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Syrian women refugees engage in trades originally held by men
26-2-2018
Al Hayat drew attention in its issue of today to the difficult living conditions of displaced Syrian households within refugee camps deployed along the borders with Turkey. The lack of support and scarcity of jobs and steady income, combined with the absence of male providers, have forced women to look out for, and sometimes invent, new skills in bread-winning, Al Hayat wrote. Girls and women have engaged in occupations that were exclusive to men, like for example mobile vending. Others have chosen to work in commerce through opening a small shop within the camp’s premises or display merchandise inside their tents and selling them to other women refugees, Al Hayat said. What inspired the women vendors to embark on their business, the newspaper noted, are their own peers who continually defy the circumstances of war and the inherited social traditions which prevent women from working. The newspaper spoke to one mobile woman vendor, Farida Yousef (a mother of 5) who, since the death of her husband two and a half years ago, has been roaming the campsites to sell her merchandise. The harsh life conditions and privation, she explained, has forced her to seek out a vocation that can secure a stable income for her family. The article can be found in Arabic on the following link: https://goo.gl/AmymzT. (Al Hayat, February 26, 2018)
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