NOVANEWS
As reports in Arab Spring countries continue to surface on the rollback of women’s rights in the post-revolution environment, the women of Syria are seeking to reverse this trend in their country. With events in Syria rapidly unfolding, and as the representative opposition movement – the Syrian National Coalition – gains legitimacy, ensuring women’s participation in the transitional processes is critical.
“The time is now. We must support a circle of women and women must have a more active role. We have to be ready. We have to work,” stated a Women’s Democracy Network (WDN) member and program participant who lives in Damascus. To strengthen the skills of Syrian women to actively participate as negotiators in future peace building efforts, WDN, in coordination with the International Republican Institute, hosted a three-day workshop in Istanbul, Turkey. Syrian women representing various leading opposition movements came together to discuss women’s current roles within these movements, identify avenues for inclusion in negotiation processes and find common ground on their vision for the status of women in a post-conflict Syria.
The workshop was funded by the United States Agency for International Development Global Women’s Leadership Fund. The fund focuses on increasing meaningful representation of women in track one (official) negotiations conducted by official representatives of a state; and track two (unofficial) negotiations between non-state actors, civil society members, academics and political activists.
[ed note;from turkey,a notorious regime chance inc front group training a network of syrian women to become ”effective negotiators in post conflict syria” …lol yeah thats what it is lol a known group of ziocons who instigated,promoted,organized and pulled off dozens of coups in third world,now training syrian womans network to become better negotiators after regime change takes place in syria takes place(lets hope not),nice smokescreen iri(cia front),NOT!!!
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