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Speaking Out: Women's Voices from Syria
Years active: 2015-2018
Women are among the hardest-hit by the war in Syria, yet many play vital roles in the struggle for human rights, gender equality, reconciliation and social justice.
IWPR’s Speaking Out project provides a space for female writers to share their experiences of daily life both in Syria or as refugees abroad. It is a platform where they can publish their views at a time when they struggle to be heard amid ongoing atrocities, mass displacement, collapsing public services, and personal tragedies.
The blog posts are written and published in Arabic and also translated into English for publication here and on IWPR’s Syria Stories website.
My Poor Uncle
No-one is safe when the warplanes come.
Basamat: Empowering Women
Training opportunities open up new horizons for local communities.
Fighting Over An Unexploded Missile
Missiles have become a precious resource for local people who can sell the remnants for high prices.
Recycling Industry Booms in Idlib
Collecting and reusing waste has proved to be an unexpected source of income.
A Wartime Epidemic of Begging
Both young and old are forced to survive as best they can.
The First Day of Our Revolution
Hope and unity ends in pain and anger.
A Sad Homecoming
When the people have left, only death and destruction remain.
No Happy Endings
Will my sad neighbour ever get to hold her children again?
Losing Three Sons, Fearing for the Rest
A mother wonders when the tide of blood will stop.