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While the whole world, with rare notorious exceptions like Somalia and Afghanistan, is moving towards actual elimination of all forms of violence and discrimination against women, the Syrian government has chosen the totally opposite path. |
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Critics say an initial draft of a personal status law attempted to make women the property of men. Phil Sands for The National
DAMASCUS // Women in Syria are facing a deliberate campaign by religious conservatives, supported by the government, to cut down their social freedoms, according to a new report published by a leading Syrian rights group |
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As a young man you were involved in politics. What made you swap the political arena for the social one and establish the Syrian Women Observatory (SWO)? I joined Syria’s Communist Labour Party in 1982 to achieve change. I was imprisoned for seven years because of my political work and have been banned from travelling for the past 19 years. Following my release from prison, I started working as an electrician at a Syrian university in 1996. While working there I met a lot of young people and began to realise the huge potential they have to achieve change. I began to see the importance of separating society from politics, so I left the latter and went into the area of social work. |
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