These words of inspiration from the late Nobel Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai encourage us to continue, not tire or give up on our vision and pursuit of gender justice in our countries, regions, continents, and world. Every initiative no matter how small we think it is contributes to gender justice. As we forge ahead with initiatives, advocacy, collaboration, and activities for gender justice in 2023 let us be reminded of some key aspects of our vision and aims from the following quotations from our strategic plan: