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The Syrian feminist movement essentially began towards the end of the 1800s, during the time period in which modern Lebanon and Syria were occupied by the Ottoman Empire. It was during the time of Arabic Nahba , or awakening, in which what some women began to pioneer movements in the interests of their rights and liberties. [ 13 ]
The Syrian-Lebanese Women's Union (al-Ittihad al-Nisa'i al-Suri al-Lubnani) was a women's organization in Lebanon and Syria, founded in the 1920s and active until 1946.. It has also been called Lebanese Women’s Union, Syro-Lebanese Feminist Union, Syrian Arab Women's Union and Arab Women’s Union.
Historically, the women´s movement in Syria had been represented by the Syrian-Lebanese Women's Union (1920-1946), but the Women's Union was split when Syria and Lebanon split in 1946. In 1963, the Ba’th Arab Socialist Party became the ruling party of Syria. The Ba’th’s own constitution aims for social and political reform, one of these ...
Syrian women's rights activists (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Syrian feminists" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
The secular movement in Syria is far from small. The Druze (3 to 5 percent), Christians (3 to 5 percent), Alawites (8 to 12 percent) and Kurds (12 to 15 percent) all have a vested interest in ...
Category: Feminism in Syria. ... Syrian feminists (4 C, 22 P) This page was last edited on 20 January 2023, at 19:04 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Georgette Barsoum (Syriac: ܓܘܪܓܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡ, Arabic: جُورْجِيت بَرْصُوم) is an Assyrian human rights and feminist activist. Involved in organizing feminist struggles in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, particularly as the coordinator of the Kongreya Star Congress, she was elected president of the Syriac Women's Union in April 2024.
The Women's Protection Units [a] (YPJ) or Women's Defense Units is an all-female militia involved in the Syrian civil war. [9] The YPJ is part of the Syrian Democratic Forces, the armed forces of Rojava, and is closely affiliated with the male-led YPG. [10]