community/life
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Women of Hakkari: We want to live free in our villages
Many highlands of Hakkari are prohibited for civilians due to the “Special Security Zone” declared in many areas of the city. Women, who have been prohibited to enter highlands for 20 years, say they want to live free in the lands of their ancestors.
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Kongra Star organizes course for men to change patriarchal mentality
Afrin Region Kongra Star organized a course for men in order to change the patriarchal mentality.
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Journey from France to Rojava
Dersîm Mizgîn was born and grew up in France but she went to Rojava to learn more about the revolution. Now, she is a member of the YPJ and defends North and East Syria.
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“Safe Spaces for Women” project started for women in Gaza
The Culture and Free Thought Association has started a project called, “Safe Spaces for Women” to protect and empower women and girls and encourage their social participation.
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She returns to her burned village as shepherd after years
Mensucat Öztürk rebuilt her house in her village, which was burned in 1993, but she cannot stay in her house in winter due to the lack of electricity and water. She earns a living by working as a shepherd on the highlands of Mount Andok.
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She collects straws for her animals despite burning sun
Asiya El-Semak collects straws for her animals despite the burning sun due to high hay prices.
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“Being disabled does not prevent having a job”
Xensa Mecid Heme Murad lost one of her legs when she was four years old but she never gives up struggling and she now works in a flower garden in Halabja.
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Nigar Raşid: The Kurdistan Region has no system protecting women
Speaking about the increase in femicide cases and suspicious women's deaths in the Kurdistan Region, Nigar Raşid criticized the lack of women’s shelters and said that the Kurdistan Region has no system protecting women.
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She turns her tent into school for children
25-year-old Reşa El Burhan has turned her tent into a school for children living in the Atma refugee camp located in Idlib. The children learn how to write and read in this tent.
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Women of Gozeliyê village: “The international community should take action to stop Turkish attacks”
Helîma Ewad, one of the women living in Tall Tamr’s Gozeliyê village, reacted to the ongoing Turkish attacks on their village and called on the international community to take action in order to stop the attacks.
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“Women should unite against Turkish attacks”
“Women should unite against Turkish attacks on Manbij,” said Asya Îsmaîl, one of the women playing an important role in the Rojava Revolution.
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Both spouses and comrades: Rîm and Xebat dream of a world without war
Rîm Cewher is a member of the Asayish forces while her husband is a member of the SDF. Emphasizing that they are both spouses and comrades, Rîm Cewher and Xebat Zirganê dream of a world without war for children.
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Displaced people in Idlib cannot access to medicine
Displaced people living in Idlib face many health problems because they cannot access medicine due to economic barriers and they try to get free medicine from health centers.
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Egypt's 100-year-old struggle to end FGM
For over a century, Egypt has been struggling against female genital mutilation (FGM, a crime causing psychological, cultural, and social ramifications.
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Women establishing initiative against occupation to document war crimes
Speaking about the activities of the “Initiative of Women for the Defense of Kurdistan against Occupation”, Pencewîn Elî told us that they will document the war crimes committed by Turkey and send them to the relevant parties.
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New education program for Yazidi women
The Martyr Binevş Agal Academy affiliated to the Yazidi Free Women's Movement (TAJÊ) has started a new education program called, “Martyr Faraşîn” for Yazidi women.
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“As the wind blows, I smell that reminds me of my village”
“As the wind blows, I smell that reminds me of my village,” displaced woman Xilûd Elî said while talking about her longing for her homeland and called for the end of Turkish attacks.
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Campaign launched in Morocco to combat cyberbullying
The “Reda's Smile” Association has launched the “Click and Protect” to raise awareness of the impact of online bullying on social media users and highlight the tools that Instagram provides to the community to combat bullying.
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Effects of cluster bombs used in Tall Tamr by Turkey
The Turkish state has breached the ceasefire agreement signed by Turkey, Russia and the US on October 17 and 22, 2019, in the Serêkaniyê (Ras al-Ain) and Girê Spî (Tell Abyad), NE Syria.
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Landmines left by ISIS continue to hurt people
ISIS has lost its influence in northeastern Syria, but the landmines left it continues to hurt people. Zeyin El-Şam El-Mohammed has lost her eyes and one of her arms in a landmine explosion.