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”Women had confidence in my leadership. I couldn’t stand by and do nothing while my country fell into chaos,”

— Catherine Samba-Panza Roundtable at GW (2016)

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Violence is in the mind and on the hearts of our [Central African Republic] population for many, many years. The process of peace and pacification is a work that requires long breath, like a marathon.

Roundtable at GW (2016)

“The process of peace and pacification is a work that requires long breath, like a marathon”

Roundtable at GW (2016)

Women fight for peace, Samba-Panza says, because of their intimate experience of giving life.

Roundtable at GW (2016)

“If I had acted like a head of state, that would have never worked”

Roundtable at GW (2016)

“Women of the country said: We have had enough of hostilities between men. A female leader would be less violent, less aggressive, less hungry for power,”

Roundtable at GW (2016)

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