We do not need, and indeed never will have, all the answers before we act ... It is often through taking action that we can discover some of them.

As a human rights issue, the effort to end violence against women becomes a government's obligation, not just a good idea.

We know that priorities are amiss in the world when a man gets a military medal of honor for killing another man and a dishonorable discharge for loving one.

If you think that you are where you are just because you worked hard, it is easy to become self-righteous and make classist moral judgments about others.

Sexual, racial, gender violence and other forms of discrimination and violence in a culture cannot be eliminated without changing culture.

Leadership is people taking the initiative, carrying things through, having ideas and the imagination to get something started, and exhibiting particular skills in different areas.

We have to start looking at the world through women's eyes' how are human rights, peace and development defined from the perspective of the lives of women? It's also important to look at the world from the perspective of the lives of diverse women, because there is not single women's view, any more than there is a single men's view.