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

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.

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

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

Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.

I am a strong believer that without justice, there is no peace. No lasting peace, anyway.

Iraq is the central battleground in the war on terror. The terrorists certainly know what is at stake, which is why they are pulling out all the stops to derail our efforts there. They know that a free and democratic Iraq is a serious blow to their interests.

My husband was in the war of the Crimea. It is terrible the hardships he went through, to be two months without going into a house, under the snow in trenches. And no food to get, maybe a biscuit in the day. And there was enough food there, he said, to feed all Ireland; but bad management, they could not get it.