In her May column, Hala Gorani reflects on meeting the women architects rebuilding Aleppo’s war-ravaged old city, and how their quiet, community-driven efforts offer a more meaningful vision for Syria’s future.Read more at: VOGUE ARABIA
31 August 2026. A two-day charity market in Latakia brought together women producers of handcrafts, along with small businesses, to support women’s economic empowerment and raise funds for surgeries for orphaned children. The market offers opportunities to strengthen women’s economic independence.Read more at: SANA
4 August 2026. The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor launches the first of many planned stores to promote economic independence for women entrepreneurs and people with disabilities. The program aims to create employment opportunities, market access, and economic inclusion to develop self-respect.Read more at: SANA
9 July 2026. The village of Jinwar, one of several women-led communities in the northeast region, provides a safe haven for Kurdish, Arab and Yazidi women seeking independent lives. It offers healing, cooperation, and self-confidence while fostering peace, resilience, and collective strength. One resident said: “When women take steps forward, everything changes.”Read more at: THE GUARDIAN
8 July 2026. The appointment of Huda Atassi, a prominent advocate for Syrians exiled and displaced by civil war, reflects the inclusion of civil society figures in Syria’s new parliament. Trained as an architect, she left Syria in 2012 for Lebanon and then Turkey, where she served Syrian families suffering in exile.Read more at: SYRIAN OBSERVER
3 July 2026. President al-Sharaa and First Lady Latifa al-Droubi met with a delegation of US women in healthcare, education, and community work on ways to strengthen women as active partners in Syria’s rebuilding, aiming to prepare a younger generation with requisite knowledge and skills.Read more at: SANA
2 July 2026. With 70 appointments by the president, adding to 137 elected members, Syria’s transitional parliament is complete. The appointees include figures from diverse spheres of Syrian life, including 15 women, plus individuals who suffered years of detention and loss of limbs in Syria’s liberation struggle.Read more at: SANA
5 June 2026. Syria hosted a regional conference organized by Arab and Syrian-European institutions to expand scientific cooperation in gynecology, oncology, and family health. Sponsored by Syria’s Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, participants heard from 35 international speakers.Read more at: SANA
3 June 2026. Syria’s First National Private Sector Conference convened to redefine the sector’s role in the post-transition economy and lay the groundwork for long-term public-private cooperation. The Ministry of Economy and Industry organized the event in cooperation with the UNDP and Japan’s government.Read more at: SYRIAN OBSERVER
9 May 2026. Syrian women showcased a variety of crafts, foods and creative products at a Damascus exhibition supporting small businesses. The event aims to strengthen family income, builds skills and expands women’s participation in community and economic life.Read more at: SANA
3 May 2026. Syrian authorities report integrating four SDF brigades into the national army under a January 2026 agreement between Damascus and SDF forces, which outlined phases for reintegrating northeastern Syria after years of autonomous administration. An official cited “remarkable progress.”Read more at: LEVANT 24
18 April 2026. Natural perfume-making is expanding in Syria through home-based projects led by women. They are turning traditional skills into small businesses that meet market demand, create income, preserve heritage, and support women’s economic empowerment.Read more at: SANA
14 April 2026. The WLO platform marks a move from women’s symbolic presence toward participation in mechanisms shaping policy and governance. It aims to strengthen women’s role in humanitarian and community work and expand their presence in state planning, coordination and decision-making.Read more at: LEVANT 24
31 March 2026. A Damascus University conference focused on loopholes in Syria’s existing Nationality Law, based on a 1969 decree, which allows discrimination against women married to non-Syrians and their children. Reforms to advance gender equality and legal protections were proposed.Read more at: SYRIANOBSERVER
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