The award-winning journalist Rula Jebreal returns with a book about the role played by women in representing the hope of a better world for our planet with ten stories of extraordinary women who act as a compass in a world where the temptation for authoritarianism is rising again with a vengeance and our rights are under attack.

From science to sport, from journalism to politics, these are ten unique, extraordinary stories of a group of great women: Audrey Tang, a hacker and the first ever trans prime minister in history; Ghada Oueiss, a journalist fighting against Saudi prince bin Salman; Sara Gama, the first woman of colour Vice-President of the Footballers’ Association; Elena Cattaneo, a scientist and progressive senator; Chekeba Hachemi, an activist who has always helped Afghan girls and young women; Dominique Crenn, Michelin star chef and creator of an ethical and sustainable cuisine; Olga Tokariuk, a journalist on the Ukrainian front; Rana Ayyub, undercover correspondent who threw light on the corruption and massacres perpetrated by the Indian government; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest woman to have ever been elected to the US Congress. Also, the author’s younger sister, marked by a violent fate, but whose strength has inspired those around her.

An intense, heartfelt pamphlet that speaks out against the intolerable state of inequality which even in the present day, in the new millennium, keeps millions of women in the world hostage.

A call: men and women, let’s rise together and oppose violence against women. Only by being united can we truly change things.

 

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We are immersed in the turbulence of a terrible crisis which can, however – if we act decisively – lead to an important turning point, to the lasting change so many of us are hoping for. Currently, in the world, one woman out of three is the victim of abuse and over a hundred women are killed every day by men who claim to love them. We must intervene before this tsunami of violence can also destabilise, with physical and psychological consequences, future generations, since violence has an effect on the whole family and entire communities. That’s something Rula Jebreal knows well. Stifled by silence for many years, she is using this book to give voice to the story of her mother Nadia, a victim of male brutality, and to many stories and testimonials of other brave women who survived, ready to rise again – women who are not afraid to fight. They are united by the perpetual injustice that’s been carried out from the dawn of time and still doesn’t appear to subside.

 

We women are the threads that holds the weave together and stops the fabric from coming apart. Acting for the wellbeing of women means acting for the wellbeing of the entire community and society. Women and men together, we must take on the responsibility of a part in this fight if we want to build a future worthy of the hopes of our daughters and our sons.