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The Syrian Conflict: Long Term Impacts on Women and Children

Paula Holmes-Eber TTh 1:30-3:20 THO 211

In March 2011, following similar Arab Spring uprisings around the Middle East, a number of pro-democracy protests against President Assad in Syria met with a deadly response. The president attacked his own people, beginning a bloody and costly civil war that has now lasted over five and a half years. More than 400,000 Syrians have lost their lives (most of them male), and over 11 million people have been displaced from their homes since the conflict began. The toll from the conflict, however, is far greater than the number of deaths or bombed-out homes. This task force will examine both the immediate effects of war on Syrian women and children, and the long-term implications for a generation that has been displaced from community roots, without access to adequate medical care, education, employment, sanitation, and legal or social protections.

Starting Points: Immigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

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Starting Points: Women and Children

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