Some laws that are prejudicial towards women were amended this year. But gender inequality remains entrenched in Syria’s criminal code. Source: Syria Today A presidential decree issued at the beginning of 2011 made long-awaited changes to the country’s criminal law, which dates to 1949 and contains numerous provisions considered prejudicial towards women. But while the [...]
Archive for the ‘Kurdish women’s rights Syria’ Category
Sexism in the System in Syria
Posted in Kurdish women's rights Syria, tagged discrimination against women in Syrian law on April 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A dire situation for Kurdish women in Syria
Posted in Gender violence, Honour crime victims, Kurdish women's rights, Kurdish women's rights Syria, Violence against women, tagged Syrian Kurdish women, Syrian stateless women on April 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A recent report submitted by the Kurdish Human Rights Project (KHRP) denounces the human rights violations endured by the Kurdish population in Syria. In this article we highlight those suffered by Kurdish women, who are discriminated both as a result of their ethnicity and of their gender. Sources: KHRP, Refugees International and Roj Women’s Association [...]
Thousands of women demonstrated in Kurdish cities
Posted in Crimes against humanity, Gender violence, Honour crime victims, Kurdish feminism, Kurdish women, Kurdish women's right Iran, Kurdish women's rights, Kurdish women's rights Iraq, Kurdish women's rights Syria, Political Activism, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, women's rights Turkey, tagged 8th March, Kurdish women, No to Women Massacre on March 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“No to women massacre” Source: ANF A large number of women wearing traditional clothes gathered at Urfakapı to attend the final meeting in Diyarbakır organized under the slogan “No to women massacre”. While thousands coming from center Bağlar, Yenişehir, Kayapınar and Sur, Çınar, Lice, Ergani, Kulp, Hazro and Bismil Districts gathered at Urfakapı, Diyarbakir Municipality buses gave free service for 8 [...]
Campaign of arrests against Kurdish women in Syria
Posted in Kurdish women, Kurdish women's rights Syria, Political Activism, Political prisoners, tagged Farhan Muhammad Bashir, Gera Soar Fakar, Halima Khalil Sharwish, Kurdish women in Syria, Naima Hassan Latif, Syrian Committee for Human Rights on March 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Activists Syrian Committee for Human Rights – MAD reports that supporters of the Democratic Union Party – PYD, and the organisation of Sittar Women in Damascus have been arrested during February 2011. Source: ANF The women arrested are: Farhan Muhammad Bashir, aged 17 from the Qamishli area was arrested on 24 February at 3am, Naima Hassan Latif [...]
