Without women's full inclusion at the decision making table, we cannot have any healthy decision making that is good for men and women alike.
Zainab SalbiI believe that there is an urgent need to restructure the discussion of war to include the impact it has on women.
Zainab SalbiFrom joblessness to lack of education and professional skills to sexual and gender-based violence, women face a multi-faceted oppression.
Zainab SalbiNo change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
Zainab SalbiMy 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