Introduction

On April 23, 2021, The Asfari Institute launched its first event of the Gender and Feminism Roundtable Series titled “Gender, Conflict, and Refugees: The Case of Syria.” The event started by streaming a short scene from the movie “Nehna Mou Heik” by the film director, Carol Mansour. As a kick-off of the series, the first roundtable discussion has been concluded successfully as it was very fruitful, highly informative, and well-elaborated. It also encouraged the participants to learn from women with wide expertise in the field, as well as share their knowledge and ask critical questions. Guest speakers tackled the topic from different angles ranging from sexual violence, the exploitation of women in refugee camps, the active political participation of women, the protection of women by law enforcement, and women leadership, to the importance of economic development for female refugees, and much more in between.

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