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“Women are part of peace keeping troops in countries like Liberia.”

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Zainab Salbi is an author and social entrepreneur recognized for her work in women's rights and humanitarian efforts. Born on September 24, 1969, she has dedicated her career to advocating for the empowerment of women and girls globally. more

“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.”

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Author:Zainab Salbi

“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.”

Wanted Law Religious Groups Economic Resources Trade Impact Conservative Access Spheres Secular Incentives Mobility Family Law

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.”

“It's a matter of whether you see the self as fundamentally in relationship to other selves or not - whether you see the boundary between self and the world as relatively permeable, which makes you "interdependent" (collectivist) in outlook, or relatively impermeable, which makes you "independent" (individualistic).”

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“These are ideas that work for many, and that may well reflect your true understanding of life.”

Wells May Ideas Understanding True Understanding

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“Whatever I do in life, I'm almost always aware that there's another way to do it.”

Way Another Way

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“I hate to generalize because there are always so many exceptions to any rule.”

Hate I Hate Exception

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“Many women tend toward the interdependent end of things, we tend to see ourselves in relationship to others to a far greater degree than men.”

Men Ends Greater Degrees

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“I tend to lose my performance energy the longer things go on for, so I'm always best on the very first take.”

Firsts Energy Loses Goes On Performances

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“I frequently gravitate toward characters that have some urgency or soul.”

Soul Character Urgency

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