WUNRN
Coalition of Syrian Women for Democracy
Supported by the European Feminist Initiative IFE-EFI
Direct Link to Full 154-Page December 2014 Report:
http://www.efi-ife.org/sites/default/files/merged_document_4.pdf
The Coalition of Syrian Women for Democracy launched the report: GENDERED CONSTITUTION BUILDING PROCESS FOR SYRIA during its conference on 5-6 December 2014. The report provides gender entry points to a democratic constitution in Syria and lessons learned from constitution making processes in the MENA region. It is a result of several months of collaborative work of the Coalition of Syrian Women for Democracy, bringing together diverse groups of Syrian activists, mobilized for a constitution building process to support a non-violent transition towards democracy. The report integrates the results of those numerous events, gatherings and discussions. It draws attention to challenges and highlights good practices related to the institutionalization of women’s rights and gender equality principles and values in the constitution. It also emphasizes the efforts of women’s movements to include and/or preserve women’s rights and gender equality as founding principles in democratic constitutions, and as core issues in times of transition. It underlines the role of progressive men in the work towards the institutionalization of gender equality.
This work was supported by the European Feminist Initiative IFE-EFI and the regional reference group consisting of constitutional experts and women’s rights activists from Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco and is one of the outcomes of the program Towards a Democratic Transition in Syria by building an inclusive constitution process, funded by Sweden, through which the European Feminist Initiative IFE-EFI provides institutional and organizational support to Syrian partners, and backs their demands for a non-violent, political transition in Syria.