Nelly Mbangu

"It's scandalous not to recognize the efforts of women who get out of bed at 5 a.m. to find something to sell in order to provide for their families..."

"The celebration of the International Day of Peace is an opportunity to recall the role of women and the heavy responsibility of rewriting the history of women’s engagement in the peace process in the DRC. Peace without women is an illusion, peace with women is a revolution."

"We are each invited, in our respective sectors, to prioritize respect for human rights and to practice justice so that peace may prevail, because, as they say, there is no peace without justice."