The Sisterhood Effect: 30 Years On
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Three decades ago, one woman turned a moment of outrage into a movement. Today, the organization Zainab Salbi started during the conflict in Bosnia has reached over half a million women survivors of war all over the world. In this special episode, Women for Women International's CEO, Laurie Adams travels back to Bosnia with Zainab to learn the story of out how it all began and to find out why, thirty years later, the sisterhood effect is needed more than ever.  For more information and to donate: https://support.womenforwomen.org/podcast See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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