Zitat des Tages von Zainab Salbi:
I don't want to be someone in my sixties holding on to a group that I created when I was in my twenties.
I by no means intend to simplify the challenges women face in any culture. Women are marginalized in all cultures in my opinion, some in more extreme ways than others.
I couldn't find anyone doing something about the astounding injustices women were experiencing, so I decided to do something myself. I cannot tell you how many people ridiculed my efforts.
Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world.
Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.
No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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.
In every single culture I encountered, there were always women who defied cultural norms to do what they believed was right for them. This phenomenon has never been related to how rich, poor, successful or not successful the woman may be.
Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.
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?
