Alarming rise in violence against women in Rojava
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region — More than 600 cases of violence against women were recorded in northeast Syria (Rojava) in the first half of this year, the Women’s Board of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (NES) said in a statement released on Saturday, noting with alarm an increase in gender-based violence that the board blamed on several factors.
"The spread of coronavirus, domestic violence, the Caesar Act [US sanctions], and the lack of a unified women’s law failed to protect and preserve their rights, as well as the outdated traditions ingrained in our society,” read the statement.
The deteriorating economic situation also contributed to cases of murder and suicide, added the statement.
A total of 657 cases of violence against women have been reported in Rojava since the start of 2021, including murder, physical abuse, rape, and child marriage.
A man strangled his 16-year-old daughter, who had been raped by a relative more than a year ago, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Tuesday.
Another girl died after her family set her body ablaze in Raqqa on the same day.
In early July, a girl was brutally murdered by her cousin after attempting to escape the home of her family with her partner. Videos of the incident circulated all over social media, claimed SOHR.
The Women’s Board called on “the United Nations, Security Council and human rights organizations to look into the Syrian situation in general and the Autonomous Administration in particular.”
"The spread of coronavirus, domestic violence, the Caesar Act [US sanctions], and the lack of a unified women’s law failed to protect and preserve their rights, as well as the outdated traditions ingrained in our society,” read the statement.
The deteriorating economic situation also contributed to cases of murder and suicide, added the statement.
A total of 657 cases of violence against women have been reported in Rojava since the start of 2021, including murder, physical abuse, rape, and child marriage.
A man strangled his 16-year-old daughter, who had been raped by a relative more than a year ago, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Tuesday.
Another girl died after her family set her body ablaze in Raqqa on the same day.
In early July, a girl was brutally murdered by her cousin after attempting to escape the home of her family with her partner. Videos of the incident circulated all over social media, claimed SOHR.
The Women’s Board called on “the United Nations, Security Council and human rights organizations to look into the Syrian situation in general and the Autonomous Administration in particular.”