6 yıl önce

Women's 'Conscience Convoy' heads to Turkey-Syria border

Thousands of women from all over the world joined the three-day journey from Istanbul to the Turkey-Syria border to raise awareness about the suffering of women imprisoned by the Syrian regime.

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The women in the convoy are trying to awareness about the suffering of women detained by the Syrian regime.

Today is International Women's Day but in Syria, women have been the silent victims of the ongoing eight-year war.

An all-female international convoy started a three-day journey across Turkey from Istanbul to raise awareness about the suffering of women imprisoned by the Syrian regime.

It's due to arrive in the southern province of Hatay on Thursday.

TRT World's Shamim Chowdhury met some of the participants, as they started their trip.