community/life
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Call from displaced women of Afrin to international community: End the silence
Women, who had to leave Afrin and live in Shahba, state that people, particularly women, have faced inhumane practices in Afrin. They call on the international community to raise their voices.
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Lebanese activists: YPJ is a leading force
Lebanese activists state that the members of the YPJ are at the frontline in every battle to defend women and their lands and demand that the YPJ should be recognized and known all around the world.
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Displaced people of Afrin: Turkey should be held accountable
The people of Afrin, who were forcibly displaced from their homeland to Shahba, are determined to resist the invaders despite all challenges. They demand Turkey to be held accountable for its crimes in Afrin.
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Nihal Abu Deqqa: Widows are deprived of many rights in Gaza
Nihal Abu Daqqa, a lawyer of the Al Awda Community Center in Bani Suhaila, draws attention to the problems faced by widows in the Gaza Strip and says the center has provided support to them.
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Afghan girls want to return to school: School is our second home
On March 23, Afghan girls went to school but they were sent back home. We spoke to several of them.
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Houses in villages under attacks turned into schools
Children living in the villages under attack have not been able to go to school for nearly two years. Education committees in Hasakah and Tell Tamer have turned houses into schools.
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Leyla Bayon: Domestic conflicts drive women and girls to suicide
Leyla Bayon stated that domestic conflicts and many other reasons cause women to commit suicide, and added, “All those who commit suicide are young, so the infrastructure of psychological and social sciences should be established to prevent suicides.”
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Women’s Committee opens Children’s Garden in refugee camps
Women working in the Children’s Garden, opened by the Women’s Committee, infuse love, peace, and equality into the hearts of children.
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VVIP aims to build network of leading women
VVIP Women in Power held a meeting in Beirut with the participation of leading women from different feminist associations. Carole Hobeika, President of VVIP, announced that they want to build a community and network of leading women.
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Maryam Cultural Center works for women in Gaza
Maryam Cultural Center carries out various activities to educate and raise awareness of women in Gaza.
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Ayişa Xidir dreams of returning to her village
50-year-old Ayişa Xidir, whose house was destroyed in a bombardment, told us the difficulties she has faced as a forcibly displaced person. She dreams of returning to her village one day.
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Muna El-Qendeh: Doctor, psychologist, counselor of women living in Dear Hassan Camp
Muna El-Qendeh living in the Deir Hassan refugee camp of Idlib is both the psychologist and doctor of the women in the camp and the person who is consulted for every issue. The women living in the camp say they feel the world is more beautiful with her.
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Journalist Hedaya Shamoun's research on Palestinian women
Hedaya Shamoun, who has worked as an investigative journalist in Palestine for years, now works for Al Ghaidaa magazine, focusing on women’s issues.
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She turns her tent into school for women
Meram El-Hisên, who lost her four children and husband in a bombardment on her house, has turned her tent in the Til El-Keram Refugee Camp into a school for illiterate women.
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Women regain their rights in Deir ez-Zor
Women, who faced oppression, violence, and massacre when Deir ez-Zor was under the control of ISIS, regain their rights after the establishment of the Autonomous Administration in the city.
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“War destroys everything that is beautiful”
“War destroys everything that’s beautiful,” 60-year-old Safiya El-Muhammed says. She has looked after her three grandchildren with disabilities since she lost her two children in the war.
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Poverty forces women in Idlib to beg
Due to the Syrian war causing displacement and migration, as well as the death of many families' breadwinners, women in Idlib have to beg and seek help from strangers.
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Activities for women journalists in Gaza
The Women’s Council of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) has carried out a series of activities for women journalists throughout the month of March to share their experiences and find solutions to the problems faced by them.
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Rîma Ehmed: Women's struggle will be crowned with the insistence on freedom
Women resisting the male-dominant system in Mesopotamia have become the symbol of resistance in the world. “Women's struggle will be crowned with the insistence on freedom,” Rîma Ehmed says.
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Halabja Massacre: I took to the roads with my 21-day-old baby
Emire Feteh Kikwas took to the roads with her 21-day-old baby when the chemical attack took place in Halabja. She told us before and after the attack.