National, international campaign to include women’s rights in new Syrian constitution
Source: Hawarnews
The Joint Platform of Women’s Movements and Organizations in Rojava and North and East Syria announced the launch of a national and international campaign demanding the safeguarding of women’s rights in a new Syria and emphasizing women’s active participation in drafting the anticipated constitution.
The announcement came during a statement delivered today, Wednesday, at the 12 March Stadium in the city of Qamishlo, attended by dozens of activists and members of women’s organizations, alongside intellectuals, politicians, and rights advocates.
Twenty-nine women’s movements, organizations, unions, and political parties signed the statement, coinciding with the approaching International Women’s Day on March 8 each year. The statement was read in three languages: the Kurdish version by Kongra Star spokesperson Rihan Loqo, the Arabic version by Mona Youssef, an administrator in the Syrian Women’s Council, and the Syriac version by Samira Gawriah Hanna, a member of the Syriac Women’s Union Party.
The Joint Platform of Women’s Movements and Organizations in Rojava and North and East Syria announced the launch of a national and international campaign demanding the safeguarding of women’s rights in a new Syria and emphasizing women’s active participation in drafting the anticipated constitution.
The announcement came during a statement delivered today, Wednesday, at the 12 March Stadium in the city of Qamishlo, attended by dozens of activists and members of women’s organizations, alongside intellectuals, politicians, and rights advocates.
Twenty-nine women’s movements, organizations, unions, and political parties signed the statement, coinciding with the approaching International Women’s Day on March 8 each year. The statement was read in three languages: the Kurdish version by Kongra Star spokesperson Rihan Loqo, the Arabic version by Mona Youssef, an administrator in the Syrian Women’s Council, and the Syriac version by Samira Gawriah Hanna, a member of the Syriac Women’s Union Party.