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.

Women are part of peace keeping troops in countries like Liberia.

Only 8 percent of peace talks have included women at any level.

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

Living in war is a co- existence with death.

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.