This certainly is a good start for equal rights for women in the Middle East.
Syrian Kurds give women equal rights, snubbing jihadists
AFP-JIJI
BEIRUT – The local government in a majority Kurdish area of Syria has passed a decree granting women equal rights in what a monitoring group called “an affront” to discriminatory jihadist moves.
Published on the local government’s official Facebook page on Wednesday, the decree states that women and men should enjoy “equality… in all walks of public and private life.”
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Syrian Kurds give women equal rights snubbing jihadists The Japan Times
Syrian Kurds give women equal rights, snubbing jihadists
AFP-JIJI
BEIRUT – The local government in a majority Kurdish area of Syria has passed a decree granting women equal rights in what a monitoring group called “an affront” to discriminatory jihadist moves.
Published on the local government’s official Facebook page on Wednesday, the decree states that women and men should enjoy “equality… in all walks of public and private life.”
Continue reading at:
Syrian Kurds give women equal rights snubbing jihadists The Japan Times