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.

Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.

Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence our thoughts, feelings, and past experiences.

Believe in your passions and act on them.

One year of the world’s military spending equals 700 years of the U.N. budget and equals 2,928 years of the U.N. budget allocated for women.

While women may look different, as some wear suits and others wear saris, or some cover their hair while others wear their hair loose, women need to stand together because they all face the central point of discrimination, although the extremity of which may be different from Kigali to Kabul.