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.

When women gather, great things will happen.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.