Women Work Together to Demand their Rights

In an interview in late February 2012, Alaa Murabit, a member of a delegation of Libyan women to Washington, DC, discusses how working as a collective whole is much stronger than working alone. Often movements struggle with working across diverse sectors of society, but Ms. Murabit says she believes Libyan women can manage this diversity through respect and negotiation of priorities. Ms. Murabit says that creating a sense of unity and respect for the diverse opinions of the women of Libya will allow them to achieve full participation in the reconstruction of her country.

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