Enhancing women's role in spreading non-violence

The idea of the project focuses on women as they are the main element in raising generations and developing societies. Enabling women to take an active role will contribute greatly to the protection of next generations from intrusive ideas that are accustomed to violent cultures as a result of the ongoing conflict. In addition, women today bear economic responsibilities as breadwinners for their families, and therefore the project will focus on elements within the social and economic dimensions. These segments are important in ensuring the return of non-violence, extremism rejection, diverse community coexistence, building the values of civil peace, and promoting dialogue by raising awareness and promoting concepts of human rights, the values of coexistence, civil peace, and meaningful constructive dialogue between the various segments of the feminine component. Such segments belong to ethnic groups, which has long cherished their affiliation to Raqqa. Thus, the project of building peace and spreading the culture of non-violence with female actors is an important project for the region, due to the escalating rate of kidnappings and assassinations, that the region suffers from; and the lack of participation in the decision-making of the local community by the existing authority. The idea of spreading non-violence culture through women starts from small circles such as family, of relations between relatives, and work. Those are the circles in which women can spread non-violence culture easily and also influence it when having the sufficient tools and knowledge. From these small circles, women can influence and effect wider circles to include large segments of society, and this leads to the removal of hostilities and the absence of individual revenge in society. Through meetings, workshop, awareness sessions, and opinion polls, which will include large segments of the civil organizations, women activists, and dialogue gathering to form a network of feminists participating in free and common work space, women will be able to build communities and deliver their voice to those involved in the political and civil process in Syria.

Links:

• International Development Organization