Minister of Social Affairs and Labor, Hind Kabawat, stated at the High-Level Meeting to Commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the 4th World Conference on Women that no country can achieve peace and stability without woman participation and empowerment.
The minister said in her speech at the conference at the UN General Assembly that she is proud to carry with me the “voices of Syrian women, along with the voices of women in Gaza, Sudan, and Yemen.”
She told the conference that Syrian women don’t fear the tents that shelter them, but the “absence of schools for their children and clinics for their families”
The Minister said “I am here to honor Syrian women in all their roles” The mothers who still wait for news of their missing sons and husbands, or who made the hardest decision to send their children away to live in safety rather than keep them close in danger. “These women demand their rightful place as equal partners in shaping Syria’s future,” Kabawat added.
She emphasized that without education, without healthcare, and without basic services, “there is no path to dignity or empowerment” and called for funding for the humanitarian response plan for Syria does not exceed 20 percent,
“This is a test of the international community’s credibility and a measure of how promises are translated into action,” she added.
Kabawat concluded that “no country can achieve peace” if the women were excluded from decision-making halls stressing that the inclusion of women is a fundamental condition for achieving stability.
The Fourth World Conference on Women is considered one of the most significant events in the struggle for gender equality and the advancement of women’s status around the world.
