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

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Zainab Salbi
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: September 24
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Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
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Only 8 percent of peace talks have included women at any level.
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Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.
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Leadership is not about having the charisma or speaking inspirational words, but about leading with example.
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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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Women have never been a chief negotiator in any UN-sponsored talks.
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