Women will play a key role in a new Syria, says minister
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Women will play a key role in a new Syria, says minister

Al Jazeera  

New head of women’s affairs Aisha al-Dibs tells Al Jazeera women from all provinces and ethnicities will help rebuild the war-torn country. In an interview with Al Jazeera from Damascus on Sunday, Aisha al-Dibs said the government was committed to engaging Syrian women in social, cultural and political institutions, and recruiting qualified women in healthcare and education sectors. Al-Dibs said the establishment of the Women’s Affairs Office, with her as its head, was in response to questions surrounding the role of the Syrian women in the new government. “I will launch a phone number that is dedicated to the jailed women, whether for a long time or recently detained, in order to count them and work with them,” al-Dibs said.

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