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Women can build stability. We can make peace.

Men and women who know the brutal reality of war, who know that war strips people of their very humanity, must unite in a new global partnership for peace.

I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.

Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view.

Too often the desire for peace has been expressed by women while the stewardship of the mechanisms which are used to attempt to secure peace in the short and medium term are dominated by male decision-making structures and informal arrangements. This must change.

In my own experience, I've found that it's very difficult to make peace with women. We tend to be competitive and feel angry.

When women participate in peace-making and peace-keeping, we are all safer and more secure.

We like to think of women as peacemakers, not purveyors of violence.

Peace begins with a smile.

The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.