Women are not just victims; they are survivors and leaders on the community-level backlines of peace and stability. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
I by no means intend to simplify the challenges women face in any culture. Women are marginalized in all cultures in my… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
I have come to understand that in order to effectively advance women's rights, we need to galvanize a global women's movement. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Without women's full inclusion at the decision making table, we cannot have any healthy decision making that is good for men and… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
I couldn't find anyone doing something about the astounding injustices women were experiencing, so I decided to do something myself. I cannot… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
By accepting what the external structures have told us we need to do, we have given the power of our realities and… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
In every single culture I encountered, there were always women who defied cultural norms to do what they believed was right for… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
There's a lot of projection that if you're in service then you shouldn't look good. I'm no different from anybody else. I… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
In my 20s I was such a serious, boring-looking person. I would never do my nails. I never even danced. But I… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Only 1 in 13 participants in peace negotiations since 1992 has been a woman. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share
I learned that victims come in all image - some raped, some witnessing an act of violence, some losing loved ones. I learned that… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share
Women in the Arab world have a rich history in their active participation in political change from the Algeria revolution against the French occupation… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share
My message to the world is that until we recognize that peace is not just the absence of war but the revival of life… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share
I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share
I by no means intend to simplify the challenges women face in any culture. Women are marginalized in all cultures in my opinion, some… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share
From an economic perspective, women are treated unfairly: they perform 66 percent of the world's work and produce 50 percent of the food but… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share
There is never a typical week. I don't think I can live with a typical week. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share
Where has change ever been clean and nice? It has always been messy and painful. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share
As women, we must speak out, speak up, say no to our inheritance of loss and yes to a future of women-led dialogue about… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share
I don't have a child, so Women for Women is like my child. But I always said I would step down after 20 years.… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share
Everything is give and take. The solutions are in the middle not in the extremity of the situation. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share
When war ends, women are the first to pick up the pieces. Where there is no market place, they go door to door. When… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share
