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Syrian Women Are Ready to Participate in UN-Led Geneva Peace Talks

Dulcie Leimbach
• January 20, 2016

While new Syrian peace talks organized by the United Nations remain tentatively scheduled to begin on Jan. 25 in Switzerland, a substantial group of Syrian women is preparing to convene in Geneva starting that day to demand an equal…

Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, Middle East

Women’s Voices Must Stay ‘Alive’ in ISIS-Controlled Regions

Yermi Brenner
• August 31, 2014

The extremist Sunni militant group called Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, which recently declared a caliphate in parts of the Middle East, now controls an area of 13,000 square miles in Iraq and Syria. Testimonies coming out about…

Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, Middle East

Syrian Women Win Active Role in Geneva Peace Conference

Maurizio Guerrero and Dulcie Leimbach
• January 22, 2014

The United Nations-led peace talks in Switzerland to begin the laborious discussions to end the war in Syria have officially started, but Syrian women activists who have been demanding to sit at the crucial peace-talks table on Jan. 24…

Categories: Middle East, Peace and Security, Women

Syrian Women’s Groups Push for Equal Role at Geneva II Talks

Dulcie Leimbach
• December 5, 2013

Recognizing that women in the Middle East and North Africa must play an active role in their countries’ political processes, especially amid the regional backdrop of upheavals and conflicts, the Netherlands government is providing money for a new program,…