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Iran executes more than 400 people in 2024
More than 400 people, including 15 women, have been executed in Iran since the start of 2024, a group of 11 independent United Nations rights experts said in a statement on Monday.
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158,992 children in Gaza receive polio vaccinations
158,992 children in Gaza received polio vaccinations within two days of the start of the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza, the Gaza’s health ministry said in a statement on Monday.
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Afghan women read poems against Taliban morality laws
Afghan women and women all around the world have published videos of themselves on social media platforms, reading poems or singing songs to protest the Taliban’s new morality laws.
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Call for general strike in Israel after deaths of six hostages
Israel's biggest labor union called for a general strike on Monday to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to bring back Israeli hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza.
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Protest of Emine Şenyaşar enters its 11th day
“What an unjust and treacherous state this is. What did my sons do?” asked Emine Şenyaşar on the 11th day of her protest in front of the Turkish Parliamentary Speaker’s Office in Ankara.
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‘Women prisoners in Iran keep resisting despite everything’
People in Iran should unite and protest the death sentences against labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi and journalist Pakhshan Azizi, women’s and children rights activist Parveen Azad said, “Women prisoners keep resisting despite everything.”
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Newaya Jin: They have become the light of truth
“They have become the light of truth,” says the headline of the 234th issue of Newaya Jin, a monthly women's newspaper published in Europe, indicating journalists Gulistan Tara and Hêro Behadîn, who were killed in Sulaymaniyah.
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Male teachers in Makhmour: We cannot teach the truth without overcoming patriarchy
Martyr Jiyan Academy held a workshop on gender equality for male teachers in the Makhmour refugee camp. “We cannot teach the truth without overcoming the patriarchy,” said the teachers participating in the workshop.
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Afghan women singing songs against law banning them from singing in public
Afghan women have published videos of themselves on social media, singing songs against the Taliban’s morality laws banning them from singing in public.
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Only 17 out of 36 hospitals in Gaza partially functional
Only 17 out of 36 hospitals in Gaza are currently operating partially amid the ongoing Israeli aggression, Michael Ryan, Director of Global Emergency Response at the World Health Organization (WHO), said on Friday.
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Hassina Mouri elected as president for IUGS
Hassina Mouri, a Professor in Medical Geology at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), became the first African woman elected as the president (2024-2028) for the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS).
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Limited fighting pauses in Gaza to allow polio vaccinations
Israel agrees to brief pause in fighting so Palestinian children can receive polio vaccinations, WHO said on Thursday.
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Gulistan Tara’s colleague Nalîn Dîcle: We will maintain her 24-year struggle
“She worked as a journalist for 24 years. We will maintain her struggle,” said Nalîn Dîcle, colleague of Gulistan Tara, who was killed in a Turkish drone attack in Sulaymaniyah on August 23.
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"Gulistan Tara sent off on her last journey"
Journalist Gulistan Tara, who was killed in a Turkish drone attack in Sulaymaniyah, has been sent off on her last journey in Elîh (Batman) by many people chanting the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” slogan.
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At least 40,602 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks
At least 40,602 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, the Gaza’s health ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
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Women’s organizations in MENA condemn killings of journalists in Sulaymaniyah
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Coordination of the World March of Women has released a statement condemning the Turkish drone attack targeting and killing journalists Gülistan Tara and Hero Bahadin in Sulaymaniyah.
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Taekwondo athlete Marzieh Hamidi calls everyone to support Afghan women
Marzieh Hamidi, an Afghan taekwondo athlete, announced Monday on social media platform X that she has launched an online campaign under the hashtag “LetUsExist” to protest against the gender apartheid in Afghanistan.
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Woman injured by Russian soldiers in Girkê Legê
One woman was injured by Russian soldiers during the protest against a joint military patrol by Russia and Türkiye in Girkê Legê (Al-Maabadah), a town of the Jazira Canton of North and East Syria.
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NUJ urges immediate investigation into killings of journalists in Sulaymaniyah
In a statement on Tuesday, the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) urged an immediate investigation into the killings of journalists Gülistan Tara and Hero Bahadin in a Turkish drone attack on 23 August.
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Egyptian women demand gender equality
Egyptian women demand the equal participation of women and men in all aspects of political and public life, pointing out that the rate of women's political participation increases, compared to previous years.