Women debate a new way forward for the World's financial system

Ruth Sunderland | The Observer | October 2009

Many in the west are blind to the fact that poverty and social injustice create a breeding ground for conflict. "An Iraqi youth recently said to me that if he and his family were hungry and he couldn't get a job, he would go to fight with whoever will pay him. Wars are not only about armies and bombs, but about economic instability." This is the view of Zaib Salbi, founder of Women for Women International. She is one of more than 1000 female activists, business leaders and politicains attending the Fifth International Women's Forum for the Economy and Society in Deaville October 17/18 2009.

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