community/life

15:20

Women and children are the most affected by wars and conflicts. 3.2 million Syrian children are out of school without any opportunity to access learning and another 1.3 million are at risk of dropping out of school due to the ongoing war in Syria. While Idlib is one of the cities, where more children are deprived of education, the children of Idlib want to go to school.

11:55

Sara Organization is a women’s organization fighting violence against women in the Euphrates Region, NE Syria. Qudret Osman, a member of the organization, spoke to NuJINHA about their projects and work in 2022. “We will hold workshops to provide psychological support to women. We will realize our current projects and develop more projects for women and children,” she told us.

09:15

Girls aged 12-19 joining a Robotics Workshop held in Libya formed a team called “Super Team” to spread the culture of the artificial intelligence culture and develop robot technology in their country.

09:30

The sit-in protest of Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were killed, has entered its 300th day. For 300 days, Emine Şenyaşar has held a sit-in protest demanding justice for her killed relatives in front of the Urfa Courthouse. Emine Şenyaşar was beaten, detained, hospitalized, and faced 12 investigations in 300 days.

10:55

Increasing unilateral divorce rates in Algeria is alarming. Financial problems are the most significant factors that lead to divorce and divorces affect children the most.

11:56

Yazidi Women’s Solidarity Network was officially founded three years ago to help and save Yazidi women and children having being abducted by ISIS. In 2021, the network rescued five people, including four women, who were held captive by ISIS. Feride Şengalli, an executive member of the network, spoke to NuJINHA about their projects for women, children, and nature in 2021 and 2022.

14:30

Zenûbiya Women's Community has carried out many activities, actions, and works such as activating committees and coordination, holding meetings for women, enacting laws prohibiting child marriage, and empowering women’s economy. The community’s spokesperson and executives call on women to come together under the same umbrella.

10:40

The Yazidi Free Women's Movement (TAJÊ) carried out many works for women and children in 2021. “We will carry out more works to prevent child marriage, femicide, and gender-based violence in 2022,” said Sebiha Sebri, Spokesperson of the TAJÊ.

08:58

The Peace Committees of the Zenobia Women’s Community guarantee women's rights while working to find solutions to the problems faced by women and society.

08:53

A conference called “Towards a Successful Kurdish-Arab Dialogue” was held in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. Journalist and Jineologist Necibe Qeredaxi emphasized the importance of women’s unity against patriarchal mentality.

08:45

Sara Women’s Organization, which carried out many actions, events, campaigns, protests, and followed many violence trials to combat gender-based violence in 2021, will open new branches in 2022.

09:00

Remziye Mihemed, Spokesperson of Kongra Star, evaluates their works in 2021 and points out that the successes of women make positive changes in the region.

08:30

Eman Mohamed, a sociologist and a member of the Center for Egyptian Women's Legal Assistance Foundation (CEWLA), says that women cannot tell anyone about the violence, harassment, and rape they experienced due to social pressure, “We provide legal and psychological support to them.”

09:52

Eyhan Yunis secretly learned the Kurdish language with her friends when she was 18 years old due to the oppression of the Baathist regime in Syria. Now, she has hundreds of students and teaches them the Kurdish language. She states that they were just eight people struggling for their mother language but now thousands of people struggle for it.

11:22

People living in the refugee camps of northern Syria suffer from skin diseases due to the lack of health and cleaning services. The diseases are spreading in the camps due to the high prices of medicines and treatments. Dermatologist Safaa Al-Alluş calls on health workers and doctors to support the people in the refugee camps and she demands free medicines for the people.

10:00

Mahsun Saruhan, who was hit by a piece of shrapnel and wounded in his foot, has been denied medical treatment in jail for six years. “Do they wait for people to die?” asked his mother Sulhiye Saruhan, who demands immediate release of all sick prisoners.

11:00

Women, victims of child marriage in the Federal Kurdistan Region, told us their stories and demanded that a law should be enacted to prevent child marriage.

09:26

Maryam Belala, the head of the Centre for Women in Distress, called for providing protection measures, psychological and social support in various sectors to protect women from violence. “We need laws preventing gender-based violence in Algeria,” she said.

08:40

Psychologist Neşmil Resul pointed out that women commit suicide by setting themselves on fire due to the increasing domestic violence in Sulaymaniyah. “I am ready to provide psychological support to women,” she said.

13:15

“Turkey has violated the international conventions by cutting off the water of the Euphrates. We call on the international organizations to fulfill their responsibilities,” said Emine Bekir, a member of the Autonomous Administration in the Euphrates Region.