Women’s political participation is often treated as a measure of a country’s commitment to equality and democracy.
Earlier this year, Syria’s new leader, President Ahmed al-Sharaa, described his country as moving in a “democratic direction” after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s dictatorship in late 2024. He said:
If democracy means that the people decide who will rule them and who represents them in the parliament, then, yes, Syria is going in this direction.
