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Zainab Salbi
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 24
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Bagdad
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Do you know that people fall in love in war and go to school and go to factories and hospitals and get divorced and go dancing and go playing and live life?
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If half the society isn't engaged on any number of sectors, success and potential will be limited. In that sense, I do definitely believe there is a growing movement and moment for women's issues.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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I dont want to be someone in my sixties holding on to a group that I created when I was in my twenties.
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It seems to me that violence against women has been tolerated for so long that the world has become numb to it.
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While women may look different, as some wear suits and others wear saris, or some cover their hair while others wear their hair loose, women need to stand together because they all face the central point of discrimination, although the extremity of which may be different from Kigali to Kabul.
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Stronger women build stronger nations.
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War is nothing but a microcosm of peace... it shows you life in a more intense way and that's how I continue to live it... for good or bad reasons.
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Everything is give and take. The solutions are in the middle not in the extremity of the situation.
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Unfortunately, violence against women is not the only injustice women face globally it is one of the many inequalities that impede the full development of socially excluded women globally.
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Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world.
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Historically speaking, religious and conservative groups always wanted the control over the private sphere that impacts women most, as reflected by family law and women's access to resources and mobility. And often secular groups traded this for economic incentives and trade.
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Leadership is not about having the charisma or speaking inspirational words, but about leading with example.
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Living in war is a co- existence with death.
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Women have never been a chief negotiator in any UN-sponsored talks.
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From joblessness to lack of education and professional skills to sexual and gender-based violence, women face a multi-faceted oppression.
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Women are not just victims they are survivors and leaders on the community-level backlines of peace and stability.
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Long-term trauma for women who have survived armed conflict is a haunting reminder that health issues and depression can follow decades after the end of war, but women who hope for healing can and do move forward.
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Growing up under Saddam's rule, I witnessed many injustices occurring everyday in my country and yet I could not do anything to prevent them.
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Being a leader for me is about having the courage to speak the truth, and live the truth, despite attempts to silence our thoughts, feelings, and past experiences.
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