MSDMore than 50 young Syrian women and men from various regions of Aleppo gathered today, on Thursday, in Al-Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, to discuss the role of youth in the democratic transition in Syria, during a symposium called for by the Syrian Democratic Youth Council.
During the symposium, many issues were discussed in which they related to the Syrian youth, including the national identity of the Syrian youth, the influences of external and local actors in the Syrian arena on the youth, the obstacles facing the Syrian people, especially the youth, and the steps of democratic transition in Syria.
The Chairman of Relations Bureau of the Syrian Democratic Youth Council, Nasser Nassero, spoke during the symposium about the role of the Syrian Democratic Youth Council in leading youth and representing the aspirations of youth groups to reach a radical resolution for all outstanding issues and ensure that the Syrian people of all sects reach safety.
Nassero touched on the marginalization of the Syrian youth during the past decades, and the impact of the war on the youth by several parties, including the Turkish and Syrian government and international and local organizations, stressing the need to unite all Syrian powers, including the youth, to reach the desired change.
For her part, Sherin Daoud, a member of the Aleppo Cultural Forum, spoke about the obstacles facing Syrian youth, the most important of which are unemployment and deliberate political exclusion.
Sherin urged the youth to work in order to confront the manifestations that target the society and the youth especially many parties that work and seek to dismantle the Syrian society.
While a member of the Syrian Women’s Council, Riham Muhammad, touched on the need for youth participation in the political process and the drafting of a new Syrian constitution that guarantees the rights of Syrian youth and activates their true role in society.
The spokesman for the Youth Bureau of the Syrian National Democratic Alliance Party, Hayder Ahmed, stressed the consolidation of the constants of democratic and pluralistic thought in educational curricula and in all aspects of social and political life.
The spokeswoman of the Women’s Science Research Center, Rojian Hussein, called for work to open developmental and educational workshops aimed at defining and developing the personality and knowledge structures of young people, building their capabilities and developing them in preparation for the important role that young people will play in the future of the country.
At the end of the meeting, the youth participants unanimously agreed on the need to work on convening a comprehensive Syrian national conference for Syrian youth, whose aim is to form a national and international public opinion that leads to the consolidation of the democratic resolution and the adoption of radical principles for the resolution, starting from a fair democratic social contract to setting a constitution and practical programs for applying politics to achieve democratic transition.
The participants called for intensifying youth meetings inside and outside Syria within the framework of unifying efforts to support youth issues, women’s issues, and society.
It is worth mentioning that this symposium is the first of a series of symposia that the Syrian Democratic Youth Council will hold in various Syrian regions.
