Zornitsa Stoilova
Contributions
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The importance of dreaming big
Syrian human rights activist Ravda Nur Cuma believes that education can save lives. She supports sending refugee girls back to school, preventing early marriages. Her mission is to fight for equality and human-rights-oriented politics. I support peace with a smile.
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Meet Ravda Nur Cuma from Turkey
The human rights activist believes every refugee deserves an opportunity and an access to education. Ravda Nur Cuma had always dreamt of becoming a doctor. As a child, she imagined she would perform operations that saved peoples’ lives. But then the Syrian war came and completely changed the trajectory of her future.
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The agility to challenge the status quo
Professor Zeynep Alemdar, a Turkish academic, on why political representation matters and women should be put at the forefront of global decision making. “Feminist foreign policy is about making women count in all foreign policy decisions. To make use of women's knowledge, of women's experience, and of women's intelligence in an area which has traditionally neglected women”, Alemdar explains.
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Meet Zeynep Alemdar from Turkey
The academic and civil society ‘motor’ advocating for more female participation in foreign policy decision-making. As an academic, but also a force in civil society, she is focused on bringing the female perspective forward in both local and global decision-making processes. She strives to be a better version of herself and hopes to inspire people to do the same.
