The Syrian women
Shaima sales woman
Shima was displaced from her hometown, Raqqa, when ISIS occupied it, and headed to Amouda, where she had to start over and work to support herself and her family. She found a vacancy to work in a sweet shop, and although this is not a socially-accepted work for women, she did it and encouraged other […]
Fatima Aref
Fatima is a volunteer in the Syria Civil Defence – The White Helmets, her husband got out of the detention with a disability, so she had to take care of him along with their three children. Fatima graduated from nursing school and is displaced with her family from Aleppo to Edlib suburb. Despite the criticism […]
Rana Melhem
From a housewife، Rana has turned into a nurse and then after attending a media training، she finally was able to achieve her childhood dream of being a journalist. Rana is a single mother of 7, she lives with them in camp in Idlib after being forced to leave her town due to the constant […]
Ezdihar
Ezdihar was forcibly displaced from Aleppo city to Edlib, when arriving there and despite her personal trauma, she started working to help the orphans, she also provide psychosocial support to them while working in a local organisation. Ezdihar then established a centre to care for the kids and support them in the awful constant bombing […]
Syrian women stories
Sundus The Survivor
Sundus was detained for 11 months by the Syrian regime, and when she was finally released, she had to struggle with the social stigma. She says “Men get out of prisons as heroes, but women as pitted as victims”. Sundus decided not to give up and is now working to support the women who survived […]
Justice for Women Detainees
“I got divorced as soon as I got out from detention, my family abanded me”, “I faced unjust inside and I am facing it outside as well”, “we want those who detained and tourtured us to be held accountable” some comments from different Syrian women who have been in the syrian regime prisons.
Yara Traffic Policewoman
Yara Omer is a traffic policewoman in Al Hasakah in Syria, she likes her work because she is helping her people, and she doen’t believe being a woman should affect her work. However, her community doesnt accept women in this job as this career has been always been exclusive to men.
Abused Women Waking in Damascus
As the domestic violence rates are increasing during the quarantine, see how people react when seeing an abused woman waking in Damascus. In the shop, the woman seller is surprised that the brother (not the husband) is who beaten the woman, however her shock is far more when is being told that she reported her […]
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