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Azza Soliman Quotes

born 1966 Egypt

Azza Soliman (Arabic: عزة سليمان; born 1966) is an Egyptian lawyer and women's rights activist. She co-founded the Centre for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance (CEWLA), an organization that campaigns for the equality of women, with an emphases on legal equity and the amendment of discriminatory laws.

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There is power in people, and with the support of so many, I know change is possible.

We talk all the time to women and marginalized people, and try to support them and help them access justice.

We need to work on new interpretations of Islamic Sharia’ law that are based on justice.

We need specific laws to be put in place to combat domestic violence in Egypt.

I want to see women's rights placed firmly on the political agenda.

Women who try to talk to the police are not treated well.

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.

I was arrested and interrogated for doing my job: defending survivors of abuse in Egypt.

We all have the same goal, to support women and girls in Egypt and build our dream of a fair and equal society, free from violence.

I refuse to give up the fight.

I became a human by nature.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Azza Soliman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.