General Union of Syrian Women
- General Union of Syrian Women
. GUSW was founded in 1967, as merger of different existing women's groups. [http://www.pogar.org/countries/gender.asp?cid=19] The president of GUSW is Souad Bakkour, MP. [http://www.escwa.org.lb/about/gov/session/China1E.pdf]
GUSW represents Syria in relations to various United Nations programmes and agencies, such as participating the Beijing Conference, UNIFEM, FAO, UNDP, etc.
On April 7, 2006 GUSW released a report, developed in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme, on domestic violence against women in Syria. The report was seen as ground-breaking, as domestic violence is often seen as an intra-family affair in the country.
External links
* [http://www.arabwomenconnect.org/docs/SY_GWU_strategy.doc GUSW strategy document]
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