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Syrian women demonstrate their presence in senior and sensitive positions
9-11-2017
AL Hayat daily published a feature on the role of Syrian women in leadership positions who were and still are racing to participate in the cultural and political life of their country. Syrian women, Al Hayat wrote, continued their struggle to reach select decision-making positions notwithstanding the blackout by media and society on their presence and efficiency and despite the backwardness enforced by political Islam and the rising influence of religion at the end of last century. In this respect, Al Hayat recorded a number of high-profile government and public jobs attained by Syrian women, especially that Syria stood out as the sole country in the region to appoint women for the following posts: deputy president of the republic; advisor to the president; parliament speaker (Dr. Hadiya Abbas) in the last legislative session of the Syrian house of representatives following April 2016 elections; head of the Consumer Protection Association for Damascus, (Dr. Sarab Uthman); and president of the Central Control and Inspection Authority (Judge Amneh Shammat). The share of women judges in the Judiciary, AL Hayat went on to say, reached 30% by midyear, and 75% in the Damascus courts of appeal, in the forefront of which came advisor Khadija Badrakhan as first-time president of the court of appeal; Judge Salwa Qadib as head of the Judicial Inspection, and Judge Zahira Bashmani who was appointed, by virtue of a presidential decree to head the Counter Terrorism Court. In conclusion, the newspaper argued that the presence of females in key positions does not reflect the true reality of Syrian women. However, it can be understood as an unprecedented step, in the sense that Syria is the first Arab or Islamic state to give women access to senior-level posts. It is more of a determination on part of the government rather than a progressive recognition of women by these governments who do not hesitate to invest in the presence or absenteeism of women in decision-making positions for their own interests. (Al Hayat, November 9, 2017)
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