Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, you can't hardly turn on the TV today or open a newspaper, scroll through your news feed without learning of another outbreak of violence around the globe. Especially in a world as volatile and insecure as ours is today, we have a responsibility to take full advantage of proven peace-building tactics. This includes involving women in conflict prevention and resolution. Research covering conflicts from Northern Ireland to Africa has shown that peace agreements are 35 percent more likely to last at least 15 years when women are involved. Even knowing this, women are many times left out during negotiations. The truth is that conflict knows no gender, just as peace should know no gender. With that said, women are many times impacted by conflict in different ways than their male counterparts. ISIL, for instance, has used human trafficking and sex slavery, which disproportionately impacts women, as an income-generating business for their terrorist activities. Women need to be able to play a major role in addressing this and finding solutions to combat it. Moreover, in many war-torn countries, women control large segments of the economy. In fact, women are the sole income earners in nearly one- third of all households worldwide. While their husbands and sons are serving as soldiers, women are running the markets, the schools, other public and private institutions.…”