Women in Syria

Women in Syria
Syrian woman on Ellis Island in 1926. Phothograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
General Statistics
Maternal mortality (per 100,000)31 (2019)[1]
Women in parliament13% (2015)[2]
Women over 25 with secondary education40% (2019)
Women in labour force18.9% (2021)[3]
Gender Inequality Index[4]
Value0.477 (2021)
Rank119th out of 191
Global Gender Gap Index[5]
Value0.568 (2021)
Rank152nd out of 156

Women in Syria constitute 49.9% of Syria's population. According to World Bank data from 2021, there were around 10.6 million women in Syria.[6] They are active participants not only in everyday life, but also in the socio-political fields. Syrian women and girls still experience challenges in their day-to-day lives, for example in the area of law and health care.

  1. ^ "Syrian Arab Republic - World Bank Gender Data Portal".
  2. ^ "Women in Parliaments: World Classification". archive.ipu.org.
  3. ^ "World Bank Open Data".
  4. ^ "Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Global Gender Gap Report 2021" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  6. ^ "World Bank Open Data". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved 2023-05-08.