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(Sawtna Training Program)
Sawtna is a training program by Syria Direct for Syrian women journalists across areas of control, aimed at boosting their professional capacity beyond traditional and stereotypical coverage and highlighting women’s voices in politics, economics and security.
Latest Articles
‘We feel the loss’: Afrin Kurds mourn Maydanki’s forest
People in Afrin remember the forest around Maydanki Lake for what it once was: a natural haven, the setting of summer days spent under rustling branches. Now devastated by years of illegal tree cutting by Turkish-backed factions, what hope is there for its future?
As Ankara and Damascus inch closer, northeastern Syria stands to lose
Syrian-Turkish normalization would be a worst-case scenario for the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES), which has called rapprochement a “great conspiracy” against the Syrian people.
At risk in Lebanon, Syrians gamble on smuggling routes to Idlib
As hate speech and violence against Syrians in Lebanon intensifies, risky smuggling operations to opposition-held parts of northwestern Syria are on the rise.
‘A long way to go’: Women left out of leadership in northwestern Syria
Women’s participation in institutions governing northwestern Syria is “virtually nonexistent,” even though there are no legal prohibitions on them holding positions in either Salvation Government or Syrian Interim Government bodies.
Wheat price ‘disaster’ in northeastern Syria spells trouble for next season
A sharp decrease in the wheat price set by the AANES sparked protests and has left northeastern Syria’s farmers questioning the economic viability of cultivating their land next season.
Suwayda protesters resolute despite regime military reinforcements
Suwayda’s protest movement—marked by a prominent role for women and an insistence on nonviolence—is holding strong nearly 10 months in, despite Damascus deploying military reinforcements and appointing a man accused of war crimes as governor of the southern province.