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

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

I don't have a child, so Women for Women is like my child. But I always said I would step down after 20 years. I didn't want to be a 60-year-old woman holding on to something I created when I was 23.

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

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

I by no means intend to simplify the challenges women face in any culture. Women are marginalized in all cultures in my opinion, some in more extreme ways than others.