Omar: Syrian women to make their own history

the co-chair of the SDC Omar, made the statements during her participation in Aleppo by the Women’s Office in the Syrian Democratic Council, under the slogan “Our struggle ensures the women's revolution.”

Omar, began her speech by congratulating all the women of the world on the International Women's Day, which falls on the 8th of March. She pointed out that women have always been free by nature, and despite the security grip and violence, yet the woman refused to live as a slave.

Syrian women under the Ottoman occupation

She said, “The occupation continued to use various forms of injustice, aggression and enslavement, in particular, following the starvation policy to distract people from opposing their chauvinist dictatorial policies, leaving a complete destruction in the country's economy, backwardness, wars, conflicts, and epidemics. "

She continued," Despite the dangers and threats by the Ottoman Sultanate, women went out to the squares calling for an end to the occupation and freedom. In 1872, the first feminist demonstration took place against the Ottoman occupation as a natural response against injustice and slavery and its lack of organization and awareness, and an alternative project to the Ottoman Sultanate regime, but it was the beginning of a feminist awakening.

Amina saw that that era was marked by pioneering women who were on the side of the Sultanate’s injustice by presenting literary activities that contribute to spreading knowledge and awareness, such as Labiba Hashem, who published the magazine “The Girl of the East” and Mary Al-Ajami, which issued in 1910 the Bride Magazine, and founded several women's associations, who resisted the Ottoman occupation and later the French.

 . The imprint of women in the Syrian uprisings

During her speech, she recalled many Syrian women who demanded their rights, such as Nazik Al-Abed, who received the honorary rank in the Syrian army for her great role in the Syrian feminist movement until she won the title of the Syrian Jendark, Adela Al-Jaziri and many other activists.

The Internal Security Forces and the Protection Units celebrate the March 8,

Amina also said: “We do not forget Princess Roshen Badirxan, who represented Syria at the Cairo Conference in 1944. In 1947, the princess worked for the Syrian Radio, where she told children's programs. She also has many stories and lectures that were broadcast and published in various newspapers and magazines.

History did not do us justice

On the history of Syrian women, she saw that history did not do justice to women well due to many factors, including that the regimes were established with the mentality of the male and the state that excluded and enslaved women every time, using more sophisticated methods than their predecessors.

In this regard, she regretted: “The history of the Syrian women struggle was written by the man authority, but we are in the stage of the revolution in NE Sy     21 centuries where the recorder is a woman, and history does justice to her on the basis

 Amina said: “A new council (parliament) was formed after the March 8th coup and included 134 members, including 13 women, but the women did not exercise or even the council. As a whole, he plays his role as required due to the one-party control of the reins of government. "

 Amina Omar ended her speech by describing that stage as no better than its predecessors, with the Baath party taking power by force: “The licenses of many newspapers and magazines have been revoked, including magazines. The feminists who were calling for the emancipation of women in the social and political life. Thus began the stage of resurrection through concern for the scales and without finding fundamental solutions to the issue of women

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