""First of all, quotas are so important," she said in conversation with Hala Gorani, a contributing correspondent at NBC News. "If you don't have quotas, women always will be excluded. So we need to put quotas in from the beginning." She estimated that her industry is 70% female, and most of her new appointees are women, not because of their gender but because they're highly qualified."
""I think we have the will, and we want to have more women," she said, adding that it's "lonely" and "not fair" that the Syrian parliament has only six women. "Am I upset? Very. Am I angry? Very. But are we going to do something about it? Yes," she argued, noting that President Ahmed Al-Shara has promised to bring more women into his new government."
Hind Kabawat, Syria's minister of social and labor affairs and the only woman in the cabinet, advocates instituting gender quotas to ensure women are included in governance. She emphasizes that without quotas women will be excluded and that quotas should be established from the start. Kabawat notes that her sector is about 70% female and that many appointees are women due to qualifications. She describes the current parliament as having only six women and calls the situation lonely and unfair. President Ahmed Al-Shara acknowledges election shortcomings, used an electoral college for most seats, and has pledged to appoint more women and include minorities.
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