use within a specific range, regardless of the view of the local community,
which has long called them “ticking bombs”.
The role of Syrian activists has not been more favorable than that of civil
society. As we note that only a few people have been interested in the issue
on an individual level, with the emphasis that women have been more
informed about the issue than men. But their role has been limited to providing moral assistance to those affected or referring them to organizations
that can help.
The points mentioned above, in addition to the clear contradiction between
the provisions of the Syrian constitution itself and the domestic laws, which
rob women of many of their rights, and have kept women from guaranteeing and securing a suitable future for their children. This is evident in the
Syrian regime’s adherence to its discriminatory laws against women and
its continued disregard for its international obligations, which compel it to
achieve equality between women and men in all aspects, most notably the
right to grant citizenship.
It should be noted that the sensitivity of the issue, the poor security conditions, the difficulty of working in regime areas, and the spread of the
COVID-19 pandemic have prevented the study from reaching many areas
affected by the problem of Syrian statelessness and the documentation of
many cases. For example, the issue of rape is considered a mark of shame
in Syrian society, especially those that occurred in detention centers,
which led to the lack of sufficient testimonies in order to document those
cases of rape and their resulting births. On top of the unwillingness of documentation involved organizations to share their database and considering
it a mere private property not as research data. The same stigma has also
been associated with women who had to marry fighters, in addition to their
fear and the reservation of their families to talk about any circumstances
they suffered during the period of ISIS control, which contributed to hiding
many of the horrible circumstances they endured with their children.
HUMANS WITHOUT RIGHTS
It should also be pointed out that the term “giving women the right to grant
nationality and lineage is a temporary solution” has been mentioned by a
good number of participants in all sections of the research. However, we
stress that it is a right that has been taken away from them since the drafting of the first Syrian constitution. No woman can perform her social, political and economic role without having all her rights, thus, granting citizenship to her children cannot be a temporary solution to fill a legal void. It is
a right that we must seriously demand, just as her right to work, education,
motherhood and so on.
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