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Awareness Raising Sessions about COVID-19, Shathah, Al Ghab Plain, Hama

The Syrian Society for Social Development persistently follows up on COVID-19 circulations issued by the Syrian Ministry of Health and plays an active role in raising the awareness level among the most vulnerable groups of the community. Drawing on that, Hama team conducted awareness raising sessions in Al Ghab Plain, in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and in coordination with the medical point attached to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent.

The sessions took place in Merdash School and Shathah Community Center “Beit Ward”, targeting children, adolescents, and women. The sessions covered preventive measures to protect yourself and others against the virus, how to play a role in limiting the spread of the disease, as well as explaining the differences between Influenza and Corona.

Concluding the sessions, the team distributed face masks and sterilizers to the beneficiaries.

“We are All Together for Equality” campaign on the occasion of International Women's Day

On the occasion of International Women's Day, The Syrian Society for Social Development team - the Women’s Safe Space, with support of the United Nations Population Fund UNFPA – Syria, Hama, implemented a campaign entitled "We are All Together for Equality" which took place between Hama and its countryside, activities varied in Al-Aman Center, Qamhana Center, Al-Assad Medical Complex in Hama and Kawkab Municipality.

The Syrian Arab Red Crescent and the Family Planning Association participated in the campaign. The approaches differed from the definition of the campaign’s theme, displaying videos of success stories of Arab and international women, entertainment performances, writing supportive phrases for women with candles, painting a mural, and a handicrafts exhibition in which the women made wood boxes and decorated them with supportive phrases for women such as (optimistic woman - you -mother).

In addition to awareness-raising sessions on the legal aspect that emphasizes on achieve equality between men and women, health awareness-raising sessions on the importance of women obtaining their full health rights.

 

International Women's Day (An equal world is an enabled world)

"The woman is always to blame whereas, the man is not accused of anything, but only woman is the one they talk about", "you weren't born to learn, but to work at home", with these phrases some women and adolescents participate in the event held by the Syrian Society for Social Development team in cooperation with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the occasion of International Women's Day in Sinjar Center - Idlib countryside aimed of raising awareness about the concept of the importance of gender equality, under the slogan (equal world is an enabled world) for all age groups (women - men – male and female adolescents) on March seventh.

The number of attendees was approximately 110, The event included a demonstrative video on the importance of celebrating International Women's Day on March 8, the legal aspect was clarified by a lawyer of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent to talk about women's rights in the Syrian law ,the importance of gender equality and the importance of female health care and its reflection on her psyche and equality of both men and women in this field. At the end of the event, some attendees said:
"Today we know that a woman is equal to man, and has an important role in society,
And she has to demand her rights, thank you for all the awareness that you have provided.

 

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