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Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.

Zainab Salbi

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Zainab Salbi
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 24
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I firmly believe today that the only way to stop violence against women is to speak out and refused to be silenced.
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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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