Women in northwestern Syria pay the price of donor fatigue
Eleven years on, funding for Syria is stagnating while needs grow. Women are among those most affected by funding gaps in the health sector.
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05, 2022
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03, 2022
Podcast “Qayd”: Syrian women fighting for accountability and justice
Until justice is achieved, Syrian women continue their battle through documentation, says Mashaan, as it takes on legal significance “in accountability, and human significance in preserving memory.”
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12, 2021
Constant uprooting: Idlib’s long housing crisis
Families displaced to Idlib struggle to find stability amidst a severe housing shortage and exploitation by landlords and rental offices.
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03, 2021
Keeping hope, but still waiting: Syrian feminism and a decade of revolution
Women’s presence and role over the past decade reflect the course of the revolution: the militarization, emergence of separated areas controlled by different international, regional and local actors, as well as the rise of extremist groups such as ISIS and HTS.
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02, 2021
Invisible under the law: Syrian widows in Jordan suffer from missing documents and identification
Since 2011, Syrian refugees poured into Jordan and the vast majority of them arrived without identification papers, especially widows who lost their husbands in the war or whose husbands were among the scores of missing and forcibly disappeared. Without these papers, widows face intense legal challenges.
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01, 2021
Like being in Assad’s prisons: Female survivors recall their ordeals in HTS cells
After almost three months in detention by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), media activist and humanitarian worker Nour al-Shalo was released on Monday.
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11, 2020
Contraception and reproductive health: The plight of women in northwest Syria
Women in northwest Syria face unique challenges in accessing reproductive and maternal healthcare.
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11, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately impacts Syrian refugees in Jordan
Syrian refugees have been hit hard by the economic repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan.
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11, 2020
The Widows’ Camp: Syrian women craft their safe space
The “Widows’ Camp,” a space where Syrian women uprooted by war and trapped in a patriarchal society embark on a quest to claim their own space.
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10, 2020
Cementing dispossession: the bitter reality of reconstruction in Syria
In the prelude of Syria’s reconstruction, addressing HLP rights are key to drawing the future of the country.