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Women are 1/2 of the population & our exclusion is like covering one eye. To see the solutions clearly, we need both eyes open.
Nobel Peace Laureates join their Nigerian sisters in calls to rescue 270+ abducted schoolgirls #BringBackOurGirls http://ht.ly/wAUD6
@cnni @LeymahRGbowee "Girls were not kidnapped; this is a case of sex trafficking of young girls"
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2014/05/06/exp-nigeria-missing-girls-boko-haram-abduction.cnn.html … #BringBackOurGirls
Education:The key to free us from shackles of poverty&exclusion. Nigerian girls' abduction: attempt to tighten shackles. #BringBackOurGirls
Thank you to @wrcommission! Wonderful to share stage w/ Chernor Bah @Cee_Bah working with @aworldatschool pic.twitter.com/mfvmgzmzID
"Embrace the present. Uncertainty is no excuse 4 paralysis." @EMU_News 2014 commencement
https://emu.edu/now/news/2014/04/nobel-laureate-gbowee-helps-emu-graduates-to-appreciate-taking-action-and-dancing-in-the-present/ … pic.twitter.com/OHQ1tZfxmr
"We can journey w/ you. We can accompany you. But unless women take the lead, we cannot follow you." #SouthSudan @phumzileunwomen #CSW58
Anger started me, anger keeps me going. Hopefully when I am old, happiness will make me retire.
Thank you @OxfamAmerica for honoring me w/ the Right the Wrong Award & to share the stage w/ such amazing women! pic.twitter.com/P3Icg4dYqP
Even in pain & suffering, there is The Beautiful. For women of DRC, their Beautiful is in the comfort & strength of women. #Sisterhood
In Nairobi w/ Gertrude Mongella, Betty Bigombe, Phoebe Asiyo & Wanjiku Kabira absorbing every wisdom to strategize for women of South Sudan.
2014 Hope: For resolutions, aspirations to improve self&community, none is squandered nor extinguished. Share yours, speak it into existence
In Nelson Mandela, we lost a great leader, a great mentor, and our very own icon. His passing leaves a hole in all of our hearts.
Honoring the Memory of Nelson Mandela - a beloved leader and friend of all humanity http://www.tutufoundationusa.org/2013/12/honoring-the-memory-of-nelson-mandela/ … pic.twitter.com/Fdh6NAFGsD
"When there is violence in the community, women are the sponges that absorb the pain & cannot wring it out." #txconfwomen
Society mirrors the church. If you cannot speak on the small-scale violence in homes, how can you speak on the large scale violence of war?
You cannot give power or strength or even peace to the community if you do not already have it within yourself to give.
To be an activist, focus not on the negative and the complex; instead remain clear on the positive and the doable.
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