Few people can speak with more authority about globalization than Mary Robinson. Robinson was the first woman president of Ireland -- during her tenure her country was known as the "Celtic Tiger," becoming one of the world's wealthiest countries. But Robinson's passion has always been for human rights, particularly for women and children. She served as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002. She is the founder and director of the Ethical Globalization Initiative, which pushes governments and business to put human rights at the top of their global agendas. "To me the great thing about international human rights is that we have a worldwide democratic process to hold governments to their promises," she says in this commentary. "If children's rights are to matter close to home, they must matter in the corridors of the UN and the World Bank, in the boardrooms of CEOs, and in the cabinets of national governments. Our task is to ensure that globalization will work for all the world's children."

Few people can speak with more authority about globalization than Mary Robinson. Robinson was the first woman president of Ireland -- during her tenure her country was known as the "Celtic Tiger," becoming one of the world's wealthiest countries. But Robinson's passion has always been for human rights, particularly for women and children. She served as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002. She is the founder and director of the Ethical Globalization Initiative, which pushes governments and business to put human rights at the top of their global agendas. "To me the great thing about international human rights is that we have a worldwide democratic process to hold governments to their promises," she says in this commentary. "If children's rights are to matter close to home, they must matter in the corridors of the UN and the World Bank, in the boardrooms of CEOs, and in the cabinets of national governments. Our task is to ensure that globalization will work for all the world's children."