Al-Thara

Tags: Syria , Civil Society in West Asia

Al-Thara is a weekly review of scholarship, culture and literature on women's issues. Based in Syria, its goal is to provide a reliable resource of international, regional and local documents - for example, laws and conventions - concerning women. It also aims to monitor social ills and practices that violate rights and freedoms, especially those of women, as they are the most vulnerable and suppressed sector of Syrian society. The review tries to expose these problems and propose alternative courses of action.

Al-Thara is issued in both Arabic (website) and English (website) because it is intended to help create links between people - especially women - and experts in fields like law, sociology and psychology. Al-Thara not only aims to be a network for women's rights activists in Syria, but in the whole Arab Region.

Thara is issued by Etana Press, a Damascus-based publishing house. Etana produces materials and organizes activities aimed at raising civil awareness in Syria, particularly among younger segments of the population.