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UN briefing says Syrian women remain underrepresented in transitional process, urges protections and inclusion
Summary
At a Security Council briefing delivered from Damascus, Najat Rushdie said Syrian women remain underrepresented in recent indirect elections and election administration, and called for measures to protect women from exclusion and gender-based violence as transition proceeds.
Najat Rushdie, briefing the United Nations Security Council from Damascus, said Syrian women have been underrepresented in the interim transitional process and called for clearer measures to ensure their participation and protection.
Rushdie noted the briefing coincided with the 25th anniversary of Security Council Resolution 1325, which affirms women’s role in peacemaking and protection from gender-based violence. She said six women won 119 indirectly contested seats in the transitional People’s Assembly and highlighted low female representation within election bodies and administration.
The report of the electoral process, she said, included two women out of 11 members of the Supreme Committee for Elections and roughly 10 percent representation among 180 election administrators. Rushdie said the Supreme Committee for Elections…
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