community/life
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Genocide against Êzidîs: “I felt like I grew up in a day”
ISIS attacked Shengal on August 3, 2014, and atrociously killed children, elders, women, and men in front of everyone. ISIS abducted thousands of women and children and sold them in slave markets. Sibalı Fexriye Kemal was just 12 years old when ISIS attacked Êzidîs. She remembers everything as if it happened only yesterday; running people, fired bullets, killed people, hunger, thirst, extreme heat… “Yes, Daesh took my childhood, my friends, and most importantly my mother from me. Daesh left genocide in my memory that I will never forget through all my life. Êzidî children and all children in the world should live freely from now on. Don’t take childhood from the children…”
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"Women’s organizations have a great responsibility to reveal suspicious deaths of women"
Rosa Women’s Association member drew attention to suspicious deaths of women disguised as “suicide”, “The judiciary system has a great responsibility to reveal suspicious deaths of women; however, the courts rule these deaths as “suicide” and close these cases. The system stands with men, not with women.”
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Women to meet leaders of tribes to stop femicides
Women continue to work to stop increasing femicides in Hasekê. Members of the Kongreye Star Coordination in Hasekê will meet the leaders of the tribes and communities to end femicides in the city.
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Victims of robbery, plunder in Idlib: Women
War itself is plunder. It brings its plundering culture into the territory where it takes place. While looting and plundering crimes increase in the Syrian city of Idlib, the biggest victims are women; their houses are raided, their workplaces are plundered, and some of them are kidnapped, robbed, and killed. The perpetrators of these crimes haven’t been arrested yet.
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Êzidî women call on all countries to recognize Êzidî genocide
Women of Shengal call on all countries to recognize the genocide against Êzidîs so that what Êzidî people faced seven years ago will not be forgotten. Êzidî Women's Freedom Movement (Tevgera Azadiya Jinên Êzidî /TAJÊ) members welcome the recognition of the Êzidî genocide by Belgium parliament and Dutch parliament.
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“I can't forget what we faced until I die,” says Êzidî Dayê Esmer
“I can't forget what we faced until I die. Everything was so painful... I cannot forget! How can I forget what happened especially in Siba?” said Dayê (Mother) Esmer, who remembers everything happened in Shengal when ISIS attacked it seven years ago as if it happened only yesterday.
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TitulaARTS project heals wounds of refugee women, children
TitulaARTS project initiated in cooperation with the Mesopotamia Migration Monitoring and Research Association and the Association of Middle East Cinema Academy has held workshops for refugee women and children. Felek Fidan, the assistant of the project, stated that their aim is to heal the great marks left by the war on women with the workshops.
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Women to take to streets to protest murder of İda El Seido
A 13-year-old girl named İda El Seido was stoned to death by her family male members in Hasekê (Al-Hasakah) city of NE Syria. Women have protested the brutal killing of the girl for days and demanded the killers of the girl be punished in the most severe way. Today the women living in the cities of NE Syria will take to the streets again to protest the murder of İda El Seido
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Women of Hasekê honor memory of Deniz Poyraz with their academic works
Not years ago… Deniz Poyraz’s mother said, “One Deniz is gone but thousands like her will be born” after her daughter was killed in the attack on the HDP office in Izmir on June 17. The women, who hear the voice of Deniz Poyraz’s mother, honor the memory of Deniz Poyraz by naming their academy after her.
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Women’s organizations condemn assault on female MP in parliament
Tunisian Association of Democratic Women condemned the assault on Member of Parliament Abeer Moussa in parliament.
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Palestinian activists protest killing of Nizar Banat
Many people took to the streets of Ramallah to protest the killing of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat in custody. Police attacks on protesters and journalists covering the protests sparks criticism. As the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) expects an immediate “apology” from the Palestinian government, the Women’s Organization to End Violence Against Women in Palestine demands the perpetrators of violence be brought to justice.
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Courageous Afghan women do not bow to threats
Afghan Women's News Agency Editor-in-Chief Humira Saqib pointed out that human rights activists and women begin to be targeted after the USA’s decision to withdraw from Afghanistan. “Women don’t leave their spaces no matter where they are, they take a brave stance in every part of life,” she said.
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19 men to question patriarchal system during 20-day workshop in Aleppo
Kongreya Star has organized a 20-day workshop for men in Aleppo. 19 men have participated in the workshop and they will discuss many issues, including women’s history and social gender. “Women and men should know each other to build a free society. Only in this way can we achieve equality and justice,” said Osman Piling, one of the 19 men.
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“You are never too old for chess coaching”
Dilara Gün has been working as a chess coach for four years. She began to teach her sister how to play chess. Over time, her mother became interested in chess while taking Dilara and her sister to the chess courses. Now her mother is 43 years old and she will be a chess coach. “Your age is definitely not a criterion for learning chess or even being a chess coach!” Dilara said.
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“Every bullet is fired against women”
“Every bullet is fired against women. Women are targeted again in the person of Deniz Poyraz.”
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Activist Zaafaran Zayed sentenced to death
A Houthi militia court in Sana’a has issued a death sentence against activist Zaafaran Zayed and her husband.
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Campaign by Afghan women: “Where is my name?”
Women in the Middle East have to keep their names a secret. If a woman uses her name in public, it is frowned upon and can be considered an insult. 20 Afghan women launched a campaign with the slogan, “Where is my name?” to use their name freely.
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Nomads living in Orşe plateau go to milk their animals under military blockage
The entrance to many plateaus of Hakkari’s Yükselova district is prohibited for security reasons. Orşe plateau, which is surrounded by mountains, is one of them. The local people have been prohibited to visit the plateau while nomads have to go to the plateau under the military blockage.
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Êzidî women learn how to drive
Êzidî women, who formed their own administration after the ISIS attack on Shengal on August 3, 2014, continue to build their lives again. They take part in every sphere of life such as in education, politics, and self-defense force. Nowadays, Êzidî women living in villages have learned how to drive.
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50.488 women subjected to violence in Morocco!
50.488 women filed criminal complaints last year in Morocco for being subjected to violence, said the General Directorate for National Security of Morocco during a meeting organized yesterday, on June 9, with the initiative of the Moroccan General Directorate for National Security and the United Nations Women in Rabat.