Women and religious minorities were underrepresented on Monday in Syria’s first elected parliament since Bashar al-Assad’s ouster. Electoral commission spokesperson Nawar Najmeh said only four percent of members of the new transitional assembly are women and just two are Christians, calling it a “weak” representation given the country’s demographics. via France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines https://ift.tt/kBq1oLK
