​​​​​​​Political violence takes away women's right to express their opinion

Within the series of seminars, the Women's Council of the Future Syria Party (Manbij branch) and the Women's Office of the Syrian Democratic Council in Aleppo held two seminars on "Political Violence Against Women," its forms and causes, and discussed the stages of persecution from which Syrian women suffered.

MANBIJ

The symposium was held in the Mohamed Menla Ghazela Library in presence of female members of institutions and committees for women and political parties.

The symposium began with a minute of silence, after which the Spokeswoman for the Women's Council in the Future Syria Party, Ibtisam Abdel Qader, explained the focus of the symposium, defined political violence as a form of violence that is practiced against women and deprives women of their right to express their political opinion, in addition to their lack of integration into political parties and running for Parliament.

She continued: This is a type of violence practiced by the male authority that wants to break woman's will, and silence her voice when demanding her rights and the rights of persecuted women. The best example of this is the Turkish occupation and its mercenaries' attack on the political woman, Hevrin Khalaf, which was considered a war crime.

In turn, the Head of the Organization Office of the Future Syria Party, Asia al-Hussein, spoke about the role of women in the political field during the revolution, and said: Women have learned about their history, made good steps with their participation in various fields, and have proven their worth in them, such as administration, the joint presidency and within the political, military and cultural parties throughout these years of revolution.

The symposium ended with discussions calling for women's participation in the political field, highlighting their role in decision-making stages.

ALEPPO

In the city of Aleppo, the lecture was held in the conference hall located in the eastern part of Sheikh Maqsoud, in the presence of a number of representatives of political parties and women's movements, as well as independent personalities.

The symposium began with holding a minute of silence, followed by reading the themes of the symposium by the Administrator in the Women's Office of the Syrian Democratic Council, Najlaa Hamza.

The axes included the causes of the spread of political violence against women and its various forms, including physical liquidation through imprisonment without trial, arrest, denial of voting and candidacy, in addition to the intended marginalization of the political role.

The symposium also touched upon the global statistics of marginalization rates of women's representation, whether of heads of government or parliamentary representation and public decision makers.

After that, the discussion was opened for the attendees to express their views on ways to protect women from political violence, and among the proposed opinions was to provide legal protection through the enactment of legislation, and to assign an important role to the media in improving the image of women.

Fahima Hamo, the Member of the Syrian Democratic Council's Presidential Council answered the questions of the attendees, and said that the Autonomous Administration project, in which women represent 50%, is considered one of the most successful models for women to attain their legal rights and increase their political representation.

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ANHA