Dialogue forum under slogan “Against slavery, love of a free life’

The forum, which was held in the hall of the Culture and Art Center in Tabqa canton, was attended by representatives of the Democratic Civil Administration in Tabqa and women’s offices and committees, in addition to representatives of women’s offices and councils in Raqqa, Manbij and Deir ez-Zor cantons.

The forum began by welcoming the attendees by Buthaina Abdo, the coordinator of the Zenobia Women’s Gathering Council in Raqqa Canton, and then invited them to stand for a minute of silence in honor of the souls of the martyrs.

The opening speech was delivered by the spokeswoman for the Zenobia Women’s Association in the North and East Syria, Khoud Al-Issa, in which she said: “Through this forum, we seek to raise the issue of women in all its dimensions since the outbreak of the crisis until the present day, as many of them are still exposed to the harshest social and economic conditions and have been marginalized in every way at all levels by the ruling powers.”

The forum revolved around three axes. The first axis talked about “the situation of women in the areas of the Damascus government,” which was addressed by Sanaa Ramadan, coordinator of the Zenobia Women’s Gathering Council in Deir ez-Zor. It said, “It is not hidden from the world what Syrian women are experiencing amid the policy of racial discrimination in a society devoid of conscience and justice.” "

Sanaa Ramadan continued: “Women there face a tremendous amount of societal pressure in a way that may make their opportunity to achieve a balance between work and personal life a challenge and almost impossible.”

The second axis talked about “the situation of women in the occupied territories,” which was addressed by the spokeswoman for the Women’s Council of the Future Syria Party in Manbij canton. She said, “Women live under Turkish control with brutal and inhuman practices. They are forced to live in narrow spaces that are arbitrarily allocated to them because they are originally equipped for detainees from men do not protect the privacy and dignity of women.”

As for the third topic, it spoke about “The situation of women in the regions of North and East Syria,” delivered by the co-chairmanship of the Executive Council in Tabqa area, Hind Al-Ali, in which it said, “After the struggle of the heroines of the women’s revolution for decades, the results of this struggle began to expand, as the Kongra Star was established, in which women fought at high level of responsibility and will.

After that the interventions to the audience were opened to emphasize the most important outcomes, which are “raising the pace of the struggle for the physical freedom of leader Abdullah Ocalan, empowering women in all aspects, combating violence against all forms of occupation, and working to spread the concept of the democratic family as an alternative solution to the current family in the era of capitalist modernity.” “Focus on women’s education to reach a free, participatory society, raise the pace of struggle against all systematic policies that are being hatched against women, make training and organization the primary goal in our struggle, and extend a helping hand to all Syrian women in areas of the Syrian regime.”

T/ Satt.

ANHA