Where has change ever been clean and nice? It has always been messy and painful.

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

The single thing all women need in the world is inspiration, and inspiration comes from storytelling.

When war ends, women are the first to pick up the pieces. Where there is no market place, they go door to door. When homes are destroyed, mothers and daughters haul stones to rebuild or plow fields together.

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.

Where has change ever been clean and nice? It has always been messy and painful.

It appears easier to talk about protecting women than it is to fully include women at all decision-making levels in peace talks and post-conflict planning.