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Civil society in northeast Syria promotes women’s role to fight extremism

A civil society organization in northern and eastern Syria has launched a project to eradicate violent extremism by promoting the role of women on the educational and economic levels.

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Syrian Kurdish women carry party flags, as they take part in a rally in support of the Syrian Democratic Forces and the People's Protection Forces and to denounce the recent attacks by Turkish forces on northeastern Syria, Qamishli, Syria, Oct. 24, 2020. — Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images

The Democratic Solutions Organization (Demos), a civil society organization operating in northern and eastern Syria with the aim to build a democratic state to fight extremism, wrapped up its first annual conference on Feb. 17 in the northern Syrian city of Qamishli. 

Some 42 public figures, including 15 women, in addition to activists, media professionals, politicians, representatives of civil organizations and community leaders, took part in the conference to discuss the results of Demos’ project dubbed “Promoting Positivity of Life to Counter Violent Extremism.”

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