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I learned that victims come in all image - some raped, some witnessing an act of violence, some losing loved ones. I learned that the solutions come by both listening to the people impacted by the crisis and by learning from historical experiences in other places.

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Zainab Salbi
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 24
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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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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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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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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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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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Only 8 percent of peace talks have included women at any level.
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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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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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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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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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I find it amazing that the only group of people who are not fighting and not killing and not pillaging and not burning and not raping, and the group of people who are mostly — though not exclusively — who are keeping life going in the midst of war, are not included in the negotiating table.
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I believe that leadership acts should be manifested by engaging in external work that can be observed and shared with everyone else.
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