'I Wish I Hadn't Survived': Domestic Abuse in Iraqi Kurdistan
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Age Islam News Bureau
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December 2022
• Jana Majdi Zakarneh, Palestinian Teenage Girl
another Victim to Intl. Inaction to Hold Israel to Account: Foreign Ministry
• 'Majority of Displaced Populations in Afghanistan'
Are Women: UN
• UN Seeks $1.2b for Women Next Year
• Egypt Pays Great Attention to Empowering Women,
Ensuring Them Decent Life: Minister
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'I Wish I Hadn't Survived': Domestic Abuse in Iraqi
Kurdistan
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14 Dec 2022
Women in Iraq are facing rising levels of domestic
abuse. Cases of gender-based violence have seen a surge of 125% between 2020
and 2021, according to the United Nations.
In the Kurdistan region, women who feel trapped in
abusive households often see suicide by self-immolation as their only way out.
The Kurdistan Regional Government has tried to combat
violence against women, but many remain at risk.
The BBC has been granted rare access to one of the
main hospitals for burns in Iraqi Kurdistan, where many women die of
self-inflicted burns.
Source: BBC
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-middle-east-63958584
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Jana Majdi Zakarneh, Palestinian Teenage Girl another
Victim to Intl. Inaction to Hold Israel to Account: Foreign Ministry
Palestinians attend the
funeral of 16-year-old Jana Majdi Zakarneh, who was shot and killed during an
Israeli military raid in the northern occupied city of Jenin, on December 12,
2022. (Photo by Shehab news agency)
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14 December 2022
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry says the fatal
shooting of a teenage girl by Israeli military forces during a raid in the
northern occupied West Bank city of Jenin was the outcome of the international
community’s failure to hold the Tel Aviv regime accountable for its crimes
against the Palestinian nation, especially children.
“The State of Palestine condemns in the strongest
terms Israel’s ongoing crimes and deliberate killings of Palestinian minors,
including the latest murder of 16-year-old Jana Majdi Zakarneh by a sniper in
Jenin while she was on the roof of her house,” the ministry said in a
statement.
The statement added, “Jana is another victim of the
international community’s failure to hold Israel accountable for its ongoing and
escalating crimes. The occupying regime’s targeting of Palestinian children in
their homes, at schools, and on streets is systematic and widespread, and is
aimed at intimidating the minors and their families and spreading insecurity
within the Palestinian society.”
“Palestine reiterates that the list of shame remains
the most powerful tool of accountability and an effective deterrent to
guarantee child protection. Therefore, we call on the United Nations
secretary-general [Antonio Guterres] to immediately blacklist Israeli
occupation troops and settler militia forces, and hold Israel fully accountable
for its crimes against Palestinian children. Israel’s escape from consequences
of its crimes undermines the protection of children worldwide,” the Palestinian
Foreign Ministry pointed out.
“We call on the Prosecutor of the International
Criminal Court [Karim Ahmad Khan] to urgently and effectively investigate
Israel’s killing of Jana and many others as Palestinian children continue to be
targeted by the occupying Israeli regime. We also urge all relevant
institutions, international officials and governments to openly reject and
confront such crimes. Palestinian children are entitled to basic human rights,
namely protection, health, dignity and peace. They are not an exception to
these universal rules,” the ministry highlighted.
On Monday, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad
Shtayyeh called on the United Nations to place the Israeli regime on its
secretary-general’s annual “list of shame” for violations against children,
after Israeli troops fatally shot Zakarneh in Jenin.
During a meeting with the Special Representative of
the UN Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Virginia Gamba, in
Ramallah, Shtayyeh denounced the Palestinian teenager’s killing as another
crime to be added to the long list of horrifying crimes committed by Israeli
forces against Palestinian children.
Israeli forces have recently been conducting overnight
raids and killings in the northern occupied West Bank, mainly in the cities of
Jenin and Nablus, where new groups of Palestinian resistance fighters have been
formed.
Since the start of 2022, Israeli troops have killed
more than 210 Palestinians, including more than 50 children, in the occupied
West Bank and East al-Quds as well as the besieged Gaza Strip.
According to the United Nations, the number of
Palestinians killed by Israel in the occupied West Bank this year is the
highest in 16 years.
Local and international rights groups have condemned
Israel’s excessive use of force and “shoot-to-kill policy” against
Palestinians.
Source: Press TV
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'Majority of Displaced Populations in Afghanistan' Are
Women: UN
By Banafsha Binesh
15 Dec 2022
The UN Women in Afghanistan said that "women
make-up the majority of the displaced populations in Afghanistan. The inability
to exercise property rights or seek legal help means women in informal
settlements live every day in fear of being evicted."
“Women and girls are affected by negative coping
mechanisms due to lack of food. Women are forced to sell their assets to buy
food, or, in most extreme cases, families have to sell their girls for
marriage,” UN women in Afghanistan said on Twitter.
TOLOnews’ reached out to vulnerable women who are
struggling to meet basic needs.
Shah Jan said that she was forced to sell several
house items to make ends meet.
“We have sold the home belongings. We had an old
carpet and we sold it to provide for our expenses. We have food for lunch, we
are worried about dinner,” she said.
“We have no wood for heating, no coal. We call on the
government to provide us with aid,” said Hameeda, a vulnerable woman.
The World Food Program in Afghanistan (WFP) said that
it has been providing assistance to women across the country.
“Afghan women are currently faced with an economic
crisis and a lack of jobs.
Source: Tolo News
https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-181178
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UN seeks $1.2b for women next year
December 14, 2022
The United Nations issued an appeal on Tuesday for
$1.2 billion to provide health care for women and girls, in particular those in
war zones like Ukraine.
The United Nations Population Fund, which works to
improve reproductive and maternal health worldwide, asked for that money for
next year as it seeks to help women in 65 countries, including ones enduring
conflicts in Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen.
The appeal represents a small amount of the record
$51.5 billion that UN agencies requested earlier this month to address
humanitarian needs next year for 230 million people. These needs have become
more acute because of the war in Ukraine, the effects of climate change and the
risk of famine in Africa.
"When crisis strikes, women and girls face a heightened
risk of sexual violence, exploitation and abuse," the population fund's
director Natalia Kanem said in a report.
She said that this year her agency provided
life-saving assistance to more than 30 million women, girls and young people
"including services and supplies for emergency obstetric care to prevent
maternal and newborn deaths, family planning and emergency contraception,
prevention of and response to sexual violence, including the clinical
management of rape."
But, she added, "needs are growing and gaps
remain."
The agency said the top eight countries in order of
need for women and girls are Afghanistan, Syria, Ukraine, Yemen, Somalia,
Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ethiopia.
Source: Tribune Pakistan
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2391086/un-seeks-12b-for-women-next-year
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Egypt Pays Great Attention to Empowering Women,
Ensuring Them Decent Life: Minister
December 14, 2022
Believing in the vital role of women in society and
their ability to succeed in high-ranking legislative as well as executive
positions, the State pays significant attention to empowering them economically
and socially and ensuring that they have a decent life, Manpower Minister
Hassan Shehata said.
The minister made the remarks during a meeting with UN
Women Egypt Country Representative Christine Arab and UN Women Egypt working
team, to review aspects of cooperation on various issues of mutual interest.
Shehata said Egypt was the first in the world to
launch a national women’s empowerment strategy for 2030, in line with the goals
of sustainable development, which was approved by President Abdel Fattah
al-Sisi as a road-map for the Egyptian government.
Moreover, in all its labor-related laws, the State is
keen on empowering and protecting women, and offering them adequate training
opportunities at fixed and mobile training centers available nationwide, the
minister said.
In addition, a Gender Equality Unit has also been
established at the Manpower Ministry’s headquarters, with as many as 27
affiliated sub-units in all governorates, Shehata said.
Meanwhile, Arab expressed pleasure at the fruitful
cooperation between the ministry and the UN body, commending also the
ministry’s role in sustaining women’s engagement in the labor market, while
protecting their rights at work places.
Source: Egypt Independent
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