IT IS LIKE WE ARE THE LEADERS.

WE RULE THE FAMILY.

IT IS ONLY US, NOBODY ELSE.

AND FOR ME I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CHALLENGED BY IT.

BUT I GREW UP IN A FAMILY THAT ALWAYS TAUGHT ME THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT AS LONG AS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WE TRUST YOU ENOUGH.

SO I WANTED TO REFLECT THAT IN MY OWN WAY.

IT TOOK ME A LOT OF TIME.

WE WENT BACK TO DARFOR.

IT WAS MASSIVE AND SO UNFORTUNATE.

I WENT THERE, I SAT DOWN WITH FAMILIES IN REFUGEE CAMPS AND TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW THEY SHOULD LET THEIR GIRLS GO TO SCHOOL.

I WAS THE ENEMY WHEN I STARTED TALKING ABOUT THAT.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW I WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO HELP.

THEY ARE LIKE YOU ARE WORKING AGAINST CULTURE.

HERE WE SEE HOW CULTURE IS PLAYING A MAIN ROLE IN SHAPING THE COMMUNITY.

>> WE HAVE YOU THREE WOMEN LEADERS HERE.

I'M SURE THE OBAMA FOUNDATION HAS MALE LEADERS AS WELL.

BUT HERE WE ARE, THE THREE WOMEN LEADERS.

I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT WHAT YOU GET FROM THE FOUNDATION AND WHAT THE FOUNDATION IS DESIGNED FOR IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, GETTING INFORMATION FROM EACH OTHER.

SHARING EXPERIENCES.

COMMUNITY BUILDING.

>> JUST TO ADD ONE THING THAT IS REALLY KEY WHEN IT COMES TO THE WOMEN'S RIGHT ISSUE.

IT HAS TO DO WITH REPRESENTATION.

WHAT DO WE SEE REPRESENTED?

ACROSS THE BOARD, I THINK WE HAVE AN ISSUE OF HAVING FEMALE LEADERS THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN SEE OURSELVES REPRESENTED IN.

WE HAVE A LACK OF COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LED BY WOMEN.

WE ALSO HAVE AN ISSUE OF NETWORKING.

HAVING A SAFE SPACE WHERE YOU CAN CONNECT WITH OTHER WOMEN AND MEN.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THE OBAMA FOUNDATION AND THE OBAMA LEADERSHIP HAS GIVEN ME AS A LEADER IS TRULY THE NETWORKING.

THE ROLE MODELS I NEEDED.

I WOULD SIT IN A BUS.

TRAVEL TO THE SILICON VALLEY OF EUROPE.

LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW SEEING THESE AMAZING COMPANIES.

IT'S A TECH HUB.

AND SITTING IN THE BUS HOLDING IN MY HAND A DEVICE.

SO THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE LIFE AS A 14-YEAR-OLD OR AS A 25-YEAR- OLD, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN CONNECTED WITH TECHNOLOGY IN MY HAND.

BUT LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW, I MADE A DECISION AS A YOUNG GIRL, I WILL NEVER EVER GET A JOB IN TECH.

AND THE MAIN REASONS IS IF YOU DON'T SEE YOURSELF REPRESENTED, WHAT WILL YOU BECOME?