Kurdish fight for women's rights faces challenges in Syria
In northern Syria, the Kurds are trying to implement women's rights, but this could prove difficult among the Arab population
A Syrian woman looks at fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces as civilians gather on the western front after fleeing the centre of Raqqa on 12 October 2017 (AFP)
Wladimir van Wilgenburg- Saturday 21 October 2017
KOBANE, Syria – The battle to take Raqqa, the Syrian capital of the Islamic state (IS) group, is almost over. But one of the main challenges that the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) face after IS is not only the huge destruction but also how to expand their model of women's rights to conservative tribal areas in northern Syria and ban people from marrying more than one wife.
