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

War is nothing but a microcosm of peace ... it shows you life in a more intense way and that's how I continue to live it ... for good or bad reasons.

There is never a typical week. I don't think I can live with a typical week.

I believe that there is an urgent need to restructure the discussion of war to include the impact it has on women.

The front[line] of wars is increasingly non-human eyes peering down on our perceived enemies from space, guiding missiles toward unseen targets.

I don't want to be someone in my sixties holding on to a group that I created when I was in my twenties.

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.

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

I have come to understand that in order to effectively advance women's rights, we need to galvanize a global women's movement.

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

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

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.

Growing up under Saddam's rule, I witnessed many injustices occurring everyday in my country and yet I could not do anything to prevent them.

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

Women are not just victims; they are survivors and leaders on the community-level backlines of peace and stability.

Leadership is not about having the charisma or speaking inspirational words, but about leading with example.

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

I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.

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

As women, we must speak out, speak up, say no to our inheritance of loss and yes to a future of women-led dialogue about women's rights and value.

Living in war is a co- existence with death.

Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world.

Everything is give and take. The solutions are in the middle not in the extremity of the situation.

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

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

I firmly believe today that the only way to stop violence against women is to speak out and refused to be silenced.

It seems to me that violence against women has been tolerated for so long that the world has become numb to it.

Women have never been a chief negotiator in any UN-sponsored talks.

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.

Only 1 in 13 participants in peace negotiations since 1992 has been a woman.

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

Believe in your passions and act on them.

From joblessness to lack of education and professional skills to sexual and gender-based violence, women face a multi-faceted oppression.

Since I was 15 years old I have dedicated my life to serving women.