NEW YORK (AP) — The Clinton Global Initiative added gender equity as a pillar of the nonprofit’s work to sound the alarm about the increasing challenges women and girls currently face, Clinton Foundation Vice Chair Chelsea Clinton told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday. “Whatever the issue -- it’s connected to women and it falls more heavily on women,” Chelsea Clinton said. “We are in this for the long haul for Ukraine, Ukrainians, and for democracy everywhere," Hillary Clinton said. “From the World Food Programme's perspective, the world on fire,” she told former President Bill Clinton. Andres said he was proud to be part of the Ukraine Action Network to help out through World Central Kitchen.

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Persons: Chelsea Clinton, Cindy McCain, ” Chelsea Clinton, Hillary Clinton’s, “ we’ve, ”, “, we’ve, Hillary Clinton, Ukraine —, Orlando Bloom's, Don’t, Clinton, ” Zelenska, ” Cindy McCain, Bill Clinton, ” McCain, ” Chef Jose Andres, McCain, Andres, I’ve, “ WCK Organizations: Clinton Global Initiative, Clinton, Associated Press, United Nations Conference, Women, Network, Ukraine, Clinton Global, Ukraine Action Network, World, Kitchen Ukrainian, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: Beijing, Ukraine, Russia, “, Africa