“The single thing all women need in the world is inspiration, and inspiration comes from storytelling.” WorldNeedsInspirationStorytelling Author:Zainab Salbi
“Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world.” WorldStoriesSilenceBreak Author:Zainab Salbi
“It seems to me that violence against women has been tolerated for so long that the world has become numb to it.” WorldLongHas BeensSeemsViolenceNumbViolence Against WomenStop Violence Against Women Author:Zainab Salbi
“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.” WorldEconomicProducePerspectivePercentPropertyIncomeTreatedTreated Unfairly Author: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.” WorldWarKidsSchoolProcessSpaceMissingMessagesSickCaringCriticalAbsenceRevivalInjuredContinuationNegotiating Author:Zainab Salbi
“Women still need higher political representation and to be included at decision making tables in all issues in order for solutions that relates from peace to food, to health, to basic stability in the world. We cannot continue to marginalize half of the population in the world in finding sustainable solutions that are good for all.” WorldNeedsStillsPoliticalOrderDecisionHalfIssuesHigherFindingsSolutionsTablesPopulationRelateDecision MakingStabilityRepresentation Author:Zainab Salbi
“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.” WorldCountryPoliticalVoiceRichHappenedRevolutionDefinitionsActiveOccupationOther CountriesParticipationEgyptLibyaArab WorldPolitical ChangeTunisiaAlgeriaIncorporationActive Participation Author:Zainab Salbi
“Changes don't happen in the world by playing it safe, taking risks is the way to change the world.” WorldWayInspirationalHappensChangeRiskSafeChanging The WorldTaking RisksPlaying It Safe Author:Zainab Salbi
“One year of the world’s military spending equals 700 years of the U.N. budget and equals 2,928 years of the U.N. budget allocated for women.” WorldYearsInspirationMotivationMilitarySpendingBudgetsMilitary Spending Author:Zainab Salbi
“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.” WorldNeedsLooksMayDifferentTogetherFacesHairDiscriminationSuitsChanging The WorldExtremityKabulSariLoose Women Author:Zainab Salbi
