“No one will support me more than another woman human rights activist. Women have my back.”
Meet Azza Soliman, Egypt
“The more resistant and resilient we are, the more we push the state and people to change their mindset towards respecting women and human rights.”
Meet Joumana Seif, Syria
“The Syrian regime actually invests in patriarchy. It does this to exclude women. And the regime benefits from patriarchy when women are excluded from political life and public life.”
Meet Misk Al-Junaid, Yemen
“If we don’t help women in Yemen heal from their pain and wounds of war, we will not have a sustainable peace or healthy future generations.”
Meet Yanar Mohammed, Iraq
“Women should not have to compromise and be ruled by the patriarchs of the country. Women should not have to compromise for religious or tribal values of the country. Feminism can save the future generations from these crimes.”
Meet Mozn Hassan, Egypt
“It is so easy to either victimize women or to see them as a checklist. But the work has to be deeper than that. We need our voices and narratives to exist.”
Meet Sarah Jewell, USA/Australia
"The example of the Liberian women woke me up to the reality that women are building peace in their communities every day.”
Meet Leila Alikarami, Iran
If you look across the region, the challenge in most of the Middle East is the same– patriarchy.”
Meet Fahima Hashim, Sudan
We needed to be flexible [as women activists] and bend to the wind. With our work, we were able to navigate dangerous spaces and yet also open spaces for women.”
Meet Omaima Al Najjar, Saudi Arabia
This authoritarian regime is empowering patriarchy in the society. It is a vicious circle for women with institutional discrimination and social, religious and cultural restrictions for Saudi women.”
Meet Wanda Muñoz, Mexico
"It is unacceptable for a machine to decide, basically on its own, whether a person lives or dies.”
Meet Muna Luqman, Yemen
We were once told that we couldn’t participate in the peace negotiations because there weren’t enough chairs in the room. We’ve heard the most ridiculous excuses. We’ve also been told that we can’t participate because the warring parties don’t want us there. But that didn’t stop us. We want to be where the decisions are made.”