From joblessness to lack of education and professional skills to sexual and gender-based violence, women face a multi-faceted oppression. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
I believe that there is an urgent need to restructure the discussion of war to include the impact it has on women. — 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
It seems to me that violence against women has been tolerated for so long that the world has become numb to it. — 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
Women are not just victims; they are survivors and leaders on the community-level backlines of peace and stability. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
As women, we must speak out, speak up, say no to our inheritance of loss and yes to a future of women-led… — 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
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
I believe that a lot of progress has been achieved to address gender inequality: We have moved from a time where women… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
It appears easier to talk about protecting women than it is to fully include women at all decision-making levels in peace talks… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
The injustice is that women continue to be the main target of violence both during wartime and peacetime and yet there is… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
When war ends, women are the first to pick up the pieces. Where there is no market place, they go door to… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Long-term trauma for women who have survived armed conflict is a haunting reminder that health issues and depression can follow decades after… — 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
If half the society isn't engaged on any number of sectors, success and potential will be limited. In that sense, I do… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Women in the Arab world have a rich history in their active participation in political change from the Algeria revolution against the… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
War is not a computer-generated missile striking a digital map. War is the color of earth as it explodes in our faces,… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Women still need higher political representation and to be included at decision making tables in all issues in order for solutions that… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Only 1 in 13 participants in peace negotiations since 1992 has been a woman. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
While women may look different, as some wear suits and others wear saris, or some cover their hair while others wear their… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, violence against women is not the only injustice women face globally; it is one of the many inequalities that impede the… — 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
From an economic perspective, women are treated unfairly: they perform 66 percent of the world's work and produce 50 percent of the… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Only 1 in 13 participants in peace negotiations since 1992 has been a woman. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice. — 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 opinion, some… — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
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 Image
There is never a typical week. I don't think I can live with a typical week. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
Where has change ever been clean and nice? It has always been messy and painful. — Zainab Salbi Copy Share Image
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 Image
