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JULY, 2023
<The taliban is afraid of woman!>....
<Kafaa Al-Khazim, who lives in Raqqa city of
North and East Syria, is one of these women.
'I want to smash the borders drawn for women'....
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<Before the taiban realises
what will hit them a Zan, zendagi, azadi!> (Women, life,
freedom) tsunami will flow all over the country!> Gino
d'Artali, activist ...
FEBRUARY 2023
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Preface and opinion by Gino d'Artali
May 30 - 23, 2023
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About women really fighting back!
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Jinha - Womens News Agency - May 15, 2023
<<Men kill 6 women in NE Syria since beginning of 2023
Qamishlo- Sara Organization, a women's organization in North and
East Syria to combat violence against women, has announced that
men have killed at least six women in North and East Syria since
the beginning of 2023.
'Violence against women has increased'
The press statement released by the organization said, <Don't
kill women! Violence against women is a global phenomenon that
affects everyone in society and violence against women has
recently increased in the region. Women are targeted in all
facets of life, including in military, political and social
fields. The Turkish-backed factions keep carrying out special
war policies against people, particularly women.>
'The reason for the crimes committed against women is the
patriarchal mentality'
<30-year-old Ala Mustefa El-Tahir was killed by her husband's
cousins in the town of Ayn Issa. Yesterday, Zubeyda Ebdilweha
was killed by her husband in the town of Dirbesiye,> the
statement said, <Several days ago, a woman named Nura Ibrahim
was killed in the town of Tell Hamis. The reason for the crimes
committed against women is the patriarchal mentality. Women are
brutally killed and girls are subjected to sexual harassment.>
Emphasizing that the Sara Organization will keep combating
violence against women in North and East Syria, the statement
said, <We call on the relevant authorities to punish the
perpetrators. No to femicide!> >>
Source and view a video here:
https://jinhaagency1.com/en/actual/men-kill-6-women-in-ne-syria-since-beginning-of-2023-33277
Jinha - Womens News Agency - By RANIYA ABDULLAH - May 12, 2023
<<Yemeni lawyer Raghda Almaqtari keeps fighting despite threats
Lawyer Raghda Almaqtari has been documenting human rights
violations in Taiz since 2016 despite threats.
Yemen- The ongoing conflicts in Yemen have killed dozens and
displaced thousands in Taiz, a city in southwestern Yemen. Since
the conflicts broke out in Yemen, many crimes against humanity
such as rights violations, massacres and rape have been
committed against civilians. In the country, a group of human
rights defenders have been fighting to ensure security for
civilians despite all the pressures, threats and obstacles.
Raghda Almaqtari, a lawyer and human rights defender in the city
of Taiz, is one of them. Raghda Almaqtari struggles to expose
rights violations committed against women and children, who are
seen as the weakest group in society. <Since the Yemeni crisis
began, I have been actively working to document rights
violations against civilians,> she told NuJINHA.
'Aomen and children are the most affected by the ongoing
conflicts'
In 2015, when the conflicts intensified in the city of Taiz,
many civilians left the city to seek a safer place. Raghda
Almaqtari was one of the displaced people. After 10 days, she
returned to the city with a group of young people in order to
document rights violations committed in the city. Working with
the National Commission to Investigate Alleged Violations to
Human Rights, Raghda Almaqtari said, <May children have lost
their parents in conflicts. They have to work to look after
their family members. Women and children are the most affected
by the ongoing conflicts.>
She receives threats from Al-Qaeda
<What happened in Taiz was also my problem. That's why I decided
to take the responsibility and fight to the end,> said Raghda
Almaqtari, who has been receiving threats from Al-Qaeda. <One
day, when I was working with my husband to monitor a rights
violation committed in the city, a black car stopped and a man
in the car told us that he would kill us if we did not leave the
city now. We took shelter in some houses in the city for a
while.>
Despite the threats, Raghda Almaqtari says she will keep
fighting to document rights violations in the city.>>
Source and watch a video here:
https://jinhaagency1.com/en/actual/yemeni-lawyer-raghda-almaqtari-keeps-fighting-despite-threats-33260
Jinha - Womens News Agency - May 9, 2023 - By Roj Hozan
<<Arzo Temo: We should speak out against the rapes by armed
groups
A child was raped by a leader of an armed group in occupied
Afrin. ,War crimes have been committed in Afrin for five years,>
said Arzo Temo, spokesperson of the Sara Organization to Combat
Violence against Women. Qamishlo- The Turkish state and
Turkish-backed armed factions have committed many crimes against
humanity in Afrin since they occupied the city. According to the
reports, Ahmed Mamdouh, the leader of an armed group known as
Al-Amshat, raped a 10-year-old child in Afrin's Shiye town. The
rape of the child has sparked anger in society. NuJINHA spoke to
Arzo Temo, spokesperson of the Sara Organization to Combat
Violence against Women, about the rape of the child.
'The perpetrators go unpunished due to the system built by the
factions'
Arzo Temo told us that women and children have been subjected to
rape, torture and arrest in occupied Afrin since the city was
occupied by the Turkish state and Turkish-backed factions.
<Today, hundreds of women and children are subjected to rape and
violence in detention centers. As women, we do not accept such
inhuman practices and strongly condemn them. Although the
international community is aware of war crimes committed in
Afrin, they remain silent. The armed factions have built a
system here and closed down all NGOs protecting the rights of
women and children. The perpetrators go unpunished due to this
system. There is no law protecting women and children from
violence.>
Reaction to the international community and organizations
Criticizing the attitude of the international community and
organizations against the crimes committed against women and
children in Afrin, Arzo Temo said, <The international community
and organizations remain silent against the rape of a
10-year-old child. The rape of this 10-year-old child shows that
there are no human rights.>
'War crimes have been committed in Afrin for five years'
<War crimes have been committed in Afrin, Serekaniye and Gire
Spi for five years. Rape is one of the the most brutal crimes
committed in these regions,> Arzo Temo said, <These war crimes
must end. All the crimes that the international community says
they oppose have been committed in occupied regions. As the Sara
organization, we will never remain silent against such crimes
and we should speak out against the rapes by armedgroups. I call
on all organizations protecting the rights of women and children
to unite against these crimes.>>
Source and watch a video here:
https://jinhaagency1.com/en/actual/arzo-temo-we-should-speak-out-against-the-rapes-by-armed-groups-33238
Jinha - Womens News Agency - May 8, 2023 - By NAGHAM KARAJEH
<<Technology exhibition in Gaza to mark International Girls in
ICT Day
Gaza- The University College of Applied Sciences in the Gaza
Strip launched activities to mark the International Girls in ICT
Day, annually observed on the fourth Thursday in April. As part
of the activities, a technology exhibition was held. Many girls
displayed their technology projects at the exhibition.
Her project aims to protect children from radiation exposure
Attending the exhibition with her three projects, Layan Al-Habibi
spoke to NuJINHA about one of her projects aiming to protect
children from radiation exposure. <My project named 'Safe
Distance' aims to protect children from radiation exposure by
using ultrasonic sensors that measure the distance between
television and children. When children come close to the
television, it emits a buzzing sound in order to warn them.>
Her robot keeps a fire under control until fire trucks arrive
Another project of Layan Al-Habibi is called <Firefighting
robot>. She decided to launch such a project due to the
increased number of house fires caused by gas leaks and the lack
of fire-fighting facilities, <Sometimes the fire trucks arrive
very late. This robot has three sensors and an automatic water
pump to keep a fire under control until fire trucks arrive,> she
told us.
She built a wheelchair...>>
Read all stories and watch videos here:
https://jinhaagency1.com/en/actual/technology-exhibition-in-gaza-to-mark-international-girls-in-ict-day-33231
The Guardian - May 5, 2023 - By Haroon Janjua in Islamabad
Global development is supported by - Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
<<Child marriage in decline - but will take 300 years to
eliminate
UN children's agency welcomes drop in number of underage brides,
but warns 12 million girls still getting married each year. The
number of child marriages is declining worldwide, but at too
slow a pace for any hope of eliminating the practice this
century, Unicef, the UN children’s agency, has said. In a new
report, Unicef tentatively welcomed the reduction but warned
that it was nowhere close to meeting its sustainable development
goal of ridding the world of the practice by 2030. <The good
news is that child marriage has been declining all over the
world,> said Claudia Cappa, the lead author of the report. <In
the last 10 years, the percentage of child marriages has dropped
from 23% to 19% [of all marriages]. However, this isn't fast
enough to achieve the goal of eliminating child marriage by
2030, with more than 12 million girls under 18 still getting
married every year. So, if things don't change, we'll need
around 300 more years to eliminate child marriage completely.>
The UN estimates that 640 million girls and women who are alive
today married before they were 18, and that 12 million girls
become new child brides each year. <Child marriage has different
causes in different places, but there are often commonalities
linked to poverty and limited opportunities for girls,> said
Cappa. <Gender inequality, stereotypes, weak laws and the fear
of pregnancy outside of marriage also contribute.> The report
warned that the climate crisis could leave families with few
options but to marry off their children. <Health crises,
conflict and natural disasters increase the risk to girls as
they interrupt their education and add financial stress to
households,> said Cappa. <Some families in these difficult
situations falsely view [marriage] as a way to protect their
girls financially, socially and physically. While we can't
always predict these crises, we can look back to understand how
they might affect girls.
....
<Despite some progress over 25 years, it only benefited the
wealthiest, as child marriage increased among the poorest,> said
Cappa. <[Sub-Saharan Africa] also faces a particular challenge:
in addition to conflict, climate shocks and Covid, it's seeing
its population grow faster than anywhere else in the world,
outpacing its progress to end child marriage.> >>
Read more here:
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/may/05/child-marriage-in-decline-but-will-take-300-years-to-eliminate
Jinha - Womens News Agency - May 4, 2023
<<Turkey: 21 women killed by men in April
News Center- We Will Stop Femicide Platform (KCDP) has released
its April report on femicide by compiling the news from local
and national newspapers, news websites and news agencies. At
least 21 women were killed by men, 23 more died under suspicious
circumstances in April 2023, the report said.
'Women were killed for making decision about their lives'
The platform has released reports on femicide in Turkey since
2010. <Five of 21 women were killed by men on the excuse that
they asked for a divorce, refused marriage, or dating proposal
and made decision about their lives; two women were killed on
the excuse of financial reasons; one was killed on the excuse of
a fighting due to noise; one killed on the excused of a land
dispute; the excuses of men for killing 12 women were not
determined,> the report said. In the report, the platform said
the reason why the excuse of men for killing 12 women were not
determined: <The reason why the excuse of men for killing 12
women were not determined is that the cases of violence against
women and femicide are invisible. Gender-based violence and
femicide will continue without the determination of by whom and
why women were killed, unless a fair trial is conducted in these
cases and unless preventive measures are implemented.>
Women were killed by whom?
Nine of 21 women were killed by their husbands, one by her
ex-husband, one by her ex-boyfriend, two by their male
relatives, three by their sons, three by someone they knew and
one by her father, the report said.
Protect women
Recalling the statement of Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman
Soylu saying that the rate of victims of femicide has decreased,
the platform said in the report: <According to our data, 300
women became the victims of femicide and 171 more died under
suspicious circumstances in 2010, 334 women became the victims
of femicide and 245 more died under suspicious circumstances.
Instead of distorting the facts through the Istanbul Convention,
the authorities should implement Law No. 6284 effectively to
protect women.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency1.com/en/actual/turkey-21-women-killed-by-men-in-april-33214
The Guardian - May 2, 2023 - Opinion by Scheaffer Okore
Global development is supported by Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation
<<Stop praising women's strength. We need a world where we don't
have to fight to be valued
I've lost count of the number of times I've seen or heard women
lauded for their strength whenever they are recognised for
anything outstanding. Critics argue that there's nothing wrong
with this - after all, it is evidence of women's hard work.
However, there is no evidence, historical or otherwise, that
shows women not working hard. History is a litany of
hardworking, strong, audacious women whose impact was limited
because their strength could only get them so far. Women aren't
working hard, being strong or audacious in a vacuum. Women
continue to be strong in a world where they consistently have
fewer resources, less power and less influence than men.
Additionally, the spotlight tends to shine on the few already
uplifted women, with multiple societal privileges, such as
belonging to dominant races, socioeconomic classes, religions
and citizenships of global north countries. On the rare
occasions it illuminates women without racial privilege, power
or class, it demands even greater strength to have overcome
these extra barriers. But no amount of <strength> can overcome
gender pay gaps, limited career growth opportunities, the
motherhood penalty, extremely inadequate ways to deal with
gendered harassment and violence in the workplace, at home or
even using legal means, and more. Praising women's strength,
without analysing why women's strength is a burden, is to
wilfully ignore the direct links between the structural barriers
that entrench gender marginalisation and the thwarting of
women's full potential. Marginalisation by gender is an
intentional tactic used not just against-cis-gendered women, but
against multiple gender minorities, to ensure the success and
power of select groups over others. For instance, something as
simple as walking alone, specifically at night, continues to
pose huge life risks for women everywhere. This tells us that
even the fullness of a 24-hour day is something women are
structurally denied. Mechanisms that ensure women's physical
safety and security are still viewed as negotiable, despite an
abundance of statistics showing an urgent need for them. The
resignation of former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern,
who said that she <didn't have enough in the tank> to finish her
term, resonated with many women beyond the political sphere,
women who understood that there is not enough <strength> that
can mitigate rocketing levels of burnout emanating from non-stop
misogynist onslaughts.
Neither has <strength> protected the millions of victims of
femicide and maternal mortality, or survivors of gendered online
violence. It hasn't protected the women and girls of Syria,
Afghanistan and Iran, and many others, who have backbones of
steel yet continue to face insurmountable levels of gendered
structural violence. To change these harmful systems, we must
continue radically shifting norms, despite continuing
resistance. Second, creating accountable and equitable
governance structures is not just women's work; it is everyone’s
task, with those in possession of political and other
decision-making power, resources and influence needing to do
much more heavy lifting. Finally, the romanticisation of women's
survival within structures purposely deployed to keep them
fighting losing battles must be abolished. Society must begin
prioritising women and all gender-marginalised people as worthy
of better social protection, better pay, better opportunities,
better options, safer societies or systems, and better lives.>>
Source:
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/may/03/stop-praising-womens-strength-we-need-a-world-where-we-dont-have-to-fight-to-be-valued
WMC - Women's Media Centre
May 1, 2023 By Treva Lindsey
<Fighting Back Against Anti-<Woke> Censorship
For more than two and a half years, a 47-year-old Black woman,
Tracy McCarter, sat in a cell at Rikers Island in New York City,
awaiting news about whether she would go on trial for the murder
of her ex-husband, James Murray. Despite a record of abuse at
the hands of Murray and her viable claims of having to defend
herself on the night her ex-husband died, Tracy was up against a
criminal legal system that punishes Black women and
gender-expansive people who survive domestic and intimate
partner violence. Unable to claim self-defense in a legal system
hellbent on criminalizing Black people and incapable of seeing
Black women as victims, Tracy's nearly three-year battle to have
charges dismissed contended with a troubling history of Black
women surviving violence and being punished for it. Black women
are hardly ever perceived as battered women in fear of their
lives. It is usually left to them and other Black women to
amplify their stories, demand accountability, and care when they
are harmed. And as lonely as that work can be, they endure
because Tracy and other criminalized survivors deserve better.
To understand why the U.S. criminal legal system treats Black
women survivors like Tracy so poorly, it helps to have tools to
see how the criminal legal system disparately addresses violence
against Black women. And there is a tool that offers critical
insight into how and why the criminal legal system continuously
fails Black women, girls, and gender-expansive people:
intersectionality. Coined and conceptualized by Kimberlé
Crenshaw between 1989 and 1991 to explain how the law and
juridical processes operate in the lives of racially minoritized
women, intersectionality is an important theory of power and
difference. It is also misunderstood and maligned - and more
recently under attack by elected and appointed officials and
self-identified anti-<woke> pundits, activists, and advocates.
Intersectionality is one of many theories, concepts, and ideas
that help us articulate what injustice and marginalization are.
In a society in which inequities are widespread, we need every
tool possible to combat anti-<woke> censorship. The fight to rid
our curricula, our policymaking, or our institution-building of
this and other liberatory tools is in full swing. And many
people are fighting back.>>
Read here how:
https://womensmediacenter.com/news-features/fighting-back-against-anti-woke-censorship?emci=a039aee9-4aeb-ed11-8e8b-00224832eb73&emdi=260c65c6-7ceb-ed11-8e8b-00224832eb73&ceid=25325450
NCRI - Women Committee - Women's news - May 1, 2023
<<A Baluch woman is hanged in the Central Prison of Zahedan
A Baluch woman was hanged in the Central Prison of Zahedan on
Sunday, April 30, 2023. No information is available on the
identity and charges of the woman who was executed. The Baluch
woman was hanged alongside a young man, Gol Mohammad Narouii,
31, married and convicted of murder.
The hanging of the Baluch woman on April 30 brings the number of
women executed in Iran to 210 since 2007. The Iranian Judiciary
executed at least 624 persons, including 15 women, in 2022. The
number of executions was 1.7 times the 366 executions carried
out in 2021.
The world's record holder of the execution of women
The Iranian regime is the world's top record holder of the
execution of women.
The Women's Committee of the National Council of Resistance of
Iran has compiled these women's names in a list called <List of
Women Executed in Iran since 2007.> |Note from Gino d'Artali: is
a list of names <political prisoner Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee wrote
in a letter on July 27, 2019, about women who were sentenced to
death for murder, saying, <In meeting women convicted of murder,
I learned that a large percentage of them had murdered their
husbands - instantly or based on a premeditated plan- after
years of being humiliated, insulted, battered and even tortured
by them and because of being deprived of their right to divorce.
Although, they consider themselves criminals but are convinced
that if any of their repeated appeals for divorce had been
granted, they would not have committed such a crime.> You can
downlist the list from the article.|
No government in the world has executed so many women. The list
does not account for the tens of thousands of women executed in
Iran on political grounds.
The Iranian regime is the world's top record holder of
executions of women.
The NCRI Women's Committee has previously mentioned that many
women executed by the mullahs' regime are victims of domestic
violence against women and have acted in self-defense.
An average of 15 women are executed in Iran per year
The Iranian regime open-handedly uses the death penalty as a
form of punishment. In many cases, religious and ethnic
minorities, political dissidents, and women are targets of the
death penalty in a discriminatory manner. In 2019, the mullahs'
regime hanged 16 women in tandem with increasing suppression and
executions in Iran. In December 2019 alone, six women were
executed by the regime in various Iranian prisons. An average of
15 women executed in Iran per year. The Iranian regime
open-handedly uses the death penalty as a form of punishment. In
many cases, religious and ethnic minorities, political
dissidents, and women are targets of the death penalty in a
discriminatory manner.>>
Read more here:
https://women.ncr-iran.org/2022/10/10/executions-of-women/
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