New head of ladies’s affairs Aisha al-Dibs tells Al Jazeera ladies from all provinces and ethnicities will assist rebuild the war-torn nation.
The newly appointed head of the Ladies’s Affairs Workplace underneath the Syrian interim authorities says the administration will allow ladies to contribute to the rebuilding of the nation, ravaged by greater than a decade of battle.
In an interview with Al Jazeera from Damascus on Sunday, Aisha al-Dibs mentioned the federal government was dedicated to participating Syrian ladies in social, cultural and political establishments, and recruiting certified ladies in healthcare and schooling sectors.
“It’s recognized to us all that the Syrian girl, traditionally, is a extremely efficient girl, capable of lead throughout all fields. As we speak, we’re within the means of bringing her again to this main function in constructing Syria, a brand new nation, the free nation all of us aspire for,” al-Dibs mentioned.
She pledged to encourage ladies from all of the Syrian provinces and ethnicities to take part in an upcoming nationwide convention, which can talk about the way forward for the nation.
Al-Dibs mentioned the institution of the Ladies’s Affairs Workplace, along with her as its head, was in response to questions surrounding the function of the Syrian ladies within the new authorities.
Syria’s new rulers got here into energy earlier this month after the opposition forces, led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), launched a lightning offensive from the northwestern province of Idlib in November, taking metropolis after metropolis from authorities forces with little resistance.
The opposition forces reached Damascus within the early hours of December 8 and introduced the top of greater than 50 years of the Bashar al-Assad household’s iron-fist rule over Syria.
Western international locations are wrestling with their method to HTS, a former al-Qaeda affiliate. HTS has been designated a “terrorist” group by many Western governments, regardless of the group moderating its rhetoric in latest months.
The United Nations Safety Council in a statement earlier this week urged for the implementation of “an inclusive and Syrian-led and Syrian-owned political course of” that they mentioned ought to meet the professional aspirations of all Syrians, defend all of them and “allow them to peacefully, independently and democratically decide their very own futures”.
Help for jailed ladies
After overthrowing al-Assad, the opposition fighters freed 1000’s of Syrians from a community of prisons run by the previous regime. Tens of 1000’s of individuals believed to have been taken into custody by the al-Assad authorities stay unaccounted for.
Al-Dibs additionally mentioned her workplace will put together a report on feminine detainees launched from prisons and work on a complete plan for his or her welfare. She added that she is going to search the prosecution of jail officers accused of rights abuses contained in the prisons.
She mentioned the “spontaneous and disorganised efforts” by individuals who had joined the opposition forces in opening the prisons led to jail information being tampered with. Because of this, the whereabouts of many feminine prisoners have been misplaced.
“I’ll launch a cellphone quantity that’s devoted to the jailed ladies, whether or not for a very long time or lately detained, with the intention to depend them and work with them,” al-Dibs mentioned.
“The previously detained ladies want psychological assist for rehabilitation. They want schooling, healthcare and authorized safety as they put together to file instances in opposition to their jailers.”
Al-Dibs, whose appointment was introduced on Friday, is the primary girl to carry a ministry within the new Syrian administration. She is recognised for her rights activism and humanitarian works. She earlier labored with a charity within the northwestern governorate of Idlib and within the Syrian refugee camps in neighbouring Turkiye.
