community/life

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.

12:54

Newroz 21 Organization provides opportunities for women and works for orphans and refugee children in Iraq.

15:40

Hana Association has carried out many works to support Lebanese, Palestinian and Syrian women as well as children, to empower them and to raise awareness.

13:51

Children and women living in the Idlib city of NE Syria build their lives amid trashes and conflicts. “We spend our lives by picking up wastes left by the war. We know that the garbage wall built between us and the world will never be removed,” said the children who never go to school due to civil war, have no future.

14:37

The Women’s Voice Foundation for Investment in Algeria announced that it will hold its first virtual international conference in October via Zoom with the motto, “Women and Men Amid Conflicts and Peace Process” with the participation of several Arab and regional countries. Many experts, researchers, and academics from Arab countries and other countries will attend the two-day conference. The discussions to be conducted on a sociological and scientific basis by using tangible data aim to shed light on the future.

15:31

Women's organizations in Southern Kurdistan criticize themselves to not act together, “We should act with our women identity not the identity of our parties. As women, we should raise our voices together.”

14:36

Many Tunisian women don’t want to get married, according to surveys conducted in Tunisia. The declining marriage rate causes discussion in the country.

09:47

Number of women, who learn how to drive a car, have increasing Benghazi. Taxi driver Mona El-Kabyly is also a driving instructor. She teaches women how to drive a car and encourage them to be a taxi driver.

15:23

Women’s organizations have carried out works in many cities of Iraq to empower women. Anbar Women’s Association is one of these women’s organizations. The project of the association has reportedly decreased the effects of the tribal mechanism in the Anbar province of Iraq by 70%.

10:40

In Idlib, the temperature is mostly over 40 degrees in summer. The citizens living in the city have trouble finding water these days. Women and children living in the refugee camps have to struggle with diseases due to lack of water.

09:36

Students of the Communication Department at Benghazi University do projects for digital platforms. The students focus on women’s issues in the country even if they face many difficulties in getting information.

15:35

Kongreya Star Coordination member and spokesperson Mizgin Xelil called on Afghan women to form their own forces. “They can take the resistance of women in NE Syria as a model,” she said.

14:22

Women living in the Til Temir town of Hesekê indicated that the aim of the attacks on their region is to break the will and unity of people living within the scope of the democratic nation project, “People should struggle against these attacks.”

11:21

Welîda Botî, a member of the Kongreya Star Coordination, commented on attacks on NE Syria and she said, “These attacks are directly related to political, strategic, and historical issues.”

15:00

Victims of child marriage have gone through tough times in their lives. The stories of them are almost similar. Psychologist Suad Abu Dhalfa indicated that some women sometimes think of killing themselves, and said, “We should raise the awareness of public against child marriage.”

11:44

Many families left Afrin due to the rights violations they faced and they have settled in Shehba. “We did not believe that we would get out of Afrin. We are happy to get out of that unsafe place.”

10:08

RadioJin’s Podcast Training and Production for Women Project began to hold workshops in June with the support of Spaces of Culture (Kültür İçin Alan). The second workshop of the project called, “All phases of digital media production and Gender” will be held in September.