Laws are important. But they can only be effective if the people know about the particular laws.

Don’t do to your daughters what has been done to you! They are perfect and beautiful.

Well, of course there’s my own experience of being mutilated as a little child. Having gone through this cruel practice and all the long-term consequences that come with it, I just cannot sit back and watch it being done to thousands of little girls every year. I believe that it is my responsibility to use the attention I get to fight against the continuing practice of FGM.

I still do find it very difficult in the West to connect to this politeness of smiling, not saying how you're thinking or not saying how you really feel.

I love the truth. Tell the truth and live the truth, because we've seen enough lies and look what it's doing.

Less hatred, more love, less war, more peace, more respect for the Mother Nature and for other people.

Every day, women move mountains. It is an insult to have an international women's day.