community/life

10:55

In the 1990s, thousands of villages were burned and depopulated in Turkey. Erkent village of Siirt’s Pervari district is one of them. Eight years ago, the village was rebuilt. “When I left the village, I felt great pain. This pain will always be in my heart. I wonder if the state will one day come and force us to leave our village again. Will we face the atrocities we faced in 1993? We always ask ourselves these questions,” says Vesile Bağrıyanık, who lives in the village now.

12:50

Young women joining the Jineology Camp held in Shehba discussed many subjects such as ecology, sociology, culture and art while learning how they can strengthen their bond in nature. During their free time, they planted flowers and sang songs.

11:38

Deaf and dumb Binayi Muhteşem, who studied painting at university, sews dresses. “People ask my daughter to sew dresses for them,” says the mother of Binayi, who attacks attention with her talent.

09:33

Jineology Research Center develops an educational leaflet to prevent suicides.

14:34

The economic crisis in Lebanon affects women the most as in the countries of the Middle East. Lebanese women have been affected by both economic crises and challenges so some of them have suffered from both mental and physical health. Special educator Samar Sahyoun advises women to do exercise, eat healthy foods, spend time with positive people and read the portraits of successful people.

09:30

Menfia Çelik, who was forcibly displaced when her village was burned down after her father was killed in the 90s, remembers what happened as if it happened only yesterday. “The state took her father, memories, and childhood from me,” said Menfia, who visits her burned-down village once a year.

14:30

Women of Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ayn), who say their lives have turned into hell since the attacks launched on October 9, 2019, have been subjected to verbal and physical abuse in the streets every day.

16:00

11 Tunisian women marched days to meet Tunisian President Kais Saied to demand him ensure job opportunities for unemployed people. However, the president refused to meet them. Tunisian women from different social groups criticize the president to not meet 11 women. “Their march reveals the situation of unemployed women and youth. Most of them demanded jobs for their children.”

11:56

Daye Gevre Sileman returned to Shengal after spending seven years in refugee camps of the Federal Kurdistan Region. “I have nowhere to go except Shengal, and no one except you,” she told the members of the Peoples’ Assembly.

13:47

More women are interested in driving in the Federal Kurdistan Region. Women drivers, who are subjected to gendered words by male drivers, respond to such incidents by driving better than men.

11:05

Abyan has been a battlefield for years. Women and children are the majority of victims of the ongoing conflicts in the governorate. Anda Al-Salahi told us that the Abyan governorate is rich enough and they only need peace and security.

15:32

People living in Idlib, especially in refugee camps have suffered from many diseases mostly caused by the rotavirus enteritis or eating disorders due to poor nutrition and hygiene. The inadequate number of health centers and doctors and the high prices of medicines cause diseases to spread faster.

08:30

In the last 20 years, the rate of femicides has increased in Turkey due to the policies of impunity. After Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, protecting women against violence, femicides are at an alarming rate in the country. We interviewed women in the streets of Amed about the increasing rate of femicides and asked them if “they feel safe in Turkey”. The women of Amed criticized the ruling party’s policies about women. “We don’t feel safe in Turkey,” answered all women we interviewed.

13:36

Arzo Temo, director of the Law Department of the Sara Women’s Organization founded in NE Syria to prevent violence against women and girls, shared the rates of harassment, rape, massacre, violence, torture in NE Syria. She announced that they decided to hold protests every week because statements are no longer sufficient to prevent violence against women.

12:54

Newroz 21 Organization provides opportunities for women and works for orphans and refugee children in Iraq.

15:40

Hana Association has carried out many works to support Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian women as well as children, to empower them and to raise awareness.

13:51

Children and women living in the Idlib city of NE Syria build their lives amid trashes and conflicts. “We spend our lives by picking up wastes left by the war. We know that the garbage wall built between us and the world will never be removed,” said the children who never go to school due to civil war, have no future.

14:37

The Women’s Voice Foundation for Investment in Algeria announced that it will hold its first virtual international conference in October via Zoom with the motto, “Women and Men Amid Conflicts and Peace Process” with the participation of several Arab and regional countries. Many experts, researchers, and academics from Arab countries and other countries will attend the two-day conference. The discussions to be conducted on a sociological and scientific basis by using tangible data aim to shed light on the future.

15:31

Women's organizations in Southern Kurdistan criticize themselves to not act together, “We should act with our women identity not the identity of our parties. As women, we should raise our voices together.”

14:36

Many Tunisian women don’t want to get married, according to surveys conducted in Tunisia. The declining marriage rate causes discussion in the country.