Seminar on women's position in Syrian society

Building on Fafo's co-operation with Damascus University since the mid-1990s, this project aims at taking stock of empirical sociological research in some areas of relevance for the challenges facing contemporary Syria. Unemployment and poverty, women's rights and child labour are topics being discussed in meetings between the Sociology Department at Damascus University and Fafo.

The main component of the project is a seminar on women's position in Syria, where Syrian academicians, human and women's rights advocates and others meet and discuss various aspects of and perspectives on the status of Syrian women. The project is sponsored by the Norwegian Government.

Results

These are all presentations from the "Woman in Syria Today" conference at Damascus University 25-26 June 2006. Some of the contributions will be revised and updated versions put on the web when completed. All papers are in English and translated from of Arabic originals. At a later stage, both Arabic and English versions will appear.

• Åge A. Tiltnes, Physical wife abuse among Palestinian refugees in Syria, PowerPoint presentation in Arabic/English
• Kamel Omran, The images of women and men: An analysis of the contexts of some textbooks in the Syrian Arab Republic, draft paper
• Bilal Arabi, Women's rights and family violence in Syria, draft paper
• Samir Ibrahim Hassan, Women and society: Integrating women's perspective, draft paper
• Adeeb Aqeel, Men and women: Gender differences and conflicting roles, draft paper
• Amal Hamdi Dakkak, Women's issues in Syrian media: sample of the Syrian radio station, draft paper
• George Jabbour, Syrian women and human rights, draft paper
• Daad Moussa, Syrian women and civil society
• Sumayye Yunes Ghanem, Women and the law
• Ragda Al-Ahmed, Women, information and social structure
• Muhammed El-Omar, The social image of women in Syrian drama
• Hanan Hamad Amr, The means of developing women's rights
• Souad Bakhour, Women and political participation

Researchers

Åge A. Tiltnes

Mohammed Alloush