The optimism about changes in Syria should be tempered by a look at what is in, and what's out, in the new regime's schoolbooks.

Ghayath Al-Farah, Syria's Deputy Tourism Minister, said in an interview with Zaman al‑Wasl TV, translated from Arabic: "Burkinis or Sharia-compliant clothes are accepted in public swimming places and ...

ALBAWABA - Women activists questioned the fate of women's rights under Syria's new government led by Haya't Tahrir al-Sham, a Sunni Islamic group that t ...

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for two of the Taliban's top leaders, accusing them of ...

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) underscores the critical importance of integrating women into Syria’s transitional justice process. Women have endured systemic violations – including ...

The Political Affairs Directorate of the Syrian Interim Government has appointed Aisha Al-Dabbs as the first woman to oversee women's af Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT عربي ...

Sobering findings: Violations against women in Syria. Coinciding with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) released its ...

Women walk on a street at a local market in Damascus, Syria, on Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa) Urgent need to focus on women’s rights. The international community should focus on empowering ...

In Syria, the Assad regime’s superficial progress on women’s rights was undermined by authoritarian control, and the civil war further exacerbated women’s vulnerabilities.

For example, Women Now for Development, Syria’s largest women’s rights organization, was launched in 2012 with programs to help Syrian women and girls, displaced and internally, to find their ...

Women’s groups and other rights groups need to raise the plight of the affected in Syria for the last 14 years repeatedly at the highest levels of international governance.

US needs an America-first, common-sense approach to global women’s rights by Tatiana C. Gfoeller and Dr. Sonia Coman, opinion conributors - 02/10/25 2:30 PM ET ...