Hind Kabawat, Syrian Minister: It is hard to be the only woman, I feel lonely
'It's hard to be the only woman, I feel lonely sometimes because I’d like to have another woman colleague to talk to.’
The BBC’s Chief international correspondent, Lyse Doucet speaks to Hind Kabawat, Syria’s Minister for Social Affairs and Labour. and the only female minister in the transitional government.
She was born in India and grew up across the Middle East and Europe. Her life has been shaped by movement, exile and conflict. She studied economics in Damascus, law in Beirut, and later continued her education in the United States.
During Syria’s war, she worked abroad on diplomacy and…
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