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

The front[line] of wars is increasingly non-human eyes peering down on our perceived enemies from space, guiding missiles toward unseen targets.

It seems to me that violence against women has been tolerated for so long that the world has become numb to it.

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.

I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.

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

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