Civil Peace in Syria and Implementation Mechanisms

The Syrian Women’s Political Movement (SWPM) has taken the initiative to launch a Syrian dialogue within the Feminist Political Track, bringing together various Syrian political and civil actors to develop shared recommendations that identify national action priorities essential to achieving aspired-for civil peace.

SWPM has called on a group of political and civil entities to consult and discuss ways to reach civil peace in Syria, identify the necessary steps to achieve it, and formulate joint recommendations in this regard.

Participating Entities:

  1. The Syrians Bloc
  2. Syrian Youth Bloc (former name: Coastal Youth Bloc)
  3. Mouatana [citizenship] Movement
  4. Liberal Ahrar Party
  5. Socialist Union Party
  6. Popular Will Party
  7. Communist Labor Party
  8. Kurdish Democratic Progressive Party
  9. Seen for Civil Peace – Homs
  10. Tafkeer [Thinking] Group
  11. Syrian Council for Change
  12. Kurdish National Council
  13. Afrin Platform
  14. The Assyrian Organization

It is worth mentioning that the Syrian Youth Movement (Sweida), which was invited, dissolved itself before the start of the meetings and shortly after the serious events in Sweida, and therefore did not participate in the discussions.

Online focus group discussions were conducted on the topic of civil peace, including the potentials and challenges associated with achieving it.

We divided the participating parties into two groups, each of which had two focus group discussions, each lasting approximately 3-4 hours.

Two days of work were subsequently held in Beirut on September 25 and 26, the first day was devoted to reopening the discussion within the entire group, with the aim of finalizing the mechanisms for achieving civil peace. The second day was devoted to formulating joint recommendations on the required practical steps.

A draft paper was then drafted and sent to participants. The draft was discussed in Beirut at a roundtable on November 21-22, with a view to finalizing the document.

The SWPM team included:

  • Alise Mofrej
  • Lina Wafai

 

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