Building Quote by Swanee Hunt

Working with women survivors of war has taught me that we need to listen to women's perspectives on war in order to understand how…

— Zainab Salbi

In the business of war, the role of women is really to maintain normalcy and ensure that there is cultural continuity.

— Lynn Nottage

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

— Zainab Salbi

Women are hit especially hard in regions of ongoing conflict. Before, during, and after conflict, women bear the brunt of the consequences of war.…

— Philomena Kwao

Women can build stability. We can make peace.

— Hawa Abdi

When war ends, women are the first to pick up the pieces. Where there is no market place, they go door to door. When…

— Zainab Salbi

What does it say about a country that has to force its women into combat?

— Lauren Boebert

Women always look for a peaceful solution to a conflict. They are more sensible when they go for compromise or when they stand by…

— Dalia Grybauskaite

Women are so much a part of war, even if they tend to see another side of it. To say they don't understand war…

— Margaret MacMillan

Women tend to be more interested in reconciliation. A Kenyan woman leader said to me, "You know, in a war, men and women want…

— Swanee Hunt

Women offer unique contributions to making and keeping peace - and that those contributions lead to better outcomes not just for women, but for…

— Hillary Clinton

The foreign policy community in Washington has been arguing that America must put our values at the head of our foreign policy once again…

— Morgan Ortagus