community/life

13:55

Sena Xidir returned to Shengal a year after the ISIS attacks. She appealed to Yazidis, who were forcibly displaced from Shengal, “Return to your homeland, if we unite, we can protect ourselves.”

08:55

A group of human rights activists has launched a social media campaign against femicides after the murder of Shorouk Ahmed Manea in the city Sana’a of Yemen under the name of “honor”. Human Rights Observatory Foundation president Anis El-Shareq demands that the laws in Yemen should be changed and that the perpetrators should receive the heaviest punishment.

16:41

Aisha Mohsen Al-Khaili, the first chairwoman of the Yemeni Women's Union, died in Sheffield, England yesterday. Yemeni feminists and women’s rights activists have been left devastated by her death. “She worked to empower women throughout her life. She was a great fighter,” said Amna Mohsen, co-founder of the union.

16:04

In Deir ez-Zor, more women have taken part in decision-making at all levels since their city was liberated from ISIS. The women of the city have become stronger since the foundation of the Women’s Council.

11:13

Some Tunisian political parties try to abolish the rights and achievements of women gained as a result of their struggle, and to implement the pre-independence practices. Tunisian feminists say the situation is now harder than during the dictatorship period. Hafidha Chekir draws attention to the fact that the laws protecting women are insufficient, “Implementing mechanisms should unite for women’s rights.”

13:25

We need a job to pay for our basic needs such as food, clothing, and a place to live. Women’s centers in Idlib play an important role in creating employment opportunities for women. Women participating in the courses held by these centers can have a profession but have difficulty in finding a job.

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.