Leadership is standing with your people. People say you have to live to fight another day, but sometimes you have to show you are a true leader.

Women are the ones that bear the greatest burden. We are also the ones who nurture societies.

'I wish for a better life. I wish for food for my children. I wish that sexual abuse and exploitation in schools would stop.' This is the dream of the African girl.

The world is upside down, it's going to take a lot of hands to turn it right side up.

When women gather, great things will happen.

At 17, the first time I saw a dead body, I froze. By 31 it was a natural occurrence for me, and no group of people should live like that.

We must continue to unite in sisterhood to turn our tears into triumph. There is no time to rest until our world achieves wholeness and balance, where all men and women are considered equal and free.