“No woman should feel forced to remain in a dangerous home because leaving appears to mean having nowhere to sleep.”

That sentence was mine.

I had carried it from the courtroom.

I described the phased commitments, the partnerships, and the services being established.

Fifty million dollars was a substantial pledge.

It was not proof that every office in every country could open the following morning.

The applause began before I finished my last line.

I thanked the room and stepped away from the microphone.