On February 23, 2017, the opening session of the fourth round of Intra-Syrian negotiations was held in Geneva under the auspices of the United Nations.
An agenda for negotiations was reached based on UN Security Council Resolution 2254 and Geneva 1 Statement.
We are a group of Syrian women who have been working on developing a preliminary draft of recommendations on the best ways for gendering the political process, in order to include them in the political agreement expected to be implemented in the upcoming months, and to ensure the active participation of Syrian women in the political process. This work was followed by a wide range of consultations and discussions in more than 19 different communities within Syria and neighboring countries.