NPA, Alm.del - 2019-20 - Bilag 5: Invitation til møde med præsidenten fra Syrian Democratic Council

Dansk Interparlamentarisk Gruppes bestyrelse 2019-20, Det Udenrigspolitiske Nævn 2019-20, Retsudvalget 2019-20, Forsvarsudvalget 2019-20, Udenrigsudvalget 2019-20, Udlændinge- og Integrationsudvalget 2019-20, Europaudvalget 2019-20, OSCEs Parlamentariske Forsamling 2019-20, Europarådet 2019-20, NATO's Parlamentariske Forsamling 2019-20
IPU Alm.del Bilag 1, UPN Alm.del Bilag 45, REU Alm.del Bilag 103, FOU Alm.del Bilag 32, URU Alm.del Bilag 58, UUI Alm.del Bilag 22, EUU Alm.del Bilag 184, OSCE Alm.del Bilag 5, ERD Alm.del Bilag 1, NPA Alm.del Bilag 5
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ILHAM AHMED,

Executive President, Syrian Democratic Council

ILHAM AHMED was born in the Kurdish city of Afrin in Rojava,

Syria. Ahmed has been part of the Kurdish struggle for freedom and

democracy since the 1990’s, with a particular focus on women’s

rights. She is

an active member of the Syrian Women’s Initiative for

Peace and Democracy (SWIPD), a network of civil society

organizations from inside and outside of Syria. Ahmed currently

serves as Executive President of the Syrian Democratic Council

(SDC), a coalition of multiethnic organizations representing the

peoples of the federal region of northern Syria. Ahmed is the most

recognizable and central figure for the regional authority of the most

stable, peaceful region of Syria. The SDC is the political arm of the

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which has been allied with the

United States Armed Forces in the struggle against ISIS and global

terrorism. Ahmed has appeared on many TV news programs, in

publications such as

The Washington Post

and

Foreign Policy

Magazine,

and has authored op-eds in

The New York Times

and

other publications.