Idlib program offers vocational training for women
A local nongovernmental organization in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib is offering women technical skills to support themselves.
The situation in Syria’s opposition-held areas continues to improve day by day. In the absence of a regular authority and job opportunities, residents of these areas have had to find alternative solutions to secure their livelihoods.
Women have grown significantly more empowered during the last years of the Syrian revolution. Hala Ibrahim, a lawyer and rights activist in Idlib, told Al-Monitor, “The presence of women in the workforce is now recognized. The community has begun to accept the idea of women being in the community as rights activists, [in the] media and carrying the Syrian revolution's message like men.”
She said that women have been forced to fight for their place in the community and after it lost so many men. "As women, we have a responsibility to provide for our families.”
On April 8, the nongovernmental organization Barkat Amal for Women (A Glimpse of Hope) in Idlib held a graduation ceremony to conclude its vocational training for young women on mobile phone maintenance, electronic marketing and producing food for sale.
