I have come to understand that in order to effectively advance women's rights, we need to galvanize a global women's movement.

I believe that leadership acts should be manifested by engaging in external work that can be observed and shared with everyone else.

Everything is give and take. The solutions are in the middle not in the extremity of the situation.

Stronger women build stronger nations.

As women, we must speak out, speak up, say no to our inheritance of loss and yes to a future of women-led dialogue about women's rights and value.

My message to the world is that until we recognize that peace is not just the absence of war but the revival of life on the "backlines," where women are keeping kids in school, caring for the sick and injured, and daily negotiating space for the continuation of critical life processes of this nature, we're going to continue to miss the point.

No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.