By Rima Flihan at Atlantic council Since August 20, protests and a general strike in the southern governorate of Sweida, which has a population of approximately 770,000, have persisted. Protesters have closed the headquarters of the Baath Party and removed pictures of dictator Bashar al-Assad from the streets and buildings of the city. These demonstrations call for a […]
Paper by : Marwa Daoud, Muzna Dureid and Ethan Mayer| Rich| MALCOLM H.KERR, CARNEGIE MIDDLE EAST CENTER In the aftermath of the earthquake in northwest Syria, humanitarian crises from water scarcity to displacement will only be exacerbated by climate change and political challenges. Regional and international negotiations need new frameworks to manage the disaster. SUMMARY […]
Humanitarian Crisis, Severe Abuses Against Women Threaten Millions Human Rights Watch – Taliban authorities have tightened their extreme restrictions on the rights of women and girls and on the media since taking took control of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, Human Rights Watch said today. Over the past two years, Taliban authorities have denied women and girls their rights […]
Feminist School| EuroMed Feminist Initiative The second edition of the Syrian Feminist School took place from 22nd to 28 July 2023 in Lebanon. This session was organised after the successful first edition in 2022. The main objective of the Feminist School was the deepening of knowledge that women’s rights defenders already have in gender analysis and advocacy to respond to violence faced […]
Newsletter| Women on Web The ruling was a result of the legal proceedings initiated in 2021 by Women’s Link Worldwide and Women on Web to defend the right to information on the internet about safe abortion and sexual and reproductive rights. The Court judgment recognized that the complete blocking of the website without judicial authorization […]
UN WOMEN Painting of murals featuring 6 women activists from Europe and Central Asia and a strong woman figure with tigers by artists Tina Chertova and Nataša Konjević at UN Women Regional Office in Istanbul, Türkiye. Video: Ventura Formicone Art has long been a powerful medium for activism, a means to create awareness and […]
Sexual harassment and gender-based hate speech / UN Every new wave of conflict brings with it a rising tide of human tragedy, including new waves of war’s oldest, most silenced, and least condemned crime – sexual violence. Conflict-related sexual violence, whether against women, girls, men, or boys in all their diversity, continues to be used […]
UN WOMEN Geneva/New York — More women than ever hold political decision-making posts worldwide, but gender parity is still far off, according to the 2023 edition of the IPU-UN Women Map of Women in Politics. The map presents the latest rankings and regional distribution of women in executive positions and national parliaments as of 1 January 2023. […]
By SARAH EL DEEB and FAY ABOUELGASIM| AP NEWS ATAREB, Syria (AP) — Draped in a heavy wool shawl against the cold, Ayesha dragged her feet, her toddler granddaughter trailing behind her, as they made the 15-minute walk from her tent to the nearest bathroom in a nearby building, the only place they have […]
In the winter of 2017, a young woman called Vida Movahed stood on top of a utility box on Revolution Street, a busy artery of central Tehran, and dangled her white headscarf on a stick. As an act of dissent, it was strikingly peaceful, giving the appearance of a white flag of surrender. Still, by […]
