Women are saying they need health care, the foundation for a full life, through all the different phases of their lives. They want to be able to choose the number and spacing of their children. They are looking for education, the indispensable instrument for life in the modern world. In the workplace, women want the opportunity to show what they can do. They want to put their abilities to good use, and they want to be valued equally for their work.
Women know they have much to contribute to society and much to gain.
Women are especially concerned for girl children, so that they inherit more than the suffering of their mothers. Women know that health and wellbeing in later life starts with care and concern in childhood. In all matters to do with the family, women are looking for the support of their partners, because they know that successful parenthood is a shared responsibility. Building peace means harnessing change. For women, change has often meant exploitation, suffering and the risk of death.