Saying Their Peace: Rana Allam

Every Wednesday, the OSF blog highlights quotes from various peacemakers making significant contributions to peace and the advancement of women's rights.
Check out the OSF blog weekly for these and other posts.
Every Wednesday, the OSF blog highlights quotes from various peacemakers making significant contributions to peace and the advancement of women's rights.
Check out the OSF blog weekly for these and other posts.
Empowered women have the agency and ability to move a society rife with conflict toward sustainable peace.
Every Wednesday, the OSF blog highlights quotes from various peacemakers making significant contributions to peace and the advancement of women's rights.
Check out the OSF blog weekly for these and other posts.
Every Wednesday, the OSF blog highlights quotes from various peacemakers making significant contributions to peace and the advancement of women's rights.
Check out the OSF blog weekly for these and other posts.
I am a young feminist and I am here to tell you that you need us.
Every Wednesday, the OSF blog highlights quotes from various peacemakers making significant contributions to peace and the advancement of women's rights.
Check out the OSF blog weekly for these and other posts.
Repeat after me... I am a woman, I am smart, I have opinions, I have feelings, I care, I make a difference, I matter, I am a woman and I am proud of who I am. -Nour, Algeria
Every Wednesday, the OSF blog highlights quotes from various peacemakers making significant contributions to peace and the advancement of women's rights.
Check out the OSF blog weekly for these and other posts.
The Civil Rights Movement and the advancement of women’s rights are founded on the principle of equality and the respect for the dignity of all life.
On Human Rights Day, December 10th, it’s good to remember the rights we enjoy.
It took me a long time to learn how to ride a bicycle. At age seven, the training wheels embarrassing but I could not find my balance without them. When the training wheels finally came off of my light blue, 10-speed Scwhinn, I did something that drove my mother crazy: I undid both of my long braids.
With the newly elected U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May, women are beginning to form a critical mass of representation within the world’s highest offices.
From Kenya, to Colombia, to Nepal, to Iraq, grassroots women are providing lifesaving humanitarian relief. Here is what you need to know.