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

Since war often enters homes through the "kitchen door," we need to understand women's attempts to keep life going in the face of shortage of food, closing of schools and reduced freedoms.

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.

Believe in your passions and act on them.

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.

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

Since a very young age, my mother made sure to tell me about the plight of women... As she raised my awareness about women's issues, she also made sure to ingrain in me the importance of being strong and independent and not to let anybody define me by their images of what women should be.