Marie Michael Library

Building the future today: Engendering Syria's transition

Hassan, Kawa; Jonsson, Boriana

This report briefly looks at the role of women in Syria, the Middle East and North Africa in the current political transitions and the risks of the regression of rights.  The report focuses on the need to combine rights and social justice discourses.  It presents a set of policy related recommendations for the international community to influence the transitional processes in Syria from the perspective of social justice, democracy and implementing human rights for women and men.