community/life
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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.
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Jordanian journalist Dama Al-Kurdi’s new book: “The woman who beat cancer”
Journalist Dama Al-Kurdi, who struggles to improve the working conditions of women journalists in Jordan, has published a book titled, “The Woman Who beat Cancer”.
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Feminization of poverty in Egypt
Speaking about the “feminization of poverty” phenomenon in Egypt, lawyer Mona Salem calls on the government to carry out awareness-raising activities for women, and victims of child marriage.
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Migration story from Deir ez-Zor to Tall Tamr: It's safer here
Zabila Esed and Şemsa Salih, who migrated from Deir ez-Zor to Tall Tamr, say their village is not safe, even if they have to stay in tents, Tall Tamr is safer for them.
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Green Sondos Cultural Forum founded in Jordan for women and children
Faten Al-Ghazwa founded Green Sondos Cultural Forum to support women and children in Jordan. She calls on the relevant authorities to fulfill their responsibilities.
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Displaced women in Manbij: We go to bed hungry
Women living in the refugee camps in Manbij have to take care of their children and other family members. They say they often go to bed hungry due to price hikes.
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Hêza Hawar: Contact us for your safety
Hêza Hawar, security forces in northeastern Syria, aims to protect the citizens in the region. The members of the Hêza Hawar ask citizens to contact them when they face extraordinary and emergency situations.
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People in Hasakah canton break their fast under artillery fires
Women living in the Zirgan (Abu Rasin) town of the Hasakah canton struggle to survive under the Turkish attacks. They have to break their fast under artillery fires.
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Women struggle to live against poverty in Idlib’s refugee camps
Women living in the refugee camps located in Idlib face difficulties in accessing their fundamental needs such as food, health services, electricity, and water. They expect help.
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Living away from her village for 28 years: All I want is to return to my village
Nefise Bayram and her family had to leave their village in 1994 after their house was burned down. “My only regret is having left my village. My memories and my childhood are there,” she says.
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“Masculinity generates war”
Every war brings plunder, corruption, destruction, and exploitation with it. Rana Soleimani believes that as long as there is no gender equality, the world will suffer from more exploitation, gender-based violence, honor killings, and wars.
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“Women’s support centers should be opened in Egypt”
Najwa Ramadan, Executive Director of the Edraak Foundation for Development and Equality, stated that women are subjected to all forms of violence and added...
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Wedha Eli: I don’t want to give birth in the middle of the war
Wedha Eli has three children and is eight months pregnant woman, who had to leave all her memories under her destroyed house due to the war. “I don’t want to give birth in the middle of the war,” she says.
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Women provide free meals to orphans, poor families
Metbexa El-Firdews (El-Firdews’s Kitchen), a charity organization, has provided free meals to orphans and poor families since its foundation. The organization distributes free meals to anyone in need during Ramadan.
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Call from Zehra Semo against war crimes faced by women
Stating that serious crimes have been committed against women living in the areas under the control of Turkey and its paramilitary groups, Zehra Semo calls on the international community to break their silence against these crimes.
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“We work to empower Palestinian women in all areas”
“Our aim is to empower women economically, politically, socially, and psychologically,” Haneen Ahmed Alsammak, CEO of the Zeina Cooperative Association for Handicraft (ZAC), said that the cooperative culture should spread.
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Faryal al-Kofhi to publish cookbook containing 250 traditional Jordanian food recipes
Faryal al-Kofhi, a famous chef in Jordan, is going to publish a cookbook containing 250 traditional Jordanian food recipes.
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“Disabled women and girls are ignored”
There are more than 35,000 people with disabilities in the Gaza Strip and about 25,000 of them are women and girls.
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Survivor of Anfal Genocide: Piroz Kerim Salih
Piroz Kerim Salih, who lost her three children and survived the Anfal genocide against the Kurds in the Germian region, says her pain is still fresh although 33 years have passed.
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7 members of family of 9 killed in Anfal genocide
The Ba'athist regime killed seven members of a family of nine in the Anfal genocide that was committed against the Kurds in Iraq between 1986 and 1989. Only Omer and Renkin survived the genocide.