labor/economy

08:06

Hesna Îsa has planted seeds in her seedbed for 15 years. “Not everyone can work in agriculture. This business requires great effort. Everyone should plant trees in their land,” she said.

11:30

Women going shopping for Feast of Sacrifice in the Said Sadiq town of the Kurdistan Region return home empty-handed due to high prices of products.

14:00

842 workers lost their lives at their workplaces across Turkey in the first six months of 2022, according to a report released by the Laborer Health and Occupational Safety Assembly (İSİG).

09:50

Strawberry harvest time begins for women living in Sanandaj (Kurdish: Sinê). Every year, tons of strawberries have been harvested in Eastern Kurdistan or Rojhelat.

11:35

The Public Sector Employees’ Association has announced a general strike until their demands are met.

10:00

A project called “ أكون (Akon)” has been started in Libya for visually impaired women to defend the rights of the visually impaired women, enhance their capabilities, and integrate them into society.

09:20

Women of Shengal, who try to overcome the impact of genocide, hold on to life stronger by working in solidarity with each other.

07:32

More than half of Lebanese citizens live below the poverty line, resulting in a wretched economic reality that has had a significant impact on Lebanese families.

07:51

While the world has been suffering from an economic crisis due to the Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing conflicts, Iranian citizens try to earn a living by selling napkins, flower bouquets and water bottles.

07:24

Women of Idlib turn old and unused items into artworks and make a living by selling them.

08:10

Women fill many roles in agriculture because they are the only ones who can work in hard and challenging working conditions, which include working in the heat, and even on frosty days.

07:35

Despite 74 edits, Yazidis began to rebuild their lives after the liberation of their lands from ISIS. “These lands will become beautiful with us,” Delal Hesen of Shengal said.

08:10

Women of Deir ez-Zor, who have started reaping barley and wheat crops, complain that they could not get the desired results from the crops due to the insufficient rainfall and the low water level of the Euphrates River.

13:57

Palestinian artist Zainab al-Qoulaq, who lost 22 family members in the Israeli bombings in Gaza last May held an exhibition called, “I am 22 and I lost 22 people” in the Gaza Strip.

08:20

Walaa Nateel follows her dreams with one hand despite all the challenges and the dire economic situation.

10:20

Zeynep Ehmed, who lives in the Saidsadiq district of Sulaymaniyah Governorate in the Kurdistan Region, has been making a living by cracking walnuts for 30 years.

09:18

A sewing workshop in Deir ez-Zor, NE Syria, promotes women’s economic empowerment by organizing training courses for them.

14:30

After breeding, rearing, and harvesting silkworms, Sevda Eren sells silk to earn a living. “The state should support us to make our labor visible,” she says.

09:26

Tens of thousands of the displaced people of Afrin, who have been waiting to return to their homeland, face the embargo imposed by the Syrian regime.

08:04

Seven women work in the Fırat Water Treatment Plant opened in Raqqa. Stating that they shoulder many tasks at the plant, they drew attention to the economic problems faced by them.