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Syrian women tell Brahimi they want role in peace talks

By REUTERS

JANUARY 13, 2014 20:00

GENEVA - Syrian women's groups said on Monday they want international mediator Lakhdar Brahimi to give them a role in peace talks that are expected to begin next week.

They said women should make up at least 30 percent of all negotiating teams in the Geneva 2 talks, due to begin in Switzerland on Jan. 22, on ending the war in Syria.

Their demands include ensuring that any eventual constitution should guarantee equal citizenship to the Syrian people "in all their diversity and affiliations" and guarantee equality of men and women, penalizing all forms of discrimination and violence against women.

Four representatives of the Syrian women's groups will meet Brahimi on Tuesday to talk about how to put the demands into practice, having already consulted him, said Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, executive director of UN Women.

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