community/life
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Aso Majidi: Woman breaking gender stereotypes
Aso Majidi has broken gender stereotypes and has ignored criticism by working as a construction worker.
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Displaced Palestinians face disaster in tents set up on beaches
With the arrival of winter, Palestinians who have found shelter on beaches in the Gaza Strip face disaster, such as floods, erosion and sewer overflows containing debris.
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Women in IDPs camps cut their hair due to lack of water
Women living in IDPs camps in the city of Idlib controlled by the Turkish state face many challenges in accessing water; they have cut their hair due to lack of water.
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Maternity Hospital opened in Tabqa provides free health services
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) Women’s Council opened a Maternity Hospital in Tabqa. The hospital, first of its kind in the region, provides free health services to women.
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Displaced woman of Afrin works as blacksmith despite gender stereotypes
Fatima Shamo, a displaced woman from the occupied city of Afrin living in Shahba, has broken gender stereotypes by working as a blacksmith.
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First harvest of ‘Women’s City Garden’: We earn a living by producing
“Women’s City Garden” opened by the Rêya Armûşê (İpekyolu) Municipality held by the DEM Party has yielded its harvest. “We get what we produce,” said Sebiha Yakut, one of the women working in the garden.
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Increase in livestock deaths in war-torn Yemen
The number of livestock deaths in Yemen has increased due to a number of factors, including climate change, armed conflict and water scarcity.
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‘Everything made from soil is created by women’
Werda Îsa, a resident of Til Necma village of Til Temir, earns a living by making and selling tandoor ovens. “Everything made from soil is created by women,” she said.
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‘There is no safe place in Gaza’
Displaced Palestinian women living in schools and shelter centers due to Israeli attacks say they live in fear of being killed at any moment and there is no safe place in Gaza.
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Woman achieves many successes despite losing her vision
Nur Hammadi Ibrahim lost her sight completely because she could not receive treatment when ISIS took control of Mosul in 2014. But she never gave up and has achieved many successes.
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Shahnaz of Gaza: I have no choice but to rely on myself
“I have no choice but to rely on myself to earn a living,” said Shahnaz Manna, struggling to survive by selling water bottles since one of her sons was killed and another was arrested by Israeli forces in Gaza.
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Center for women keeps supporting women in Gaza in the shadow of war
Despite the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, the Center for Women's Legal Research &Counseling and Protection in Gaza strives to protect women from violence, empower them and provide support to them.
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Women of Idlib determined to keep driving despite social pressure
Women of Idlib province controlled by the Turkish state and Turkish-backed Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) are determined to learn how to drive and keep driving despite social pressure.
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Women’s travel group in Sulaymaniyah aims to introduce Kurdistan
Atiya Abdulrahman formed a women’s travel group in Sulaymaniyah to take women out of their homes and introduce them to the nature of Kurdistan.
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Municipality in Til Temir to put projects into practice
10 projects developed by the municipality of Til Temir for 2024 have been approved by the Union of Municipalities of North and East Syria. Digging water wells, building roads and bridges are among the projects.
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Agricultural activities led by women in Raqqa
In Raqqa, women lead agricultural activities by producing, breeding, or increasing agricultural products, managing land and operating farms.
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‘Our real holiday will start when we have humane living conditions’
“Our real holiday will start when we have humane living conditions,” said Nafiseh Shams, an Afghan woman, talking about the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
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Story of war, loss, struggle to survive...
One of the many painful stories that took place after the war that started in Syria in 2011 is the story of Huriye Süleyman, struggling to survive with her 12 children since her husband went missing 10 years ago.
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Child marriage survivor: I am the happiest person
Sofia Wahab, was saved from child marriage by the resistance of her mother and sister-in-law in the city of Baghlan when she was 13, said, “We should not allow them to turn our lives into hell.”
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HPC-JIN members to voluntarily protect agricultural lands until harvest season
HPC-JIN members will voluntarily protect agricultural lands until harvest season against the attacks of the Turkish state and Turkish-backed factions on North and East Syria.