Zainab Salbi Quotes
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Since war often enters homes through the "kitchen door," we need to understand women's attempts to keep life going in the face of shortage of food, closing of schools and reduced freedoms.
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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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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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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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The front[line] of wars is increasingly non-human eyes peering down on our perceived enemies from space, guiding missiles toward unseen targets.
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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 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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I firmly believe today that the only way to stop violence against women is to speak out and refused to be silenced.