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During the Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (1923-1946), the Syrian-Lebanese Women's Union united one of the earliest women's movements in Middle East in both Lebanon and Syria. In 1928, Lebanese-Syrian feminist Nazira Zain al-Din, one of the first people to critically reinterpret the Quran from a feminist perspective, published a book ...
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 ...
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 ...
Asia Ramazan Antar (1998–2016) was a feminist and a Women's Protection Units (YPJ) fighter. Jineology (Kurdish: Jineolojî) is a form of feminism and of gender equality advocated by Abdullah Öcalan, [1] [2] [3] the representative leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the broader Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) umbrella.
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]
Feminism in Syria (1 C) S. Syrian feminists (4 C, 22 P) ... Pages in category "Women's rights in Syria" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Democratic Union Party (Syria) politicians (7 P) K. Syrian Kurdish feminists (1 P) S. Syrian suffragists (3 P) W. Syrian women's rights activists (1 C, 6 P)