Category: Reports
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Women’s Activism in the Lebanese October Uprising: The Promises and Pitfalls of Women-Centered Politics
When Malak Alawiyye joined protests on the first day of what came to be known as the October uprising, she did not predict that a video image of her kicking one of the armed bodyguards of Lebanese MP Akram Chehayeb would go viral. On October 17, people in Lebanon took to the streets shortly after…
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Syrian Women and their Participation in the Peace Process
Syrian women have been mostly depicted as mere helpless victims since the beginning of the Syrian uprising and subsequent conflict in 2011. Their representation in the media as vulnerable refugee women, usually featured in a refugee camp, tears out their agency, ownership and influence and mutates them into passive ‘voices’ rather than active and influential…
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Policies of Reconstruction in Syria, Foreign Actors and the Issue of Refugees and IDPs
As the Syrian regime has been consolidating its power with the assistance of its allies, Russia and Iran, in the past few years, Damascus also envisioned the issue of reconstruction as a major instrument for the consolidation of its power and networks of influence, while promoting new areas of investments and economic opportunities.
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