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

If half the society isn't engaged on any number of sectors, success and potential will be limited. In that sense, I do definitely believe there is a growing movement and moment for women's issues.

From joblessness to lack of education and professional skills to sexual and gender-based violence, women face a multi-faceted oppression.

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

Where has change ever been clean and nice? It has always been messy and painful.

Changes don't happen in the world by playing it safe, taking risks is the way to change the world.

I learned that victims come in all image - some raped, some witnessing an act of violence, some losing loved ones. I learned that the solutions come by both listening to the people impacted by the crisis and by learning from historical experiences in other places.