War is nothing but a microcosm of peace... it shows you life in a more intense way and that's how I continue to live it... for good or bad reasons.

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

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

Living in war is a co- existence with death.

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.

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.

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