Everything can be taken from you in a second, but the human spirit is so strong. War can teach you so much about evil, and so much about good.

If half the society isn't engaged on any number of sectors, success and potential will be limited. In that sense, I do definitely believe there is a growing movement and moment for women's issues.

I learned that victims come in all image - some raped, some witnessing an act of violence, some losing loved ones. I learned that the solutions come by both listening to the people impacted by the crisis and by learning from historical experiences in other places.

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.

No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.

I dont want to be someone in my sixties holding on to a group that I created when I was in my twenties.

Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.