- In Deir Ezzor province, women face challenges, most notably restricting their role, poor representation and depriving thousands of female students of education as a result of school closures and poor rehabilitation and capacity-building programs. On the other hand, the important possibilities and experiences they have are an opportunity to work by adopting programs based on their needs and providing the necessary space for them to express and participate. The strategies required to address the various challenges must be developed, with women participating in all stages of need identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
- The activities of civil society organizations in Deir Ezzor did not meet the needs of women, as most of them did not include women in their own programmes, did not address their needs and demands, and did not provide them with the safe space to discuss difficulties and develop solutions proposals. Furthermore, women’s participation was mostly limited and in a pro forma manner. In addition, there is no balance between the resources and time periods of women’s projects on a hand, and what is provided to humanitarian sector on the other one.
- The women’s answers in the interviews emphasize that women play a powerful role in preserving the social fabric and conveying their experiences and their surrounding women directly from home or workplace. Women form a very influential barrier in preventing or mitigating conflicts. Yet, there is insufficient recognition of these efforts.
- According to the results of the survey, the lack of interest of civil society in Deir Ezzor in an effective and balanced presence of women in peace-building events and women’s family responsibilities are real reasons for women’s reluctance to participate in civil society activities, despite the high interest of most of the surveyed women to be involved in these activities.
- Interventions that fit the local context and take into account customs and norms in the region must be designed, and at the same time they should form the beginning of the long road for active participation of women in various fields. This requires more influential use of media and social media, and more research that determine the form and method of effective intervention by women. The form and method should be disseminated locally. There is a need to give them adequate opportunity and resources to be applied.
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