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

Working with women survivors of war has taught me that we need to listen to women's perspectives on war in order to understand how to effectively rebuild a country, a community and a family.

Women still need higher political representation and to be included at decision making tables in all issues in order for solutions that relates from peace to food, to health, to basic stability in the world. We cannot continue to marginalize half of the population in the world in finding sustainable solutions that are good for all.

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.

Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.

Women are not just victims; they are survivors and leaders on the community-level backlines of peace and stability.

The single thing all women need in the world is inspiration, and inspiration comes from storytelling.