Syrian women organize for security, one tent at a time

“The Jasmine Tent will be a series of safe zones for women and girls in Syrian refugee camps and cities throughout the country. These spaces will be accessible to all women, regardless of ethnic, cultural, religious or political background,” writes Rafif Jouejati, a spokesperson for the Local Coordination Committees in Syria.

Resistance takes many forms. It can be a sit-in outside Justice Palace, as happened in Damascus during the early days of the Syrian revolution. It happen in protests, marches, demonstrations, protest songs and graffiti — as we have seen throughout Syria for nearly three years. Civil disobedience was constant in December 2011, when Syrians went on strike, held sick-ins, wore only black or white on per-arranged days, and filled public fountains with red dye to symbolize the staggering violence of the repression that nonviolent resisters faced. At the time, around 30 activists were being killed each day.

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Syrian women organize for security, one tent at a time