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I don't want to be someone in my sixties holding on to a group that I created when I was in my twenties.

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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.

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I by no means intend to simplify the challenges women face in any culture. Women are marginalized in all cultures in my opinion, some in more extreme ways than others.

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By accepting what the external structures have told us we need to do, we have given the power of our realities and ourselves to others. It is time to tell a new story for women, and that can only start with women.

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Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.

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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.

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

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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.

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Leadership is about encouraging women to break their silence and tell their stories to the world.

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Do you know that people fall in love in war and go to school and go to factories and hospitals and get divorced and go dancing and go playing and live life?

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Biography

Nationality: Iraqi

Type: Activist

Born: Unknown

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