Syria’s war transformed women’s roles through empowerment
Al JazeeraWomen in war-ravaged Syria are being thrust into the role of provider in a way few had experienced previously. “The harsh conditions we lived through have completely changed the role of women and men’s view of the need for women to work.” Food scarcity According to a report by global poverty and hunger charity Care, only 4 percent of Syrian families were headed by women before 2011. “The reduced number of men means women are now responsible for supporting their family and taking care of their needs, perhaps also caring for an injured husband, while society also exerts authority over her and restricts her behaviour.” The Mazaya Centre works to empower women, educate them about their health and arm them with potential work skills such as first aid, IT and literacy. “During the last round of displacements, many women learned to drive and have acquired the ability to coordinate work both inside and outside the home,” she said. “We have noticed real change in the level of awareness of women’s rights,” said Noura Abdel Karim, a project coordinator at the Maram Foundation, which helps vulnerable people in Syria.
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