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Zainab Salbi: Activism Has Been a "Journey of Humility"

Season 6 Episode 625
Aired on 11/22/2015 | CC tv-14
Best-selling author Zainab Salbi found her life purpose fighting for women’s rights when she was just 23 years old. During the Bosnian War, Zainab heard about the appalling number of rapes being reported as part of the conflict. Horrified, she and her husband used their honeymoon money to visit Croatia, where they contacted local women’s rights organizations and asked how they could help.

Zainab looks back at that time—and many of the lessons she's learned since—as a "journey of humility." She's found, she says, that the way in which she's wanted to help doesn't always match what the victims really want and need. In the video above, the international humanitarian explains how she became a more empathetic activist.