80 Quotes by Zainab Salbi

  • Author Zainab Salbi
  • Quote

    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.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Zainab Salbi
  • Quote

    As women, we must speak out, speak up, say no to our inheritance of loss and yes to a future of women-led dialogue about women's rights and value.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Zainab Salbi
  • Quote

    I have come to understand that in order to effectively advance women's rights, we need to galvanize a global women's movement.

  • Tags
  • Share


  • Author Zainab Salbi
  • Quote

    There's a lot of projection that if you're in service then you shouldn't look good. I'm no different from anybody else. I like clothes, I like shoes, I like to go have nice dinners, I like to dance. Just because I've dedicated myself to serving women, why do you think I need to sacrifice myself?

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Zainab Salbi
  • Quote

    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.

  • Tags
  • Share


  • Author Zainab Salbi
  • Quote

    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.

  • Tags
  • Share

  • Author Zainab Salbi
  • Quote

    It appears easier to talk about protecting women than it is to fully include women at all decision-making levels in peace talks and post-conflict planning.

  • Tags
  • Share