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. Zainab Salbi More Quotes by Zainab Salbi More Quotes From Zainab Salbi My message to the world is that until we recognize that peace is not just the absence of war but the revival of life on the "backlines," where women are keeping kids in school, caring for the sick and injured, and daily negotiating space for the continuation of critical life processes of this nature, we're going to continue to miss the point. Zainab Salbi war kids school Long-term trauma for women who have survived armed conflict is a haunting reminder that health issues and depression can follow decades after the end of war, but women who hope for healing can and do move forward. Zainab Salbi healing war moving 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. Zainab Salbi different-experiences diversity views 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. Zainab Salbi losing-a-loved-one historical people Everything is give and take. The solutions are in the middle not in the extremity of the situation. Zainab Salbi give-and-take middle giving Only 1 in 13 participants in peace negotiations since 1992 has been a woman. Zainab Salbi participants negotiation has-beens From an economic perspective, women are treated unfairly: they perform 66 percent of the world's work and produce 50 percent of the food but they only earn 10 percent of the income and own 1 percent of the property. Zainab Salbi income perspective world Growing up under Saddam's rule, I witnessed many injustices occurring everyday in my country and yet I could not do anything to prevent them. Zainab Salbi growing-up everyday country Only 8 percent of peace talks have included women at any level. Zainab Salbi peace-talks percent levels Women have never been a chief negotiator in any UN-sponsored talks. Zainab Salbi chiefs Women in the Arab world have a rich history in their active participation in political change from the Algeria revolution against the French occupation to the most recent revolution in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya among other countries. The question is not their participation. Their question is the incorporation of women's voices fully in the new definitions of the countries where change has happened. Zainab Salbi egypt voice country 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. Zainab Salbi impact religious law I believe that a lot of progress has been achieved to address gender inequality: We have moved from a time where women in the US could not apply for credit card without their husband's signature to a time where women are the owners of their businesses. Zainab Salbi progress husband believe 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. Zainab Salbi challenges mean culture The front[line] of wars is increasingly non-human eyes peering down on our perceived enemies from space, guiding missiles toward unseen targets. Zainab Salbi space eye war 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. Zainab Salbi together hair may When war ends, women are the first to pick up the pieces. Where there is no market place, they go door to door. When homes are destroyed, mothers and daughters haul stones to rebuild or plow fields together. Zainab Salbi daughter mother war Of course I am -- I mean Patti Davis is. Zainab Salbi politics 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. Zainab Salbi myself you women people 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. Zainab Salbi woman rich women culture
