community/life

12:44

The Women’s Committee of the Peoples’ Assembly has organized seminars in Deir ez-Zor to raise awareness against child marriage, polygamy and gender-based violence. The committee aims to reach all women in the city.

15:04

The Saturday Mothers have asked for the whereabouts of Düzgün Tekin, who was tortured to death by JİTEM, Gendarmerie Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism, 27 years ago.

10:15

“These beautiful children are those who resist all the brutality of war; they show us that there is still a livable world.”

08:00

Nedima İsal has longed for her village Bêdaw for 30 years. All Nedima İsal wants is to return to her village, where five police stations were built in place of burned houses.

12:53

The eight-year-old conflict in Yemen casts a shadow over education. While children receive education on Yemen’s streets, their families are concerned about the situation of their children.

13:55

The “Ehlen Sisim" center, a child development center opened in Qamishlo, aims to raise a healthy generation. “Both families and children will be more self-confident and will be able to solve their problems without fear,” Xezal Îniz said.

14:33

Eight years have passed since the resistance against ISIS took place in Kobanê. “We will succeed with the spirit of the resistance of Kobanê,” said Semîra Ehmed, who supported the fighters in the battlefield.

10:27

Egyptian feminist activists call on the government to take action against gender-based violence, which become systematic in the country.

08:54

Speaking about the effects of rising drug prices and the health policies on women's health in Turkey, Dr. Irmak Saraç said that violations in the health service pose vital risks especially for women's health.

13:45

“Shiler Rasouli has been seen as a hero for jumping off the building’s second floor to protect herself from sexual assault. Shiler is not a hero but a victim. Every member of society is responsible for her death. We must admit our shame.”

11:48

Growing corn with her labor, İlhan Ebd-El Semed said, “I want every woman to be involved in agriculture because women improve the soil fertility with their labor and production.”

08:22

Reacting to the ongoing Turkish attacks on the Kurdistan Region, the women of Sulaymaniyah called on the Kurdistan Regional Government to break its silence against the attacks.

11:52

“The state’s policy has never changed”, said the relatives of disappeared people reacting to the delivery of Hakan Arslan’s bones in a sack to his father.

09:55

Women’s organizations work at full-stream to deal with women’s issues in Upper Egypt; however their role in ensuring gender equality is limited due to challenges faced by them.

13:20

Despite their advancing ages, displaced women living under difficult conditions in camps have learned how to read and write.

10:46

Women living in the Euphrates Region spoke to NuJINHA about the 1st September World Peace Day and drew attention to the silence of the countries observing the day although their region is under occupation.

09:36

Breast cancer patient Rola El-Saîd and colon cancer patient Emîra El-Osman tried to go to the region controlled by the regime forces to receive treatment. However, Hayat Tahris al-Sham members prevented them from entering the region

11:48

Figures show that gender-based violence has been increasing in Tunisia. Tunisian lawyer and feminist activist Monia Ben Guirat calls on women to report violence faced by them to break the barrier of fear.

09:39

The villagers, who have returned to their villages in Dersim after being forcibly displaced in the 90s, have developed a project entitled, “Back to the Village" in order to stop migration from the city and encourage people to return to their villages.

15:30

Drawing attention to the polygamy in the Kurdistan Region, Rasan Organization Director Tanya Darwish says that men pave the way for polygamy by using women's health problems as an excuse. “Activities should be carried out to raise awareness about women’s