Syrian woman on Ellis Island in 1926. Phothograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.
General Statistics
Maternal mortality (per 100,000)
31 (2019)[1]
Women in parliament
13% (2015)[2]
Women over 25 with secondary education
40% (2019)
Women in labour force
18.9% (2021)[3]
Gender Inequality Index[4]
Value
0.477 (2021)
Rank
119th out of 191
Global Gender Gap Index[5]
Value
0.568 (2021)
Rank
152nd out of 156
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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.
^"Syrian Arab Republic - World Bank Gender Data Portal".
^"Women in Parliaments: World Classification". archive.ipu.org.
^"World Bank Open Data".
^"Human Development Report 2021/2022" (PDF). HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORTS. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
^"Global Gender Gap Report 2021" (PDF). World Economic Forum. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^"World Bank Open Data". World Bank Open Data. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
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