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 there is an urgent need to restructure the discussion of war to include the impact it has on women.

Everything can be taken from you in a second, but the human spirit is so strong. War can teach you so much about evil, and so much about good.

War is nothing but a microcosm of peace... it shows you life in a more intense way and that's how I continue to live it... for good or bad reasons.

Believe in your passions and act on them.

Long-term trauma for women who have survived armed conflict is a haunting reminder that health issues and depression can follow decades after the end of war, but women who hope for healing can and do move forward.

I find it amazing that the only group of people who are not fighting and not killing and not pillaging and not burning and not raping, and the group of people who are mostly — though not exclusively — who are keeping life going in the midst of war, are not included in the negotiating table.