You cannot say you've achieved equality until EVERYONE is equal and has equal opportunities!

Regardless of whom you pray to, during war our experiences as a community and as mothers are the same.

It is so difficult to do any work nonviolently if you don't have the constant awareness of someone who is greater than you are - someone greater who will not just fight for you but who is there to console you.

It's insulting when outsiders come in and tell a traumatized people what it will take for them to heal... People who have lived through a terrible conflict may be hungry and desperate, but they are not stupid. They often have very good ideas about how peace can evolve, and they need to be asked. That includes women. Most especially women.

I'm a serious optimist. I come from a country where you have little to be hopeful for, and so you have to always be an optimist.

There is something in this world that every individual can do. God has created all of us with something unique to contribute.

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.