You are not going to shoot your way through. You want to be President, put down your guns, go to the ballot box. If the Liberian people have confidence in you, and elect you to be President, we promise you wholeheartedly, the Liberian women will accept you and work for this country. But we are not going to accept anybody who is going to force himself on us. Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, a prominent advocate for peace in the Middle East and author of the book Women at the peacetable places a lot of hope on women as peace-makers.
Women Speak Out , brought further confirmation of women s place at the peace table.
What we are saying is that women have a right to be involved in the peace processes at all levels, from conflict prevention through post conflict recovery. In October the United Nations Security Council met to hear from women of their first-hand experience of war. Faiza Jama Mohammed was one of the representatives of over 100 grass roots organizations, who addressed the council members. So when this opportunity arose, I consulted my sisters back home to see what they wanted me to tell the Security Council on this rare occasion. Number one, that impunity must end and that all those responsible for sexual violence against women and other war crimes should be brought to justice.