This op-ed was originally published by The Independent on January 29, 2016. As the war in Syria approaches its fifth year, the toll it has taken on the country’s women has been particularly brutal. Four million Syrians have sought refuge abroad, while a further 7.6 million have been displaced internally. Though the refugees reaching European […]
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Tears of Defiance, Resilience and Courage: Through It All, Somalia Will Rise
Op-ed by Hibaaq Osman, originally published online in The Huffington Post. Last week, I could only watch on television news as soldiers herded scores of my countrymen on to trucks like livestock, to be driven to detention centers. Women carrying babies struggled to climb onto the cumbersome vehicles, built not for carrying humans but […]
Women Activists Strategize to Address Ongoing Challenges for Syrian Women and Children
July 12, 2013 – Seventeen Syrian women activists and gender experts convened from May 9th – 10th in Lebanon to participate in “Gender Challenges in the Transitional Period of Syria,” a workshop organized by the Syrian Women’s Forum for Peace, in partnership with Karama and Hivos. The workshop aimed to define the gender challenges faced […]