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 SalbiIt seems to me that violence against women has been tolerated for so long that the world has become numb to it.
Zainab SalbiWhen 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 SalbiI have come to understand that in order to effectively advance women's rights, we need to galvanize a global women's movement.
Zainab Salbi