Author: Abigail Disney

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I've heard people say in the U.N. community among mediators they don't like women as mediators because they're too quick to compromise.

I've heard people say in the U.N. community among mediators they don't like women as mediators because they're too quick to compromise.

- Abigail Disney

News reports don't look at the land that existed before a war and the land that exists after a war. Reporting on war is a snapshot in time.

News reports don't look at the land that existed before a war and the land that exists after a war. Reporting on war is a snapshot in time.

- Abigail Disney

There's no one on this earth taken less seriously in a leadership context than a young woman - everything is against you.

There's no one on this earth taken less seriously in a leadership context than a young woman - everything is against you.

- Abigail Disney

The greater good is achieved by not only telling people what they need to know, but also filling them with a sense of empathy and love.

The greater good is achieved by not only telling people what they need to know, but also filling them with a sense of empathy and love.

- Abigail Disney

When you strengthen women, you strengthen the world.

When you strengthen women, you strengthen the world.

- Abigail Disney

I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start.

I think if we understand better the impact of war on women and children, we might be more careful about the wars we start.

- Abigail Disney

Combat is a piece of war. But war is a totalizing, uncivilized experience.

Combat is a piece of war. But war is a totalizing, uncivilized experience.

- Abigail Disney

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