Conflict

"Women are dealing with family violence, community rows and conflicts that erupt into communities that are then segregated and driven apart. 

They are dealing with holding together the fabric of community in situations of warfare and terrorism. We have to appreciate how women find language and authority to support people in conflict situations."

"If there are ‘unheard’ voices, it is our duty to seek them out, and WOW has helped provide some of these voices with an international platform."

"The scars of the past are difficult to smooth and equality is still far in the future, but the emotional strengths that have gathered along the way will take the tide in new directions. I am fortunate to work with other women to defend our power to speak"

"At The Lotus Flower, we try to empower women by providing opportunities to learn new skills, earn an income, and support themselves and their families. However, empowerment sometimes comes with a new set of conflict, mainly, with male members of the families unhappy with the new roles or attitudes of the women.”

"Look at the conflict and how people are being displaced. Families have been decimated and women are everything rolled into one and you must address their needs. Women are drivers of growth, whether in the family or in the community.”

"Conflict is a reprehensible result that continues to arise in many parts of the world and within many homes. Therefore, the one and only focus should be on the creation of a suitable and just solution, a solution that suits all parties heading towards Justice and peace.”

"In the spaces where I work as an activist, educator and researcher, I seek to overcome conflicts and injustices by dialoguing and bringing to the table people of different positions, backgrounds and values."

"It was my father’s dream to see me succeed beyond our means as poverty stricken bonded laborers. I turned his wish into my goal and never took my eyes off it till one day I found myself sitting in the Pakistani Parliament." 

“Conflict around social justice occurs because people don’t take time to hear what those on the opposite side are saying – we have to recognise that each of us is molded and influenced by our personal experiences."

"I think that a process, in which the voices of different subjectivities like ours are heard more and in which these subjectivities become more visible within feminism so that it grows, awaits us. Or so I hope.“

“My past, which I share so many others, never passes. The only way to the future is through the past.”