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556,774 children vaccinated against polio in Gaza
The UN announced that the polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip was completed on Tuesday amid ongoing conflict and attacks, with an overall 556 774 children under the age of 10 being vaccinated with a second dose of polio vaccine.
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Displaced people in Lebanon struggle to survive
The people displaced by the ongoing Israeli bombardment on Lebanon struggle to survive, looking for safe shelters. Children and old women are most vulnerable to displacement
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Jinnews: 43 women killed by men in October
43 women and six children were killed by men and 22 women and four children died under suspicious circumstances in October, Jinnews, an all-women news agency based in Amed (Diyarbakır), said in its October 2024 report on femicide in Türkiye.
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Women in Iraq fight for their acquired rights
Women in Iraq fight against the proposed amendments in the Iraqi Personal Status Law No.188 of 1959. They say if there is to be an amendment; it should be for the benefit of themselves and their children.
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‘Permanent Security’ Operation launched in al-Hol camp
The Women's Defense Units (YPJ), the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the Internal Security Forces, with the support of the International Coalition, have launched an operation called “Permanent Security” in al-Hol camp in northeast Syria.
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‘The draft law aims to legalize misogyny’
The draft law preventing married women from taking their premarital surname alone presented to the General Assembly for a final vote is “an attack on women's identity,” said the statement released by the DEM Party Women’s Council.
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40,000 housing units destroyed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon
Israeli forces have razed entire neighborhoods of 37 towns and destroyed more than 40,000 housing units in Lebanon since October 8, 2023, the National News Agency (NNA) reported on Tuesday.
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Women of Deir ez-Zor: Turkish attacks target civilians
“The Turkish attacks on North and East Syria target civilians,” said the women of Deir ez-Zor, calling on the international community to take an immediate action against the Turkish attacks.
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‘We will defend our municipality and our will whatever the consequences’
“This oppression must end. We will defend our municipality and our will whatever the consequences,” said the women of Mardin, commenting on the removal of the elected Co-mayors of Mardin.
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Olives cannot be harvested in Afrin due to attacks
Women of Soxanekê, a village in Afrin’s Sherewa district controlled by the Turkish state and Turkish-backed factions, say they cannot harvest olives due to the ongoing attacks.
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Statement by Kongra Star: Removal of mayors is an attack on the co-presidential system
Kongra Star has released a written statement on the appointment of trustees to the municipalities of Êlih, Xelfetî and Mêrdîn, underlining that the removal of mayors is an attack on the co-presidential system.
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Child labor in Afghanistan increases
The number of children, who have to work due to extreme poverty, is an issue of growing concern in Afghanistan. The situation of children in the country has been deteriorating since the Taliban takeover.
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Türkiye: Men kill 48 women in October
In October 2024, 48 women were killed, 23 more died under suspicious circumstances in Türkiye, said the report released by the We Will Stop Femicide Platform.
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Armenian women respond to attacks with ‘Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’
Enahîd Qesebiyan, member of the Armenian Women’s Union in North and East Syria, condemns the Turkish attacks on northeastern Syria, saying that the attacks are the repetition of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
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Co-mayor Saniye Bayram: We will not allow them to finish off Xelfetî
Saniye Bayram, the elected Co-mayor of Xelfeti, defined the appointment of a trustee to the municipality as a “coup against the will of people”, adding that they would not “allow them to finish off Xelfetî.”
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Women journalists in Rojava protect gains of revolution
Women journalists in Rojava report the truth about society, the gains of the revolution, and the attacks on the region to the whole world.
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Gülistan Sönük: We will resist no matter what it costs
“We will resist no matter what it costs. We will not take a step back until the thieves are gone,” said Êlih Co-mayor Gülistan Sönük.
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Raja Dahmani elected as new president of ATFD
Raja Dahmani has been elected as new president of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD).
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Protest in front of Mardin Municipality: You will go, we will stay
People gathering in front of the municipal building of Mardin to protest the appointment of trustees to three Kurdish municipalities, have been chanting “You will go, we will stay” slogan.
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Amed Co-mayor: You cannot make people kneel down
“No pasaran to trustees!” said Amed (Diyarbakır) Co-mayor Serra Bucak, reacting to the appointment of trustees to three Kurdish municipalities.