Esther Ibanga

Esther Ibanga in 2015

Esther Ibanga (born 31 March 1961) is a Nigerian pastor and founder of the "Women Without Walls Initiative". She won the 32nd Niwano Peace Prize for promoting peace among people of different ethnic groups and religions in Jos, Nigeria.

Quotes

• We want to do away with the walls that divide and separate us, whether it's the walls of social class or the wall of ethnicity, or the walls of religion.
  • [1] Thursday thought from Esther Ibanga.
• We are mothers we are life-givers and we are solution bearers we think that we should bring solutions to the table rather than dwell on the problem.
  • [2] Thursday thought from Esther Ibanga.

• For the sake of peace, it is important to build a community of women with one purpose and work for the overall well-being of the people notwithstanding their religious and tribal affiliations.
  • [3] Ibanga speaks on unity amongst religious women.
• My motivation and drive in life is God. I have a personal relationship with Him. And my hunger for the impossible quickens something in me to rise to the occasion and make it possible.
  • [4] Ibanga speaks on unity amongst religious women.
• My father taught me integrity while my mother taught me to be industrious, hardworking and disciplined. My husband, Dr. Iko Ibanga, is another person who has taught me to strike a balance between my pioneering, result-oriented spirit and loving people sincerely. He is one man that brings beauty out of relationships.
  • [5] Ibanga speaks on unity amongst religious women.