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and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
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The resistance of Afghan women
Jinha - Womens News Agency 16 August 2024
<<'The resistance of Afghan women is also the resistance of Kurdish women'
"The resistance of Afghan women is also the resistance of Kurdish women," said the statement issued by the Kurdish Women's Union in Germany (YJK-E), stressing that the Taliban aim to make women invisible in social life.
News Center- The Kurdish Women's Union in Germany (YJK-E) has issued a written statement in solidarity with Afghan women to mark the third anniversary of the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. "We can see how the hegemonic powers try to protect their existence by designing their own crisis in the system," the statement said. "As always, women are targeted in the wars started by these powers. The systems controlled by states and patriarchy try to make people think that what is happening is their 'fate' through fear, oppression, war, femicide, displacement and massacres. The hegemonic powers use local armed groups such as the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, ISIS, etc. to commit massacres against people, especially women."
'The philosophy of 'Jin Jiyan Azadi' has influenced the whole world'
These powers used ISIS to maintain their control in Rojava and Bashur (Southern Kurdistan or Iraqi Kurdistan) by supporting the fascist government of the Republic of Turkiye but they revealed the resistance in Kobane that spread across Rojava, the statement stressed. "In parallel to those attacks, ISIS attacked Shengal, abducting 7,000 women and selling them in slave markets." The statement also pointed to the mobilization of women in Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan or Iranian Kurdistan) against oppression and attacks. "The philosophy of 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' has influenced the whole world. The thoughts of leader Apo (Abdullah Ocalan) brought a new wave to the women’s struggle for freedom."
The statement continued as follows:
"Women, who experience the same situation in Afghanistan, are banned from all spheres of life, including social life, politics and education since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan. Following the September 11 attacks, the military forces of NATO started a war against the Taliban by launching a military operation in Afghanistan. However, the members of NATO, especially the USA, did not give fundamental rights and freedoms back to them. They accepted to keep women in darkness by using tribes and clans to occupy the country. After 20 years, the Taliban took control of the country again by making a deal with the occupiers. The resistance of Afghan women is also the resistance of Kurdish women. Upon the call of Afghan women, we held protests in Frankfurt and Cologne, demanding the international powers to fulfill their responsibilities and be accountable for being a party to this shameful situation." >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/the-resistance-of-afghan-women-is-also-the-resistance-of-kurdish-women-35542


Women of Afrin
Jinha - Womens News Agency - August 16 , 2024 - HESNA MIHEMED
<<Women of Afrin: We will never leave our region
"We will never leave our region to Erdogan," say women living in Afrin's Sherawa town, condemning the attacks of the Turkish state and Turkish-backed factions.
Shahba- The Turkish state and Turkish-backed factions occupied Afrin on March 18, 2018, displacing thousands of people to Shahba. However, the Turkish state and its factions have attacked and bombed Shahba and Afrin’s Sherawa town for seven years, killing and injuring many civilians. The Turkish state has recently intensified its attacks on the region, bombing villages close to the border. Three people living in one of Shahba's IDPs camp, identified as Ebdulrehim Xubari (80), Mihemed Ebdulrehim Xubari (40) and Lilav Eli Bekir (15), were injured in the attacks that took place in recent days. In an interview with NuJINHA, women living in the Sherawa town of Afrin expressed their discomfort against the attacks and bombardments of the Turkish state and Turkish-backed factions.
'The aim of the attacks is to depopulate the region'
The Turkish state conducts attacks targeting civilians every day to suppress the resistance and will of the people, said Dunya Mihemed, a displaced woman of Afrin living in Shahba. "We have been subjected to attacks for seven years. The aim of the attacks is to depopulate the region by displacing local people. Despite these attacks, we will never leave our homeland and villages to Erdoğan. We resist the attacks and we will resist. We stand with our fighters because they defend our homeland. One day, we will return to Afrin."
'We will never leave our region'
The Turkish state has violated the international law and conventions by attacking IDPs camps, Şerin Ehmed emphasized. "We strongly condemn the attacks and bombardments of the Turkish state and its factions. The Turkish state has recently intensified its attacks on our region, targeting camps sheltering displaced people. Erdogan should know very well that we will never leave our region to him." >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/women-of-afrin-we-will-never-leave-our-region-35539


TJA to Afghan women
Jinha - Womens News Agency - August 15 , 2024
<<Message from TJA to Afghan women: We will keep saying 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' together
"We will keep standing side by side and saying, 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' together despite the limits imposed by nation-state fascism," said the statement released by the TJA in solidarity with the Window of Hope Women's Movement.
Van-The Free Women's Movement (Kurdish: Tevgera Jinen Azad-TJA) issued a press statement in front of the building of the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) in the city of Van with the participation of the members of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP), the DEM Party Women's Council, the STAR Women's Association, the Human Rights Association (Insan Hakları Dernegi, IHD), the KESK Women's Council, the Association for Solidarity with the Families of Prisoners and Convicts (TUHAYDER), the Association of Assistance and Solidarity with Families Who Lost Their Relatives in the Cradle of Civilizations (MEBYA-DER), the Aryen Culture and Art Workshop, the ARSİSA Language, Culture and Art Research Center Association and many women. The women held banners reading, "Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom)".
'Women and girls were first targeted'
"The Taliban took control of Afghanistan three years ago," said DEM Parti Reya Armuşe (Ipekyolu) Co-chair Şevin Polat. "Afghan women and girls have been impoverished by the patriarchal nation states, facing war, systematic violence, starvation and confinement. Since the 1990s, the Taliban have oppressed women and girls by imposing their interpretation of Sharia law. Women and girls were, of course, first targeted by the Taliban because they play a leading role in their society."
'Girls are deprived of their right to education'
Şevin Polat indicated that women and girls in Afghanistan were forced to wear burqas. "The Taliban have baned women and girls from schools, their rights to participate in politics and public space and restricted women and girls' access to healthcare. The best response to the regimes fed by the patriarchal nation states that ignore and usurp our most basic rights and aim to confine us in the cages is to be brave and resist."
'We will keep saying 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' together'
Şevin Polat called on all women to "strengthen our organized struggle. Our most fundamental responsibility towards the revolutionary women such as Clara Zetkin, Meena Keshwar Kamal, Sara, Arin Mirkan and Hevrin Khalaf is to strengthen our organized struggle and women's struggle that has spread from Afghanistan to Kurdistan. As the TJA, we defend and support the 40-year-long freedom struggle of Afghan women. We will keep standing side by side and saying, 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' together despite the limits imposed by nation-state fascism." >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/message-from-tja-to-afghan-women-we-will-keep-saying-jin-jiyan-azadi-together-35535?page=1

France 25 - August 15, 2024 - By: NEWS WIRES
<<Afghanistan: UNESCO says 1.4 million girls banned from schools since Taliban took power
UNESCO says that three years of Taliban rule has barred 1.4 million girls from accessing secondary education, wiping out "two decades of steady progress for education" in Afghanistan, while an "increasingly massive drop-out rate" at the primary school level threatens a "rise in child labour and early marriage" in the country.
At least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, with the future of an entire generation now "in jeopardy", the United Nations' cultural agency said Thursday. Access to primary education has also fallen sharply, with 1.1 million fewer girls and boys attending school, UNESCO said in a statement as the Taliban authorities marked three years since retaking Afghanistan on August 15, 2021. "UNESCO is alarmed by the harmful consequences of this increasingly massive drop-out rate, which could lead to a rise in child labour and early marriage," the agency said. "In just three years, the de facto authorities have almost wiped out two decades of steady progress for education in Afghanistan, and the future of an entire generation is now in jeopardy." There are now nearly 2.5 million girls deprived of their right to education, representing 80 percent of Afghan school-age girls, the UN agency said. The Taliban administration, which is not recognised by any other country, has imposed restrictions on women that the UN has described as "gender apartheid."
Afghanistan is the only country in the world to stop girls and women attending secondary schools and universities.
"As a result of bans imposed by the de facto authorities, at least 1.4 million girls have been deliberately denied access to secondary education since 2021," UNESCO said. This represents an increase of 300,000 since the previous count carried out by the UN agency in April 2023. UNESCO Director General Audrey Azoulay urged the international community to remain mobilised "to obtain the unconditional reopening of schools and universities to Afghan girls and women." The number of primary pupils has also fallen. Afghanistan had only 5.7 million girls and boys in primary school in 2022, compared with 6.8 million in 2019, UNESCO said. The UN agency blamed the drop on the authorities' decision to ban female teachers from teaching boys as well as the lack of incentive for parents to send children to school. Enrollment in higher education is equally concerning, the statement said, adding that the number of university students had decreased by 53 percent since 2021.
"As a result, the country will rapidly face a shortage of graduates trained for the most highly-skilled jobs, which will only exacerbate development problems," UNESCO said.
(AFP)>>
Source:
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240815-afghanistan-unesco-says-1-4-million-girls-banned-from-schools-since-taliban-took-power


Jiyan Hisen
Jinha - Womens News Agency - August 15 , 2024 - by SORGUL ŞEXO
<<'It is time to build up women's confederalism'
"It is time to build up women's confederalism," said Jiyan Hisen, coordinating member of the Women's Council of North and East Syria, stressing that a common struggle is a must to turn the 21st century into a women's century.
Qamishlo- The cases of gender-based violence and femicide are on the rise all over the world. Despite everything, women keep resisting and mobilizing in all facets of life against policies targeting them. Women keep demanding freedom in many countries such as Afghanistan, Iran, Sudan and four parts of Kurdistan. "We struggle to turn the 21st century into a women's century," said Jiyan Hisen, coordinating member of the Women's Council of North and East Syria, stressing the importance of making this struggle a global struggle by building up women's confederalism.
'Women face many oppressive policies in the Middle East'
Mentioning many oppressive policies against women in the Middle East suffering from multiple crises, she said, "Women are prevented from participating in decision-making positions."
Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan says, "The 21st century is the century of women's freedom", Jiyan Hisen said, adding, "Kurdish women have already built their system by leading the revolution in North and East Syria. They have been playing a leading role in all facets of life, including diplomacy, social life, military and economy. The revolution in Rojava led by women has left its mark on the Middle East. We know that the revolution in North and East Syria inspires the women of the Middle East. Women's unity and solidarity has the power to turn the 21st century into the century of women's freedom."
'Afghan women do not bow to the Taliban'
Speaking about the uprisings, women's movements and organizations in the Middle East, she said, "There is crisis, war, conflict and bloodshed everywhere, from Iraq to Egypt, from Lebanon to Palestine, from Algeria to Tunisia. Women and children pay the heaviest prices in war, crisis and conflict. We see how Palestinian women resist and struggle despite all the attacks. In Afghanistan, women do not bow to the Taliban. The 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' uprising started in Iran following the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini by 'morality police'."

Jina Amini
'The unity of women is an uprising against governments'
Governments always aim to prevent women from uniting, Jiyan Hisen said. "The unity of women is an uprising against the systems of governments violating women's rights, instead of ensuring peace, equality and justice. Therefore, the governments never want women to unite. As women, we can use social media platforms to share our experiences, learn in which countries women need support. Women must unite to turn the 21st century into a century of women."
'It is time to build up women's confederalism in the Middle East'
It is time to build up women’s confederalism in the Middle East, Jiyan Hisen stressed and concluded her speech saying, "With a common resistance, the struggle of women in Kurdistan and all over the world will get stronger. The recent developments show us that we must be careful and strengthen our solidarity. We can have the century that leader Ocalan mentioned by building an equal, free and democratic system." >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/it-is-time-to-build-up-women-s-confederalism-35534?page=1


Uncollected garbage
Jinha - Womens News Agency - August 15 , 2024 - by HADEEL Al-OMAR
<<Uncollected garbage in Idlib putting public health at risk
Garbage collection has been stopped in Idlib's IDPs camps, putting public health at risk. Displaced people have been left vulnerable to infectious diseases.
Idlib- The ongoing Syrian war and conflict make life more difficult for people living in Idlib, occupied by the Turkish state and Turkish-backed Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The displaced people living in Idlib's IDPs camps struggle to survive without drinking water and garbage collection service. Garbage collection in the camps have been stopped since international organizations suspended funding. Women living in the camps burn trash to prevent bad odor; however, the smoke from burning trash causes lung and chest diseases.
'Garbage poses an increasing risk'
"Garbage collection was stopped months ago," said Meryem Al-Najma, a displaced woman living in one of the IDPs camps. "The uncollected garbage poses an increasing risk to human health. Despite the high temperature, I have to close our tent's door and windows due to bad odor coming from the garbage. No solution has been found for this problem yet."
'Two of my children got scabies'
"The uncollected garbage is putting our health at risk," said Fatima Al-Asmar, who lives in one of the IDPs camps in Sarmada, north of Idlib city. "Two of my children got scabies due to the uncollected garbage. The officials ignore our complaints. As women, we collect garbage and leave them far from the camp. However, this is a temporary solution. We suffer from displacement and poverty. The uncollected garbage makes our life more difficult."
'Garbage poses an increasing risk to human health and environment'
"Uncollected garbage poses an increasing risk to human health and environment," said Hala Al-Osman, a dermatologist in Idlib. "Diseases are on the rise among people living in camps, especially children, women and the elderly. The most common diseases among people are leishmaniasis, scabies, gastroenteritis, hepatitis, lung and chest diseases and shortness of breath." >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/uncollected-garbage-in-idlib-putting-public-health-at-risk-35531?page=1

France 25 - August 14, 2024 -
<<Three years after Taliban return, economic woes loom large
Kabul (AFP) – Despite three years of improved security following the end of the Taliban's insurgency, Afghanistan's economy remains stagnant and its population is in the grips of a worsening humanitarian crisis. A third of Afghanistan's roughly 40 million people live on bread and tea, according to the United Nations, there is massive unemployment, and the World Bank warns of zero growth over the next three years. But there have been some positive changes since the Taliban takeover in 2021 -- even if their government remains unrecognised by any other country.The currency has been resilient, corruption is no longer ubiquitous, and tax collection has improved. Authorities have also built "economic, commercial, transit and investment" ties in the region, according to Ahmad Zahid, deputy commerce and industry minister. Afghanistan has great mineral and agricultural potential, which the Taliban government is attempting to exploit, but they are impeded by poor infrastructure and a lack of domestic and foreign expertise and capital. Though Afghans welcome the improved security in their lives, many are just trying to make ends meet. AFP spoke to four people from different parts of the country ahead of the anniversary of the fall of Kabul this week:
The optimistic businessman
For 54-year-old Azizullah Rehmati, business is booming -- his saffron company in the western province of Herat is set to double production this year.
Until 2021, his "Red Gold Saffron Company" hired armed guards to escort the valuable spice from the factory to the airport, but the improved security climate has done away with the need for such overt protection. "Now there is no problem," said Rehmati, who exports to 27 countries. At his processing facility, women sort the red stigmas of the precious saffron spice with tongs. Taliban government restrictions on women have slashed their participation in the workforce, but Rehmati's company is among the 50 percent of Afghan employers who still hire women. Still, a key challenge for Rehmati -- and Afghanistan as a whole -- is the crippled banking sector. "It is so important that we have the banking channels reopened," said Sulaiman Bin Shah, deputy trade minister under the previous government. The sector has been blocked by international sanctions and the freezing of central bank assets. Rehmati's bank can't send money abroad -- or receive transfers -- meaning he has to resort to more expensive private money changers in Dubai.
Getting visas for foreign trips is also a major problem.
Many foreign nations shuttered their embassies in the wake of the Taliban takeover and Afghan passports are rated the worst in the world by the Henley Index, which tracks global ease of travel.
"We will fall back from the world market," Rehmati said.
The out-of-work musician
Wahid Nekzai Logari played in Afghanistan's national orchestra and performed concerts on the sarinda, a traditional stringed instrument, as well as the harmonium. "I supported my whole family. We had a good life," said the 46-year-old in his modest home in a Kabul suburb. But the Taliban government has prohibited public performances of music, deeming it un-Islamic, leaving thousands involved in the industry destitute. "Now I'm unemployed," Logari said. To feed his family of seven he sometimes drives a cab -- earning just 5,000 afghanis a month ($70), a fifth of what he used to earn from his concerts. "Nobody told us, 'you can't play music anymore, but we'll find you a way to feed your family'," he said.
The insurgent-turned-bureaucrat
Abdul Wali Shaheen wanted to "die a martyr's death" in the Taliban ranks, but after their victory he swapped his rocket launcher for a computer at the Department of Information and Culture in Ghazni province. "I wasn't as stressed (then) as I am today," the 31-year-old said wryly. "All we did was wage jihad, now it's harder. I have more responsibilities in regards to the people. I give the Emirate a 10/10 for these three years," he said.
"Everything is going well and we have hope for the future."
The hidden beautician
The order to close beauty salons last year "broke her heart", but Sayeda -- not her real name -- reopened in secret four months ago elsewhere in Kabul. "We found this place to rent, with the condition that customers come very discreetly and that some of our employees sleep here so that neighbours think a family lives here," said the 21-year-old manager. "Before, we had 30 to 40 customers a day, now it's six or seven," said Sayeda, who has nevertheless kept her 25 employees so that "everyone has an income". Sayeda's salary has dropped from 25,000 afghanis per month to between 8,000 and 12,000. "We're working in hiding and we don't know for how much longer," she said, noting the risk of being shut down by the police. When they've "found some (underground) salons, they broke the equipment, mistreated the staff" and imposed fines, she said.
AFP>>
Source:
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240814-three-years-after-taliban-return-economic-woes-loom-large

France 25 - August 14, 2024 - By: NEWS WIRES|Video by: Bryan QUINN
<<Taliban celebrates three years since returning to power in Afghanistan
Taliban authorities on Wednesday marked the third anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan with celebrations and a military parade outside a former US air base near Kabul boasting Soviet-era tanks. The Taliban government has consolidated its grip on the country and imposed strict restrictions on women, a policy the UN describes as "gender apartheid". Afghanistan's Taliban rulers celebrated three years in power on Wednesday with a military parade paying homage to their homemade bombs used in war, fighter aircraft and goose-stepping security forces. The Taliban's armed forces towed Soviet-era tanks and artillery pieces through the former US air base in Bagram, where Chinese and Iranian diplomats were among hundreds who gathered for the parade and speeches. The former Bagram base once served as the linchpin for US-led operations against the Taliban for two decades. A swarm of motorbikes strapped with yellow jerry cans, often used to carry homemade bombs during the fight against international forces, also rumbled past assembled officials. There were US-made armoured personnel carriers, the black-and-white flag of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan - the Taliban government's formal name for the country - fluttering above them. Taliban forces seized the capital on August 15, 2021, after the US-backed government collapsed and its leaders fled into exile. The anniversary is marked a day earlier on the Afghan calendar.
Their government remains unrecognised by any other state, with restrictions on women, who bear the brunt of policies the United Nations has called "gender apartheid", remaining a key sticking point. "Three years have passed since the dreams of girls have been buried," Madina, a 20-year-old former university student in Kabul, told AFP. "It's a bitter feeling that every year, the celebration of this day reminds us of the efforts, memories, and goals we had for our future."
Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund, who had been scheduled to appear at Bagram, praised the Taliban authorities' victory over <Western occupiers> in a statement read by his chief of staff. The Taliban government has <the responsibility to maintain Islamic rule, protect property, people's lives and the respect of our nation>, he said.
'Victory'
Security has been a priority for Taliban authorities as they consolidated their power over the past three years, implementing laws based on their strict interpretation of Islam. However, attacks by the Islamic State group remain a threat and extra security was deployed in Kabul and in the Taliban's spiritual home of Kandahar ahead of the <day of victory>. A convoy of military vehicles and arms also paraded near the southern city.
Helicopters flew over the Ghazi stadium in Kabul, where hundreds of men gathered to watch speeches and an exhibition of athletics and performances of Taliban anthems. Rugby player Samiullah Akmal praised the day's events, saying it was <better than other years. As a young man, I see Afghanistan's future is bright... we are independent and the people surrounding us are our own.> The stadium was full of people from surrounding provinces, Noorullah Noori, Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs, told AFP, adding that there was a feeling of <unity. Whether people are members of Islamic Emirate or not... they should be grateful for this blessing from God, they should stand behind the Islamic Emirate.> The black-and-white standard decorated streets and trucks full of smiling men that choked Kabul streets. Happy young boys carried a large flag in the Green Zone, once a secure enclave of foreign embassies, saying <We're ready to do a suicide attack!>
'Worst of our lives'
While many Afghans expressed relief at the end of 40 years of successive conflicts, the economy remains stagnant and the population mired in a worsening humanitarian crisis. "The past three years have been some of the worst of our lives," said 26-year-old Zalmai, who works for a non-profit and only gave his last name. "I don't know what security the Taliban are talking about, people are hungry, the youth don't have jobs... both girls and boys are facing uncertain future," he said. A joint statement from international non-governmental groups warned of the growing aid funding gap, with 23.7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. Women have been squeezed from public life - banned from many jobs as well as parks and gyms - and barred from secondary and higher education. Human Rights Watch (HRW) reiterated calls for pressure on the Taliban government to lift restrictions on women. "The third anniversary of the Taliban's takeover is a grim reminder of Afghanistan's human rights crisis, but it should also be a call for action," said Fereshta Abbasi, HRW's Afghanistan researcher.
(AFP) >>
Source incl. video:
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20240814-taliban-celebrates-three-years-since-takeover-of-afghanistan


KSC
Jinha - Womens News Agency - August 14 , 2024
<<KSC: The proposed amendments would effectively eliminate the minimum age for marriage
Kurdistan Save the Children (KSC) issued a statement on the proposed amendments to the Iraqi Personal Status Law No. 188 of 1959, warning that the amendments would effectively eliminate the minimum age of marriage.
News Center- Kurdistan Save the Children issued a statement on Tuesday regarding the proposed amendments to the Iraqi Personal Status Law No.188 of 1959, warning that the proposed amendments would threaten the significant advances made by women and children in Iraq over many decades. The proposed amendments could be detrimental to the rights of women and children, with direct impact on marriage, polygamy, divorce, legal guardianship of children and inheritance, the statement said. Urging parliamentarians to remember that Iraq is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Right of the Child, the statement said, stressing that the proposed amendments egregiously contravene the basic principles of this Convention which call upon signatories to "act in the best interest of the child" who should "never be subjected to any discrimination", and guarantees the "right to survival and development. Most alarmingly, the proposed changes would lead to a dramatic increase in temporary marriages (permitted in some religious sects) and underage marriages of children arbitrarily deemed by clergymen to be of 'mature age'. It would effectively eliminate the minimum age for marriage, as well as give potential to bypassing the process of notarizing a consensual marriage by the Iraqi courts, and remove accountability if a marriage isn’t legally notarized, not to mention the documentation issues this could bring about," said Miran Ali, a member of KSC's Legal Team. "Such a development as posing a serious setback to Iraqi society as a whole, in particular to the rights of Iraqi girls," KSC said.
In the statement, KSC lists the risks of the proposed amendments:
* Physical and psychological health complications resulting from early pregnancy.
* Decreased educational opportunities for Iraq’s women as young brides routinely drop out of school.
* Exposure to domestic physical and sexual violence often prevalent in child marriage cases.
* Adverse impact on economic stability and empowerment as children lack skills and education for meaningful employment.
"Freedom of choice should not come at a detriment to society as a whole. These proposed changes would give significant power to clergymen over the state, and the application of different religious codes will surely lead to further segregation of communities and less respect for Iraqi laws which have been commended over the years as the most advanced in the region," said KSC President Sara Rashid. "We call on parliament to reject any measures that would turn the clock back on Iraq's women." >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/ksc-the-proposed-amendments-would-effectively-eliminate-the-minimum-age-for-marriage-35529?page=1

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