Zainab Salbi

Since I was 15 years old I have dedicated my life to serving women.

— Zainab Salbi

Only 1 in 13 participants in peace negotiations since 1992 has been a woman.

— Zainab Salbi

I learned that victims come in all image - some raped, some witnessing an act of violence, some losing loved ones. I…

— Zainab Salbi

Women in the Arab world have a rich history in their active participation in political change from the Algeria revolution against the…

— Zainab Salbi

My message to the world is that until we recognize that peace is not just the absence of war but the revival…

— Zainab Salbi

Stronger women build stronger nations.

— Zainab Salbi

I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.

— Zainab Salbi

I by no means intend to simplify the challenges women face in any culture. Women are marginalized in all cultures in my…

— Zainab Salbi

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

There is never a typical week. I don't think I can live with a typical week.

— Zainab Salbi

Where has change ever been clean and nice? It has always been messy and painful.

— Zainab Salbi

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

I don't have a child, so Women for Women is like my child. But I always said I would step down after…

— Zainab Salbi

Everything is give and take. The solutions are in the middle not in the extremity of the situation.

— Zainab Salbi

When war ends, women are the first to pick up the pieces. Where there is no market place, they go door to…

— Zainab Salbi

Changes don't happen in the world by playing it safe, taking risks is the way to change the world.

— Zainab Salbi

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

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

Passionately enjoy life!

— Zainab Salbi

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

It is the diversity of views that stems from different experiences and different backgrounds that lead to healthy decision-making and not the…

— Zainab Salbi

The front[line] of wars is increasingly non-human eyes peering down on our perceived enemies from space, guiding missiles toward unseen targets.

— Zainab Salbi

I dont want to be someone in my sixties holding on to a group that I created when I was in my…

— Zainab Salbi

No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.

— Zainab Salbi

It seems to me that violence against women has been tolerated for so long that the world has become numb to it.

— Zainab Salbi