Former President Jimmy Carter discusses multiple topics in a recent interview including Jesus Christ as a leader for equality for woman. In his brand new book "A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power," Carter discussed how Jesus Christ was at the forefront of equal rights for all human beings especially for women.

"He [Jesus Christ] set an example that should be emulated down to the ages, and one of the examples that he set invariably in every word and deed of his life was to emphasize the equality of women and even to exalt women well beyond any status they had enjoyed in any previous decades or centuries or even since then," said Carter to Time Magazine. "But unfortunately there have been interpretations of what Jesus did by very wonderful theologians that wrote individual letters to individual churches all across Asia Minor and so forth, that can be misinterpreted and to prove by male religious leaders that women should not be equal in the eyes of God," said Carter to Time Magazine in a recent interview.

Carter also talked about writing a note to Pope Francis regarding the issue of child marriage and genital mutilation that plagues little girls around the world.

"His letter was very gracious to me, his response. He said that he thought that the status of women and the role of women in the Catholic Church in the future should be improved or enhanced. I was very pleased to get that response. I noticed that now, about 10 days ago, Pope Francis appointed an eight-person committee to deal with the problem of priests abusing children. Half of the committee members were women, one of whom had been abused as a girl by a priest," said Carter to Time Magazine.

Carter also talked about human slavery in modern times and how it even affects the U.S.

"What we've done so far is a tiny step. Congress mandated, or required, that the U.S. State Department give an annual report on global human trafficking or slavery. It is much greater now than it ever was during the 19th century when black people were brought out of Africa to the New World. It amounts to about $32 billion a year. The United States is heavily involved in human slavery," said Carter to Time Magazine.  "The officials particularly at the local level throughout America look the other way for prostitution. The policemen are either bribed or they are given free sexual favors or they get orders from their chief of police that come from the mayor and city council, 'Oh, let's not rock the boat.' So prostitution thrives in the United States."

Carter believes that America should model Sweden regarding how they deal with prostitution in their country.

"Sweden is the No. 1 example that other countries are now emulating, where they bring the charges against the brothel owners and the pimps and the male customers, and they do not prosecute the girls, who quite often are brought into that trade involuntarily. It works quite well, by the way," said Carter to Time Magazine.