Zainab Salbi

Zainab Salbi is the co-founder of Daughters for Earth and Women for Women International, as well as a Visiting Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics. She is the author of four books, including her bestselling memoir Between Two Worlds: Growing Up in Tyranny, Escaping the Shadow of Saddam, and the host of several shows and podcasts, including PBS #MeToo, NOW WHAT? and a limited-series podcast with Foreign Policy focused on women’s leadership in protecting and restoring nature.

At age 23, she founded Women for Women International, which has helped more than half a million women survivors of war and mobilized over $240 million US dollars in financial aid to help them rebuild their lives. Her current work with Daughters for Earth focuses on mobilizing $100 million US dollars to support women-led projects that address planetary health and drive systemic change at the community and regional level.

She has received numerous honors for her work, including the TIME100 Impact Award in 2023. Oprah Winfrey also recognized her as one of 25 women changing the world in People magazine. Other publications, from Harper’s Bazaar to Foreign Policy, have named her among the top 100 global thinkers and leaders making a positive impact worldwide.