community/life
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Disappeared people of Yemen: “I have waited for my husband for 5 years”
Arwa Fadıl Muhammed Salih was a classical housewife before her husband went missing five years ago. She is now a human rights and an active member of an association for disappeared people. Arwa has looked for her husband and 744 Yemeni citizens who have disappeared in Yemen.
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Êzidî educating themselves to break social norms
Êzidî women have learned their history. “Our horizon has expanded and we have started to know other worlds as we learn our history,” they said.
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Êzidî women rebuild life after returning to their holy land
Êzidî women, who were forcibly displaced from Shengal by ISIS, have returned to their holy land. “We will never again leave our land” said Êzidî women, who have rebuilt their lives.
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“Role Model in Education” campaign launched in Beirut led by Maria Samaan
Maria Samaan has launched the “Role Model in Education” campaign in Beirut with the dream of a world without violence against women and children. She told us that they have already formed a psychological counseling network and distributed booklets in some regions of the country within the scope of the campaign. Maria Samaan called on families and said, “Let’s raise a nonviolent generation.”
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Women driven to suicide in Idlib
The suicide rate among women in Idlib city of Syria has increased. Women don’t kill themselves but they have been driven to suicide, said Nûr El-Xatîb, a sociologist working for social service, “There is no mechanism that can protect and defend women in Idlib. Yes, the female suicide rate is increasing.”
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Divorce rate in Northern Syria increasing
The divorce rate in Northern Syria is increasing day by day. The reason for the increase is shown as the endless civil war in the country. Women have tried to escape from domestic violence while there is no mechanism to protect them.
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“There is no place left we can go to find a piece of his bones or his clothes”
After receiving threats from Hezbollah, Recep Diker was disappeared in the center of Diyarbakır province and no news has been received from him since then. Leyla Diker, the wife of Recep Diker, told us that she went to everywhere in hope of finding at least a gravestone and that she and her children have been still waiting for receiving news from him.
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“Nothing is impossible” says graphics designer Selwa El-Xitabi with physical disability
Moroccan Selwa El-Xitabi has left her mark on the graphic and design field in a short time despite her young age, physical disability and being deprived of all educational opportunities. Salwa, who has received many awards, certificates and honorary doctorates, said, “Nothing is impossible”.
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Refugee women in al-Hol Camp: We want to live in safe
We witnessed that ISIS members living in the camp carried out massacres against the people, said the refugee women living in the al-Hol Camp. On March 28, an operation was launched against ISIS members in the camp and many ISIS members were arrested. We want to live in safe, said the women.
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Prisoners subjected to torture in Diyarbakır
Mevlüde Meral applied to Human Rights Association (IHD) and said the prisoners held in Diyabakır No.1 High-Security Prison were subjected to torture and ill-treatment.
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“These mountains belong to us, we will not give them to anyone,” says Dayê Rewşê, who faces 6 edicts in her life
Dayê Rewşê is 111 years old and she has faced six edicts in her life, “This edict (The last edict against Êzidîs by Daesh) was very hard, it was not like the previous ones,” says Dayê Rewşê, who has spent her life on mountains of Shengal. Even if she says, “The pain made me sick,” she adds, “They want to take Shengal and our mountains from us. These mountains belong to Êzidîs, the Êzidîs will not give their mountains to anyone.”
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Temara Hedad: Domestic violence increases
The domestic violence has increased due to lockdowns imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic, said social activist Temara Hedad.