Believe in your passions and act on them.

Only 1 in 13 participants in peace negotiations since 1992 has been a woman.

I firmly believe today that the only way to stop violence against women is to speak out and refused to be silenced.

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.

Since a very young age, my mother made sure to tell me about the plight of women... As she raised my awareness about women's issues, she also made sure to ingrain in me the importance of being strong and independent and not to let anybody define me by their images of what women should be.

Stronger women build stronger nations.

Only 8 percent of peace talks have included women at any level.