QUOTES
"You
cannot have peace without human rights, democracy, gender equality, and clean
water. Look to the root causes of war and you will find, in their reverse, the
root foundations of peace."
"To
have a peaceful population, we must teach peace."
To
raise new generations of people with the skills, values and knowledge to create
and maintain peace, we need peace education.
War
and the preparation for war rob resources from human security. As long as we honour
war and warriors we maintain fear and hate, always based on ignorance; and fear
is the enemy of learning, it gives ignorance its power. As long as we misplace
money for weapons – we keep water polluted, we keep far too many women illiterate
and unskilled, we prevent health care and education from being universally enjoyed
– we promote poverty. These are among the root causes of violent conflict.
I firmly believe that it will be women, acting together, acting strategically,
teaching, and organising who will be responsible for enacting the “culture of
peace” that will be necessary for the survival of humanity.
