"All across Africa, even in the midst of the deepest and darkest civil war, women are still proving that we can hold communities together."
I am a local girl with a global platform. The prize has led to the recognition that women play a pivotal role in peacebuilding at the grassroots level.
I am one representative of the thousands of Liberian women who stood with me in the rain, sat with me in the sun, and joined me in protest.