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 When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
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.>
Gianna d'Artali.


Gaza is dying
Jinha - Womens News Agency 12 Mar 2024
<<31,112 Palestinians killed by Israeli army in Gaza since Oct.7
The Israeli army has killed at least 31,112 Palestinians and injured 72,760 in Gaza since October 7, 2023, the Gaza's Health Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
News Center- The death toll in Gaza has kept rising. The Israeli army has killed at least 31,112 Palestinians, including 13,500 children and 9,000 women, and injured 72,760 others in Gaza since October 7, 2023, the Gaza's Health Ministry said in a statement on Monday. The ministry also reported that many people were still trapped under rubble and on the roads as ambulances and the civil defense crews could not reach them due to the ongoing Israeli attack. The Israeli army killed 67 Palestinians and injured 106 others in the last 24 hours, the statement said. On Monday, two newborn babies died due to malnutrition and dehydration at the Kamal Adwan Hospital, in northern Gaza, according to the reports. The ministry said that at least 27 people died from malnutrition and dehydration in Gaza. In January, CARE warned that over two million Palestinians were at risk of dying of hunger and preventable diseases. On Monday, Husni Mahna, Spokesperson of the Gaza City municipality, said in a statement that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza was deteriorating and that the amount of water per capita was two liters per day, a decrease from 90 liters before October 7. The statement released by the Gaza's health ministry warned that the world would witness many deaths due to malnutrition and dehydration in Gaza since a small amount of humanitarian aid reached northern Gaza.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/31-112-palestinians-killed-by-israeli-army-in-gaza-since-oct-7-34737?page=1


Women of Sweida
Jinha - Womens News Agency 12 Mar 2024 - by ROCHELLE JUNIOR
<<Women of Sweida: Internet and cell services have been intentionally cut off
The internet and cell services in Sweida and its villages have been cut off since cables were stolen. Women of Sweida took to the streets to protest the situation.
Sweida- The internet and cell services in Sweida and its villages have been cut off since cables were stolen. The people of Sweida protested the situation in front of the building of the Communications Directorate on Monday.
'The theft was organized'
Nisreen Al-Mulhim, one of the protesters, accused the Syrian government of internationally cutting off the internet and cell services. <The theft was organized. Many people and equipment are needed to steal all the cables. Despite the price hike in internet cost, it has been cut off every day. The aim of cutting off the internet and cell services is to prevent people from participating in protests. I am one of the protesters gathering at Karama Square since August 17, 2023. We will keep taking to the streets until our demands are met.>
'We have no services for 10 days'
Rehab Kamal El-Din was another woman protesting the cutting off of the internet and cell services in front of the Communications Directorate. <The internet and cell services have been intentionally cut off. A team came and stole the cables after the internet and cell services were cut off. Stealing cables is a method of the regime to intimidate us. We have no services for 10 days.> The people of Sweida have been suffering from power and water outages for a long time. <For three months, the internet and cell services have been cut off. We cannot communicate with the people in many villages. We buy internet packages at high prices, but we cannot use them. All we demand is a life with dignity. We demand the internet and cell services be restored and those who are responsible for it be arrested.> >>
Source incl. videos:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/women-of-sweida-internet-and-cell-services-have-been-intentionally-cut-off-34738?page=1


Femicides in Turkey Protest
Jinha - Womens News Agency 12 Mar 2024 -
<<Turkey: 5 women killed in last 24 hours
In Turkey, five women were killed by men and three more died under suspicious circumstances in the last 24 hours. One woman was injured by her husband.
News Center- In Turkey, men killed 1,897 women and 1,123 more died under suspicious circumstances from 2018 to 2023. In the last 24 hours, five women were killed by men and three more died under suspicious circumstances and one woman was injured by her husband in Turkey, according to reports.
* Zahide Yurtkal was killed by her husband, Tamer Yurtkal, in the Karabaglar district of Izmir province despite the restraining order.
* Canan K. was stabbed to death by her son in the Gelibolu district of Çanakkale province.
* A woman namely Naile Y. was stabbed to death by her husband in Semsur (Adıyaman).
* A woman namely Duygu C. was killed by her husband, Deniz C., in Istanbul's Sancaktepe district.
* A woman identified as Antika Ayer was killed by her husband, Vezir Ayer, in Antalya.
* Melek Saltan died under suspicious circumstances in Şırnak.
* Salima Omarova, a Kyrgyz woman living in Antalya, was found dead at her home.
* Dead body of Havva Sönmez was found in an irrigation pond in the Alanya district of Antalya.
* A woman namely Z.Ş. was stabbed by her husband in Van. The injured woman was taken to a hospital for treatment.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/turkey-5-women-killed-in-last-24-hours-34739?page=1


TJA
Jinha - Womens News Agency 12 Mar 2024 -
<<TJA members taken into custody in Istanbul
Four women, including three members of the Free Women's Movement (Kurdish: Tevgera Jinen Azad-TJA) were taken into custody today in the dawn house raids conducted in Istanbul.
News Center- Turkish police conducted dawn house raids in Istanbul and detained Free Women's Movement (Kurdish: Tevgera Jinen Azad-TJA) members Nurcan Tayboga, Nesibe Akyol and Remziye Bozkurt and Jineology Academy member Ebru Karaaslan. The detained women have been reportedly transferred to the Istanbul Police General Directorate. The reason for their detention is still unknown.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/tja-members-taken-into-custody-in-istanbul-34735


Food for Gaza
Jinha - Womens News Agency 12 Mar 2024 -
<<Italy launches 'Food For Gaza' initiative
Italy has launched a <Food For Gaza> initiative aimed at coordinating international humanitarian efforts to the people in the Gaza Strip.
News Center- On Monday, Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, met with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Director-General Qu Dongyu, World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy H. McCain and the Deputy Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Xavier Castellanos to launch the <Food for Gaza> initiative.
The table will be open to all the national and International stakeholders
At the press release after the meeting at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani said, <it is an important initiative that aims to stop a further deterioration towards a predicted widespread famine. We decided to set up a permanent coordination technical table open to all the national and International stakeholders willing to contribute.> Antonio Tajani stated that they would inform G7 countries, European Union (EU) members, the Israeli government, the Palestine authority and Arab countries about the initiative. <It is not sufficient to drop aid from the sky. We spoke about that. It is important to increase the number of trucks since (there is) not enough food, disorder arises because everybody is looking for food; and everyone is trying to help children who are suffering.> In response to a question by a journalist about Italy's financial support for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Antonio Tajani said that Italy would keep suspending financial support for the UNRWA until further announcement. FAO Director-General Qu Dongyu also spoke at the press release. <Today is the 1st day of the Ramadan so we have to put more efforts in any means to support the Gazan people; they are suffering while celebrating Ramadan this evening.> The executive director of the UN World Food Program, Cindy McCain said in her speech the UN World Food Program is ready to <to develop a strategy to strengthen humanitarian access to Gaza and get desperately needed food supply and supplies to people suffering from severe hunger.> <If we do not exponentially increase the size of aid going into the northern areas, famine is imminent. It is imminent. We are leaving no stone unturned in our efforts to get sufficient food aid to people in northern Gaza. Road access and the use of existing ports and crossings is the only way to get food into Gaza at the scale that this is now required. We need 300 trucks of food entering Gaza every single day>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/italy-launches-food-for-gaza-initiative-34734


Enthusiasm for Newroz
Jinha - Womens News Agency 12 Mar 2024 - by MEDINE MAMEDOGLU
<<Enthusiasm for Newroz begins: Fire will be lit everywhere
Newroz celebration will kick off in Elazıg's Dep district, the hometown of Mazlum Dogan, a founding member of the PKK, on March 15. <Newroz fire will be lit everywhere,> said women.
Amed (Diyarbakır)- 2024's Newroz will be celebrated in 57 cities and hundreds of places. Newroz celebration will kick off in Elazıg's Dep (Karakoçan) district, the hometown of Mazlum Dogan, a founding member of the PKK, on March 15 with the motto, <Rabe dema azadi u serkeftine ye (English: Rise up, it is the time of freedom and victory)>. The final Newroz celebration will take place in Amed on March 21, 2024.
Isolation, hunger strikes, attack policies
After the Newroz declaration was announced yesterday, the first Newroz fire was lit in Amed’s Bismil district. Dancing around the fire, the people chanted the <Long live the resistance in prisons' slogan. People of Amed wait excitedly for celebrating Newroz on March 21. Amed Newroz, which is attended and followed with great interest by thousands of guests from many countries every year, has been making history for years with its enthusiasm. In an interview with NuJINHA, the members of the Free Women's Movement (Kurdish: Tevgera Jinen Azad-TJA) said that the people of Amed would celebrate Newroz with the same enthusiasm this year.
'We will respond to both the trustee and the attacks'
Newroz is very important for the Kurdish people, underlined Dilan Guvenç, a member of the Newroz Preparatory Committee. <The Kurdish people have been flocking to the streets with the same enthusiasm for years. Newroz means the arrival of spring. The arrival of spring grows the existing resistance and struggle even more. This year’s Newroz is very important because of the current process and the upcoming local elections. On March 21, we will respond to both the trustee and the attacks on us.>
'We will celebrate Newroz with the same enthusiasm'
This year, people will celebrate Newroz and raise their voices against the isolation to support the hunger strikes in prisons. <We always demand a democratic resolution to the Kurdish question. This year, we will demand it again. For eight years, we have faced more oppression and attacks for demanding a democratic resolution to the Kurdish question. Everyone sees and witnesses the oppression in the region today. We want to put an end to all kinds of oppression and intimidation policies against both women and young people. On March 21, we will show that these policies have failed. As women, we will celebrate Newroz with the same enthusiasm. We will show our stance against the increasing attacks.>
'The fire of Newroz will be lit everywhere'
Nesibe Uygun, another member of the Newroz Preparatory Committee, told us that the fire of Newroz would be lit everywhere until March 21. Calling on all people to participate in the Newroz celebration, she said, <This year, the fire of Newroz will be lit everywhere, in villages, districts and cities. Recently, the Kurdish people have faced more attacks and intimidation policies. We will respond to these policies during Newroz celebrations. We will raise our voices against the attacks on women's gains, social problems and demand peace. On March 21, we will celebrate Newroz with our enthusiasm, colors and voices.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/enthusiasm-for-newroz-begins-fire-will-be-lit-everywhere-34732


Celebrating Women's Day
Jinha - Womens News Agency 11 Mar 2024 - by SUZANNE EBOU SAID
<<Women come together at activity in Lebanon to celebrate Women’s Day
Women from different nationalities participated in a cultural activity held by the Newroz Cultural Association in Lebanon's capital Beirut to mark the International Women’s Day.
Beirut- Women have been organizing many activities and events to mark the International Women's Day, March 8. The Newroz Cultural Association held a cultural activity in Beirut's Tariq Al-Jadida neighborhood on Sunday to celebrate the International Women's Day. Hundreds of women such as Kurdish, Palestinian, Syrian and Lebanese women and women from different other communities in Lebanon participated in the activity by wearing their traditional clothes. Many musical and theatre performances took place at the activity.
'We must struggle for women all around the world'
NuJINHA spoke to women participating in the activity. <I greet all women, who struggle at their homes or in the streets,> said Mahasen Mudallala, Spokesperson of Syrian women living in Lebanon and member of Jineology Academy. <Many Syrian women live in Lebanon. I pay tribute to all women struggling for their rights. I especially greet Kurdish women, who have become the symbol of women’s struggle by fighting for women all around the world.>
'Women can achieve their goals by resisting'
Josephine Kadisi, Vice President of the Lebanese Women's Council (LWC), sent her greeting to the <Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (English: Women, Life, Freedom)> uprising led by Kurdish women. <Women constitute half of the world population. They can achieve their goals by resisting and uniting. Women have already started a revolution and I hope they will reach what they demand soon. I wish a happy International Women's Day to all women, especially to Kurdish women.>
'We should be aware of our roles'
<Kongra Star celebrates the International Women's Day to remember women’s struggle all around the world,> said Kongra Star member Yadekar Muhammad Al-Mulla.
<Women have proven to the world that no matter how much the exploitative and fascist forces try to bury them, they are like seeds that sprout the roots and grow until they liberate every woman in the world. Leader Abdullah Ocalan stresses the important roles and participation of women in politics, economy and social life. As women, we should be aware of our roles and strengthen our struggle.> >>
Source incl. videos:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/women-come-together-at-activity-in-lebanon-to-celebrate-women-s-day-34730


Demanding urgent measures against starvation
Jinha - Womens News Agency 11 Mar 2024
<<730 Israeli academics sign petition demanding <urgent measures> against starvation in Gaza
730 Israeli academics signed a petition demanding the Israeli government to take <urgent measures> to prevent starvation in the Gaza Strip.
News Center- The Haaretz newspaper reported on Sunday that Israeli academics supported a petition on Sunday demanding the Israeli government to take <urgent measures> to prevent starvation in the Gaza Strip before its deepening humanitarian crises <causes mass deaths and turns into an indelible stain.> The academics stressed the need to release prisoners detained in Gaza. According to the newspaper, Prof. Ariel Porat, President of Tel Aviv University, and Prof. David Harel, President of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, are among the academics who signed the petition.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/730-israeli-academics-sign-petition-demanding-urgent-measures-against-starvation-in-gaza-34729?page=1

Jinha - Womens News Agency 11 Mar 2024 -
<<197 people killed in attacks by ISIS in Syrian desert since early 2024
197 people, including 34 civilians, have been killed in the attacks by ISIS in the Syrian desert since early 2024, the Syrian Observatory For Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Sunday.
News Center- The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights (SOHR) published statistics on the number of fatalities in military operations in the Syrian desert since early 2024. 197 people, including 34 civilians, have been killed in the attacks by ISIS in the Syrian desert early 2024, according to SOHR statistics. <141 members of regime forces and their proxy militias, including 14 Iranian-backed Syrian militiamen, were killed in 71 operations by ISIS members, including ambushes, armed attacks, and explosions, in west Euphrates region and the deserts of Deir Ezzor, Al-Raqqah, Homs,> the SOHR said on Sunday. According to the SOHR statistics, 22 ISIS members have been killed by regime forces and their proxy militias since early 2024.
The SOHR statistics are as follows:
Deir Ezzor desert: 24 operations left 69 fatalities: 47 combatants, including seven Iranian-backed militia. Five ISIS members. 17 civilians, including two truffle pickers.
Homs desert: 34 operations left 72 fatalities: 54 combatants, including three Iranian-backed militia. 14 ISIS members. 10 civilians.
Al-Raqqah desert: Six operations left 18 fatalities: 15 combatants. Three ISIS members.
Hama desert: Six operations left 24 fatalities: 17 combatants, including a member of Iranian-backed militias. Seven civilians, including a child.
Aleppo: One operation left three Iranian-backed militia dead.>>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/197-people-killed-in-attacks-by-isis-in-syrian-desert-since-early-2024-34727?page=1

Jinha - Womens News Agency 11 Mar 2024 -
<<Women receive both treatment, information at health centers in NE Syria
Women find opportunity to receive treatment at health centers in North and East Syria and they are given healthcare information.
actual Monday, 11 March 2024 Qamishlo- In North and East Syria, women have access to healthcare services and information at health centers. Mobile clinics provide healthcare services to women living in rural areas and villages. In 2023, Kongra Star Health Committee opened health centers for physical therapy in Shahba, northeastern Syria. Ghazala Hamid, member of the Kongra Star Health Committee, told NuJINHA that they faced difficulties in providing health services to the people in the besieged areas. The committee has recently developed new projects to eliminate the shortage of medical supplies and healthcare personnel.
'We carry our awareness-raising activities on health issues'. The Women's Foundation of North and East Syria has realized many projects since the beginning of 2024. <We make great efforts to develop more projects,> said Malika Hassaf, director of the foundation's Health Department. The foundation also provides vocational training courses to women to increase women's participation in the labor force. <In addition, we carry out awareness-raising activities on health issues. As the foundation, we have opened natural health centers in Girke Lege (al-Ma'bada), Derik (Al-Malikiyah), Qamishlo, Hasakah, Tabqa, Raqqa, Manbij and Dirbespiye (Ad Darbasiyah). We have mobile clinics providing healthcare services to women living in rural areas and villages. Women prefer natural remedies for treatment.> >>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/women-receive-both-treatment-information-at-health-centers-in-ne-syria-34728?page=1


Fadiya Al-Ewed
Jinha - Womens News Agency 11 Mar 2024 - by SORGUL ŞEXO
<<'Women in war zones should get psychological support'
Fadiya Al-Ewed, a psychologist at Martyr Amara Psychological Counseling Center, thinks that women in war zones should get psychological support to <struggle more. They should not hesitate to get psychological support.>
Hasakah- The Martyr Amara Psychological Counseling Center opened by the Women's Council of North and East Syria in the town of Til Temir, Jazira Canton, provides psychological support to women and girls. Fadiya Al-Ewed, a psychologist at the center, says women may need psychological support due to the negative effects of war.
'There is a need for counselors who can provide psychological support'
There is a need for counselors, who can provide psychological support to people in the region due to the ongoing war and attacks, Fadiya Al-Ewed said in an interview with NuJINHA. <All forms of violence and right violations caused by war, such as taken as captive, abduction, sexual abuse, negatively affect women. The ongoing war and attacks cause the burden of women to become even heavier. Recently, there is an increase in suicide death due to the ongoing Turkish attacks on the region.> Speaking about the revolution led by women in North and East Syria, she said, <Women led a revolution in North and East Syria despite oppression and attacks. They have been rebuilding their lives. This revolution shows that a safe life can be built and it becomes a source of strength, inspiration and hope for all women.> Calling on women to get psychological support from the Martyr Amara Psychological Counseling Center, Fadiya Al-Ewed said, <Because we live in an unstable situation due to the ongoing Turkish attacks. Women should not hesitate to get psychological support. Women may need psychological support to struggle more. If they get psychological support, they will be stronger to maintain their lives.> At the end of her speech, Fadiya Al-Ewed wished a happy International Women's Day to all women.>>
Source incl. video:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/women-in-war-zones-should-get-psychological-support-34725


Pınar Gayip
Jinha - Womens News Agency 11 Mar 2024 - by ELIF ÇETINER
<<Journalist Pınar Gayip: Women journalists are targeted by male-state violence
Women journalists are sometimes targeted by their male colleagues, sometimes by the police, and sometimes by the perpetrators, journalist Pınar Gayip said, calling on women journalists to unite and struggle against violence.
Istanbul- Women struggle against the ongoing exploitation of their labor in all spheres of life. If you are a women and journalist, you have to resist more. Women journalists keep struggling against both male-state violence and the difficulties of their profession. In an interview with NuJINHA, Pınar Gayip, an editor at Etkin News Agency (ETHA), talked about the challenges experienced by women journalists while reporting new stories.
'Women journalists experience serious problems'
Pointing out that women journalists are subjected to violence by their male colleagues, Pınar Gayip said:
<As women journalists, we experience serious problems. These problems are, of course, not like the problems that we experienced 10 or 15 years ago. Since we are shorter than them, they try to use us as tripods by placing their cameras on our heads or on our shoulders or they push us aside and tell us, 'Stay aside, this is a man's job. We do journalism, not you.' We always discuss.>
'We used self-defense against violence'
Women journalists resist violence by their male colleagues, Pınar Gayip said, <We make great efforts to end violence by our male colleagues and sometimes we use self-defense to protect ourselves. Sometimes, we expose the violent actions of our male colleagues. Male journalists try to use us to run errands to be visible in front of the camera.>
'We are subjected to police violence'
Women journalists are subjected to violence by not only by their male colleagues, but also by police, Pınar Gayip said and added, <We are also direct victims of police violence; we are subjected to harassment and threats by police officers while covering protests or news stories. When we cover news stories about sexual assault, harassment or rape against a woman, we are threatened by them saying, 'What happened to her will happen to you too, you will experience the same thing if you report'. For years, we have been struggling against both male and police violence.>
She was targeted for reporting on sexual abuse against a trainee lawyer
Pınar Gayip was once targeted for reporting on sexual abuse against a female trainee lawyer. <I interviewed this female trainee lawyer. She had evidence documented sexual abuse against her. It was not fake news. After my news article was published, I was threatened through fake accounts opened by the harasser. Then, I was accused of being a member of a (terrorist) organization by him. The man got a lighter prison sentence for sexual assault. However, he filed a criminal complaint against me because his son was seen very little in the photo that I used for the article. The prosecution decided not to prosecute the criminal complaint. Then, he filed a criminal complaint by accusing me of being a member of a (terrorist) organization. Although our news agency reports on women, LGBTI+ people, animals, laborers, ecology, etc... a lawsuit was opened against us. What I experienced and still have been experienced show misogynistic policies of the male-dominant system.>``
'We should be supported'
Emphasizing that women journalists report on gender-based violence, Pınar Gayip said, <We are targeted for our reports; sometimes by police, sometimes by the judiciary and sometimes by the families of the women. Our reports are based on the statements of women. Women journalists must be supported to unite and defend the people's right to receive information.> >>
Source:
https://jinhaagency.com/en/actual/journalist-pinar-gayip-women-journalists-are-targeted-by-male-state-violence-34724

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