Syria's only female minister: 'I'm not here for window dressing' | BBC News

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"On the first day, I asked 'why are there no more women?'," Hind Kabawat told the BBC's Lyse Doucet. Kabawat is Syria's minister for social affairs and labour - the only female minister in the transitional government tasked with navigating the country's jagged road from war to peace. Sectarian violence, which has killed thousands of people, has marred its first months in power and many of Syria's minority communities have blamed government forces. Once an opposition leader in exile, Kabawat

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