Kavita Ramdas directs the Global Fund for Women, the largest foundation in the world supporting women’s human rights across all borders.

Investing in women can unlock infinite potential around the globe. But how can women walk the line between Western-style empowerment and traditional culture? Kavita Ramdas  talks on TED about three encounters with powerful women who fight to make the world better – while preserving the traditions that sustain them. In this inspiring talk Kavita talks about how her encounters with a devout muslin in Afghanistan, a group of harmonising lesbians in Criatia and taboo breaker in Liberia have seen feminism in a different way. See the talk here.