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

I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.

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.

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

Living in war is a co- existence with death.