Leymah Gbowee

"Regardless of whom you pray to, during war our experiences as a community and as mothers are the same."

"We have a saying: “A single straw of a broom can be broken easily, but the straws together are not easily broken.” So here are three things African women can do to support their sisters and daughters:"

"We are all responsible. We are all complicit. White T-shirts catch the light. What matters is what we then do with that light."

":3. Reach out to the un-converted. My final point comes from my 12-year-old daughter. For her, the feminist message is not ::filtering very well to potential victims, perpetrators, and government lead…"

":2. Develop a solid and consistent leadership base. The leadership of most African women’s initiatives functions very well ::during times of crisis, but tends to disintegrate after a huge success is s…"

":1. Join the support network even if your own community is not plagued with conflict or violence. Most women only take action ::when their own communities are threatened. This must stop if we are to t…"

"If any changes were to be made in society it had to be by the mothers."

"Women are the ones that bear the greatest burden. We are also the ones who nurture societies."