The injustice is that women continue to be the main target of violence both during wartime and peacetime and yet there is still a lack of a public outrage.

Stronger women build stronger nations.

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.

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.

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.

Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.

Changes don't happen in the world by playing it safe, taking risks is the way to change the world.