community/life
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“Women should protect the roles they have assigned for themselves”
Pointing out that women's efforts are ignored due to the patriarchal mentality, the women of Sulaymaniyah called on women to protect their roles in society.
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Displaced women of Afrin react to attacks: We will stay here
Displaced women of Afrin, who face being forcibly displaced again, called on the international community to stop the ongoing Turkish attacks, “We will stay here,” they added.
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Place where communal life built: Cirnika Bicuk
The people of Cirnika Bicuk village, one of the model settlements where communal life is built, are determined not to leave their homes and lands despite all the attacks.
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Women of Afrin: “Turkey jeopardizes our lives and safety”
Women living in the Aqiba village of Afrin Canton’s Sêrawa town say that Turkey jeopardizes their lives and safety by shelling their village.
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Dina Al-Fazani: The Libyan civil society movement has undergone a considerable transformation
Civil society activist Dina Al-Fazani remarked that the civil society movement has made great development.
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Bouchra Chakir: Moroccan women journalists seek justice
Journalist Bouchra Chakir emphasized that women journalists should work together because they have a great role in society since they hold the key to change.
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Maysa Al-Ali: Displaced people require medical care and basic essentials
Maysa Al-Ali, a member of the IDPs' Affairs Committee in the Sere-Kaniye camp, NE Syria, said that as summer approaches, the conditions of displaced people in the camp are deteriorating. “Humanitarian organizations should fulfill their responsibilities.”
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Female traffic officers direct traffic in NE Syria
In northeastern Syria, female traffic officers work hard to direct the traffic and ensure safety. “Women have proven themselves in this field,” said Berivan İsmail, the director of the Cizire Region Traffic Center.
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Kurdish political refugees in Kurdistan Region face risk of being killed
Kurdish political refugees in the Kurdistan Region told us that political refugees are killed by the Turkish intelligence agencies or Turkish-backed groups, “The Kurdish political refugees in the region face the risk of being killed.”
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Khawla Shabeh: The fast deterioration of press freedom is a setback on the path to democracy
Khawla Shabeh: The fast deterioration of press freedom is a setback on the path to democracy
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“AKP policies increases unemployment rate of women”
Hanife Kardaş, co-chair of DİSK Genel-İş Diyarbakır Branch No. 2, states that the AKP's anti-women policies has been increasing the unemployment rate of women.
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Stillbirth rate rises in refugee camps of Idlib
IUFD (Intrauterine Fetal Death) has been increasing in northern Syria's refugee camps due to many reasons, including poor living conditions and a lack of health care services.
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Meet Abeer Rabiei, the founder of the first anti-bullying initiative for obese women
Abeer Rabiei, an Algerian journalist, launched the first initiative to combat bullying of obese women by creating a blog that motivates and psychologically supports them.
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Campaign in Gaza aims to make voices of victims of violence heard by decision-makers
The “There is No Justification for Violence,” campaign launched by the Women's Affairs Center aims to raise the voices of women and girls, who have been victims of violence, and make them heard by decision-makers.
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Yemeni law leaves women released from prison unprotected
Female convicts in Yemen face social and family pressures that hinder them from reintegrating into society following their release.
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“Reda's Smile” association carries out activities to prevent youth suicide in Morocco
The “Reda’s Smile” association in Morocco has launched campaigns to prevent youth suicide.
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Women living in “widows’ camps” in Idlib
There are 46 camps known as “widows’ camps” that supposedly host widow or divorced women. Women living in these camps are subjected to isolation.
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Women launch solidarity initiatives in Cairo
Many initiatives have been recently launched in Cairo by women to support and be in solidarity with each other.
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Amîna El-Şêx Mehmûd takes care of her five children with disabilities alone
Five of seven children of Amîna El-Şêx Mehmûd are disabled. She takes care of her children alone and expects support.
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Euphrates Women's Sewing Workshop becomes women’s success story
While the Euphrates Women's Sewing Workshop provides employment for women, the workshop is a women’s success story of “breaking chains” for women working in the workshop.