Journalist at Swedish public broadcaster SVT Johan-Mathias Sommarström travelled to Damascus, Syria, and spoke to some of the students at the University of Damascus, 70 per cent of whom he observed are women.
“Look around, you just see women. The university, on the street, in cafes, just women,” students Safaa and Sheima told Sommarström.
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Another student, Lina, also noted the disproportion of the country’s population, shattering the liberal illusion that the migrant waves of 2015 were comprised of women and children fleeing war.
To solve the problem, the young student said that the Syrian government should issue an amnesty to men who left the country to avoid military service so that they can help rebuild the country, pointing the finger at Western nations that took in all the young male Syrians.
“The solution is to kick them out and get them to Syria where they can start building the country again,” said Lina.
The Swedish broadcaster notes that before the conflict started eight years ago, just over four per cent of households in Syria were economically led by women; now, the figure is just over 22 per cent, according to a survey by Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy.
Some of the young women have seen this as a positive; much like women entering the workforce en masse in the West during the Great War and World War Two, the dearth of men has allowed the position of women to progress in the Muslim country.
“It can actually be a positive development. Previously, it was not accepted for women to work in certain areas, but now society is forced to...
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This is a bit of a tough one. Do they really want men that fled their country at the first sign of danger, abandoning their women to whatever happened? But then again, what if they really were avoiding being drafted into an Army that was fighting against people rebelling against the regime? It seems like the only men worthwhile would be the ones that were in the Free Syria Rebels that weren't allied with ISIS or Iran.
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