"I was lucky enough to survive. Many girls bleed to death after being cut."

"The joy I feel now is the same size as the terror I felt as a child. It is vast and deep."

"I have watched as women wept at their ignorance, never having imagined that the practice was in fact putting them at great risk."

"A hundred reasons for rape and sexual violence have been pointed out, but we have yet to hear someone come out and say the words that could set the ball of change rolling."

"Men are blind and need to be healed. Women’s mouths are sealed and those seals must be broken."

"We will not be boxed into masculinity by seductive promises of power or intimidating threats of violence."

"My dream is to provide a safe place for women to access the Internet without fear of attack or being molested."

"My womb can only carry daughters and I would never trade them for any boys."

"By nurturing positive examples of women in the developing world, we debunk negative stereotypes and give women and girls hope that they too may rise up one day to assume positions of authority."