Feature: Syrian female refugees call for dignity on Women's Day

Syrian women refugees in Lebanon on Tuesday called for an end to the war in their country so that they could celebrate the Women's Day home in dignity and forget the haunting misery.

Leila aboul-Foutouh, displaced from the devastated city of Aleppo, was busy knitting a wool sweater for her two-year-old daughter, when she expressed her helplessness.

"These shabby tents cannot protect us from cold nor hot weather," she said angrily, "our houses were destroyed, our husbands were killed and we have no way to survive this humiliation caused by the war."

She asked the world to show mercy on the displaced women on the occasion of this day, and help them regain some of their robbed rights.

"What is the meaning of this day to a woman who lost her son and now lives under a dark tent, with the only concern to have milk and food for her starving children?" Leila Hmeidan from Idlib questioned with similar anger.

She thought the world was celebrating the International Woman's Day but left the Syrian women alone struggling to secure their lives, worrying about their future and the possibility to return home.

"Who cares about us anyway? Such day is only celebrated in luxury salons, not among the women like us, and it only enhances our hatred of the International Community," mocked by another displaced woman Shadia abou-Mansour.

Displaced from the Damascus neighborhoods, Saada al-Soussi was astonished when seeing on TV the lavish ceremonies given on the occasion, while she was barely surviving and securing her children's daily food.

According to the United Nations Higher Commission for Refugees, Lebanon hosts more than 1.1 million Syrians who fled their war-torn country since the uprising against President Bashar Assad in March 2011.

The refugees are living in severe harsh conditions, which become even worse due to the decreasing international aids. Endit