community/life

13:05

Kejal Abdulkadir, one of the founders of the project named, “Women are life, don't kill life”, pointed out that the number of femicide cases increases in the Federal Kurdistan Region every day. “The policy of impunity encourages men,” she said.

10:48

Palestinian Ministry of Women’s Affairs launched the Digital Heritage Hackathon 2022 under the slogan “Innovation for Women” in the Gaza Strip on February 27 as part of the Palestinian women entrepreneurs’ projects. Palestinian women will be able to display their products of Palestinian heritage on a website.

13:10

In Idlib, many families force their daughters into marriage before 18 to reduce their economic burden. Victims of child marriage in Idlib told us their stories.

14:26

Tunisian women play an active role in all areas of life, including political, social, intellectual areas, and the area of struggle. They also play an active role in the scientific research area.

12:00

Women living in the areas under the control of Turkey cannot celebrate International Women’s Day, March 8. Heyfa Hesen, executive of the Syrian Women's Council, draws attention to that women's will is tried to be broken by rights violations and calls on the international organizations to not remain silent against rights violations against women.

15:32

Farah Social Foundation is a non-governmental and nonprofit organization fighting gender-based violence. The foundation has launched many campaigns to support women. The foundation also conducts surveys on gender-based violence and provided support to more than 30 health centers.

10:00

Women's needs are many and various, but healthcare is at the top of their list and its scarcity is women's greatest concern. The World Health Organization (WHO) has a constitution that supports women experiencing big crises, particularly during the recovery process from the coronavirus, which has cast a long shadow on all over the world for about three years. We spoke to Hala Saqr, Head of Violence, Injury, and Disability Affairs in the WHO Regional Office in the Eastern Mediterranean. She took part in a lecture titled “The Impact of Crisis and Disasters on Women and Girls in the Arab World" at the book fair held by the Arab Women's Organization.

14:00

Hediya Şemo, a coordination member of the Yazidi Women's Union, spoke about rights violations faced by Yazidis living in Serêkaniyê. “The history repeats itself,” she said that those who commit crimes should be punished by an international tribunal.

12:00

Hind Al-Shalakany, head of the Studies, Publication and Media Unit at the Organization Arab Women, gave information about their research work. Stating that they have worked with women against increasing gender-based violence during the Covid-19 pandemic, she said, “Although our research work is still at the initial stage, we have worked on documenting comprehensive data. We hope that the data of our research can be used for determining a strategy or enacting law at the regional level.”

15:22

Lawyer Beşira İsmail, a member of the Social Coalition Committee of NE Syria, stated that the committee is the committee of all peoples in the region. “The solution to the Syrian crisis is possible with social solidarity,” she said.

14:30

Thousands of children, who were born as a result of rape of ISIS members, have lived without an ID card. A campaign called “My name is my mother’s name” has been launched in Iraq to demand a new law giving these children ID cards be enacted.

09:45

People living in the refugee camps of Idlib cannot even buy bread due to the high prices of bread. A team of volunteers has launched a campaign In order to find a solution to this problem. They meet the bread needs of the people free of charge. Sarah El-Sawaf stated that they have provided aid to 700 families so far and that they had difficulties due to the lack of support.

12:30

15 of 60 young people who participated in the “Virtual Young Changemakers” project, developed to help young people find jobs and put their ideas into practice, have become the winner of the project/program.

12:30

Tunisian Minister Family, Women, Children and the Elderly, Amal Belhaj Moussa has announced that the “Al Amen” center, which activities were stopped, will be reopened for women victims of violence in Tunis, the capital and largest city of Tunisia. Tunisian women welcome the decision.

09:42

Pencewîn district of Sulaymaniyah is one of is the places in Iraq where most landmines are placed. Many people have been killed or disabled by landmines in the district. There is a landmine victim in almost every family in the district.

11:18

Every year, thousands of people are killed or become disabled due to landmines. The landmines still pose a threat to the lives of civilians in the border areas of the Federal Kurdistan Region. Even though the region has been cleared of landmines, they are replaced with new ones.

08:54

In Egypt, many actions and events, including a workshop, were held as part of the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, February 6. Egyptian women demand deterrent punishments be given to those who perform this practice despite the ban. They will continue to carry out activities to eliminate FGM.

10:15

Despite the pandemic, a women's alliance was formed at the 2nd Middle East and North Africa Women's Conference held in Beirut in the past months. While each member of the alliance represents their country, Bushra Ali, the president of the JÎN Women Association, said, “We have prepared the strategic plan of the alliance and we will announce it soon. Now we are working on the details of this strategic plan; its goals for 2022. We will announce everything in this month.”

09:43

Speaking about the attacks of ISIS on Hesekê, women of Shehba said, “The Turkish state wants to revive ISIS, but we will not allow this to happen. Women will continue to resist attacks.”

10:42

People of the Bab El-Xer village have been building air raid shelters to protect themselves from Turkey’s airstrikes. “We will not leave our village. Either a free life or honorable death,” Nura Şexmus Ehmed, one of the villagers, says.