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

Without women's full inclusion at the decision making table, we cannot have any healthy decision making that is good for men and women alike.

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.

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.

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

Passionately enjoy life!

I believe that a lot of progress has been achieved to address gender inequality: We have moved from a time where women in the US could not apply for credit card without their husband's signature to a time where women are the owners of their businesses.