"Since April of this year Liberian Women have organized themselves in a nonviolent protest to demand peace in their native land.Under the auspices of Women in Peace Building Network (WIPNET), we began sitting at the airfield in Sinkor opposite the Fish Market. Our movement has spread to Totota and Salala. We expect to see women sitting in Harbel and Buchanan soon. We also know that soon Liberian women outside of Liberia, particularly those in Ghana and America, will join their voices to ours at home. We have taken our position statement to the President of Liberia, to the Liberian Legislature, the United Nations, the Ivorian Embassy, the Guinean Embassy and to the United States Embassy because we see the U.S. as a strategic ally. We have contacted the LURD/MODEL factions through the media and by telephone. We are hoping to see the leaders of these groups face to face to deliver our position statement and demands. We have called this Press Conference because we feel that either we are not being listened to or we are not being taken seriously. We are VERY SERIOUS. The Liberian Women have always said that we want an immediate and unconditional Cease Fire. We want all belligerent parties to disarm and we want to see a mechanism in place that can lead to lasting and sustainable peace."

Liberian Women Mass Action for Peace. 31 May 2003