SURİYE İÇ SAVAŞI’NA FEMİNİST BİR YAKLAŞIM
A FEMINIST APPROACH TO SYRIAN CIVIL WAR

Summary/Abstract: So far the Syrian Civil War, which is in its seventh year, has been analyzed through realpolitik perspectives. Both in politics and in literature, the solutions offered have been based on the interests of states and local actors. The major deficiency of the approaches focusing on the interests, objectives and the competition of states and local actors is their inability to produce solutions to the problems of civilians, especially women, during the conflict and afterward. In this respect, this study will analyze the Syrian civil war through three subjects at the core of feminist approaches: the suffering of women during the civil war, their political participation and their role in the military structures. As the evidence shows, although Syrian women feel the violence of war in an intense way, they have difficulty in making their voices heard in the peace process. On the other hand, while the Syrian civil war has a positive effect on the women’s participation in the military structures, it seems that this participation serves the interests of states and the masculine system.

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