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"Women’s political participation is often treated as a measure of a country’s
commitment to equality and democracy.
Earlier this year, Syria’s new leader, President Ahmed al-Sharaa, described his
country as moving in a “democratic direction” after the fall of Bashar
al-Assad’s dictatorship in late 2024. He said:
If democracy means that the people decide who will rule them and who
represents them in the parliament, then, yes, Syria is going in this
direction.
Yet, in Syria’s recent parliamentary elections, women only won six seats in the
210-member body. Exclusion was not merely reflected in the outcome, it was
engineered into the very structure of the process."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
