We spoke on a panel at an event on 15 March for Liverpool's Syria Awareness Week' on the topic of Syrian women. We highlighted local stories of Syrian activist women from within the Manchester community, highlighting that despite all odds and struggles, Syrian women are fighting to get their messages heard.
Amnesty International Society along with the Liverpool University Arab Society, University and College Union and Help the Homeless Society organised on Monday 13 March a seminar about the conflict in Syria as part of the Syria Week event held in Liverpool university.
We were invited to speak at an event on 14 March at the University of Sussex, hosted by the Sussex Friends of Syria, titled 'Media narratives on Syria: Common misconceptions and their implications'. We spoke on a panel alongside Martin Chulov, Middle East Correspondent for The Guardian.
For International Women's Day we held on Sunday 12 March a film screening of Syria's Rebellious Women, a documentary by award winning journalist, Zaina Erhaim.
We attended a Parliamentary event on 13 March co-hosted by CAABU and Human Appeal on their joint work on Syria. The event provided updates on both organisations' work with respect to Syria and highlighted witness accounts from Aleppo. Both Dr. Hamza Alkhatib and Waad Alkhatib spoke at the event to highlight the horrors that Aleppo had experienced. Dr.
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