Egypt Introduces the First Psychotherapy Clinic for Abused Women
New
Age Islam News Bureau
02
May 2022
• Tina Rahimi, Australia’s First Muslim Women’s Boxer To Compete At The Commonwealth Games
•
Pakistan: Sindh Commission For Women Airs Concerns Over Abduction Of Minor
Girls In Karachi
•
Bayer, AUW To Support Women’s Education In Asia
•
President Alvi Upholds Major Penalty Against A Woman Harasser
•
Women play important role in sustaining Resistance movement: Fayyazbakhsh
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Egypt
Introduces the First Psychotherapy Clinic for Abused Women
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Via UNFPA
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Farah
Rafik
26
APRIL 2022
The
Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP) announced on Tuesday, 19 April the
inauguration of the Safe Women Clinic, Egypt’s first psychotherapy clinic
dedicated to abused women at the Ahalina Medical Center in Cairo.
This
project is done in cooperation with the MoHP, the General Secretariat of Mental
Health (GSMH), the National Council for Women (NCW,) and the United Nations
Population Fund (UNFPA).
The
Safe Women Clinics are medical response clinics that will offer comprehensive
services for women subjected to violence. They aim to provide first aid in the
case of injuries as well as psychological counseling, therapy, and self-defense
techniques.
According
to a survey conducted in 2015 by UNFPA, NCW, and the Central Agency for Public
Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), around 7.8 million women suffer from
gender-based violence annually in Egypt, whether domestic violence or in public
spaces.
In
partnership with the GSMH and with the support of the Norwegian Embassy in
Egypt, UNFPA and NCW held a three-day workshop in December 2021 for medical staff
and physicians on case management as well training workshops on the national
referral process for all existing medical, legal, and social services
available.
Health
Expert at the Anti-Violence against Women Coordination Unit at the NCW, Dr.
Amal Phillip, expressed in a statement her deep appreciation for the ministry’s
efforts to combat violence against women.
Source:
Egyptian Streets
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Tina
Rahimi, Australia’s First Muslim Women’s Boxer To Compete At The Commonwealth
Games
Tina
Rahimi
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May
1, 2022
Tina
Rahimi is set to become the first Muslim women’s boxer for Australia when she
competes at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham this year.
From
Box Hill in Sydney, Rahimi gave up her career as a make-up artist to pursue
boxing in 2018. At the time it was just a hobby, but it quickly became a
full-time pursuit for the 26-year-old.
Competing
in the lightweight boxing class (57kg), she has a 15-2 win-loss record,
securing her a spot in the team of 11 boxers for the Games this July, and
giving her the perfect opportunity to move her skills to the mainstream.
“From
the moment I started, I have not stopped. I just loved it,” Rahimi told The
Daily Telegraph.
“I
was good at it and went to a fight night and it really motivated me.
“I’ve
always embraced the physicality. I was never scared to get hit. I even sparred
with the boys and I’d get hit by a punch and still come forward,” she said.
“I
know that I have the potential and capability to get the gold, so I have really
dedicated myself to the sport.
“It
would make me really happy to win.”
She
certainly has the pedigree for success. Her father Michael Rahimi was a
champion wrestler and coach himself.
But
Rahimi’s quick success is a testimony to her own determination.
Rahimi’s
spot on the team will make her the first Muslim women’s boxer to compete for Australia,
and the importance of this platform has not passed her by.
“It
would be a big deal coming from a Muslim background,” she said. ‘Not many
Muslim women have accomplished something like that.
“It’s
a big community. I have to wear the hijab to cover my hair and have my arms and
legs covered as well, so I do stand out.
“I
feel like it would show anything is possible if you put your mind to it. That
you can do anything. That just because you dress or look a different way, come
from a different religion, that doesn’t mean it should stop you achieving your
dream.”
Rahimi
is documenting her journey for her 13,400 Instagram followers on her personal
account, along with her business account Boxing With Tina, where she hopes to
encourage women and girls of all backgrounds to take up the sport.
Rahimi
is one of eight debutants in the Australian boxing team, and will compete
alongside three-time Games competitor Kaye Scott, a trailblazer in the sport.
This
is the second Australian team announced for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games,
after confirmation of the weightlifting representatives last week.
Source:
news.com.au
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Pakistan:
Sindh Commission for Women airs concerns over abduction of minor girls in
Karachi
01
May 2022
Sindh
[Pakistan], May 1 (ANI): In the case of the mysterious disappearance of two
girls from Karachi, the Sindh Commission on the Status of Women (SCSW), while
highlighting the recent trend of minor girls being abducted, said that the
girls must be recovered and brought back to Karachi and added that the culprits
must be prosecuted in Sindh from where the minor girls were abducted.
The
minors Dua Zehra Kazmi and Nimra Kazmi were traced but have not been recovered
yet. Both the girls had gone missing under mysterious circumstances in Karachi.
Highlighting
the recent trend of minor girls being abducted, the commission asked for
attention to be brought to the issue. It is recommended to oversee if the acts are
being carried out by a certain group of human traffickers.
The
SCSW has also called for an age determination of the test to verify the ages of
the girls. It added that the girls must be kept under safe custody. It also
added that the minor must have an option of meeting with their parents,
reported Dawn.
Condemning
the harassment and intimidation that the family of the girls and lawyers
looking out the case of minor girls are going through, the Commission has shown
grave concern over the matter.
The
Commission said that the culprits involved in the abduction and facilitation of
their nikah should be punished as per law.
In
another unexpected twist, the alleged 'Nikahnama' (marriage documents) of both
the girls went viral on the internet on Monday. Both the girls from Karachi
were traced in Punjab. One of the girls, Nimra was traced in Dera Ghazi Khan
where she was found to have married a man, Najeeb Shahrukh, according to the
Nikah Nama and court documents obtained by The News International.
The
other minor abducted, Dua, was traced in Lahore after her marriage documents,
which went viral on social media, showed a Lahore address. According to the
Nikahnama, Dua has married a man, Zaheer Ahmed, 21. Karachi police sources said
the marriage document Dua appeared to be genuine but the police were trying to
further verify it.
The
hearing of the cases in the district courts is to be held on Saturday (May 30).
The cases are being led by advocate Altaf Khoso (nominated lawyer of the WDD
and member of the violence against woman committee of the SCSW) and his Plus
Legal Aid team. (ANI)
Source:
Pakistan News
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Bayer,
AUW to support women’s education in Asia
01
May, 2022
KARACHI:
Bayer has pledged US 675,000 dollars for the Bayer scholarship programme which
will fund the university education of sixteen Asian University for Women (AUW)
students.
Nine
of the sixteen Bayer scholars will be selected by AUW from the rural farming
communities of Bangladesh and seven will be selected from other smallholder
farming communities in South and Southeast Asia, including Pakistan.
The
scholarships will cover two years of pre-collegiate study and the first-year of
AUW’s three-year undergraduate degree programme and will run from August 2022
to July 2025. Bayer will also provide internships to sixteen AUW students who
hold interest in agribusiness.
In
this regard Kamal Ahmad, Founder of the Asian University for Women said that in
all communities, we are separated by one divide after another: the poor vs the
rich, those with access to power and privilege and those without. In the midst
of all of these divides, it is the rural-urban divide that is probably most
decisive in predicting the future of those born across them, he added.
He
added by dedicating scholarships to the daughters of landless agricultural
workers, AUW joins Bayer in lifting the curtain against that great divide and
creating a pathway to discover and nurture the teeming talents that the tyranny
of our divided societies otherwise suppress.
“We
look forward to welcoming the Bayer scholars to our AUW community and so
grateful to Bayer for extending such pioneering support”, he added.
Monika
Lessl, Senior Vice President Corporate R&D and Social Innovation and
Executive Director of Bayer Foundation said that Bayer is constantly working
towards creating a world where everyone has access to essential services be it
health, nutrition or education.
Source:
Brecorder
https://www.brecorder.com/news/40170549
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President
Alvi upholds major penalty against a woman harasser
May
2, 2022
Islamabad:
President Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday rejected the petition of Dr Humayun Iqbal for
setting aside the orders of conducting a denovo inquiry against him and upheld
the major penalty of termination of service imposed upon the accused by the
Anti-Harassment Committee and Syndicate of the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Medical University, Islamabad.
The
accused had filed an appeal against the decision of the Federal Ombudsman for
Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace to the extent of conducting
a denovo inquiry against him.
The
ombudsman then set aside the findings/recommendations of the anti-harassment
committee and sent the case back to the university for conducting a denovo
inquiry.
Moreover,
in a similar petition complainant had also requested to set aside the impugned
order of the ombudsman and uphold the recommendations of the anti-harassment
committee.
According
to the background of the case, the complainant, a graduate trainee, had filed a
harassment complaint against the accused before the VC of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali
Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, who referred the matter to the
Anti-harassment Committee of the University.
The
committee imposed a major penalty of termination of service upon the accused in
2018.
Furthermore,
the Syndicate of the University approved the recommendations of the committee
and terminated the accused from the service.
The
accused filed an appeal before the ombudsman assailing the said penalty. The
learned Ombudsman set aside the findings/recommendations of the anti-harassment
committee and ordered to send the case back to the organization for conducting
a denovo inquiry to provide both the parties full opportunity of hearing and
producing the evidence.
Subsequently,
both the accused and the complainant filed the representations with the
president against the decision of the Ombudsman. The accused prayed to set
aside the order of the Ombudsman to the extent of conducting the denovo inquiry
against him, while the complainant requested to uphold the recommendations of
the Anti-Harassment Committee.
During
the course of proceedings, it was informed that the previous conduct history of
the accused reflected that he had sexually assaulted women in the past.
He
was removed from being a registered doctor in the United Kingdom and was also
expelled from service by the Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology on similar
allegations of sexual harassment.
President
Dr Arif Alvi observed that very few women come forward with a complaint of
harassment, and those who do so have to face the uphill task of proving it.
He
further observed that the said case had been lingering on since 2017, and it
would be unfair to delay it further.
Source:
Pak Observer
https://pakobserver.net/president-alvi-upholds-major-penalty-against-a-woman-harasser/
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Women
play important role in sustaining Resistance movement: Fayyazbakhsh
May
1, 2022
The
advisor for women affairs of the president of the Islamic Azad University said,
“Movements are won in which, in addition to the determination of their leaders,
there are women who support the resistance. Women play an important role in
sustaining resistance movement.”
The
International Conference “Women and Holy Quds” was held on the evening of
Tuesday, May 16, 2022, on the eve of World Quds Day, in the conference hall of
the Palestine Intifada Conference.
Referring
to the role of Muslim women in reviving the monotheistic school, Nafiseh
Fayyazbakhsh, the advisor for women affairs of the president of the Islamic
Azad University said at the conference, “According to Quranic verses, Asiya
(Pharaoh’s wife) played a major role in reviving the monotheistic school of the
Prophet Moses (a.s.). When Asiya believed in the authenticity of the call of
the Prophet Moses (a.s.), she refused to renounce her faith, despite the most
severe tortures.”
“From
the beginning of Islam, women defended Islam alongside men. The role of women
in Islam is very strong, and we see this prominent role in the events of
Karbala. Leading women in the defense of Islam and the Infallible Imams (a.s.)
have not been limited to the women of the AhlulBayt (a.s.). But other Shiite
women, despite all the pressure, defended the guardianship of AhlulBayt
(a.s.),” she continued.
“Following
divine leaders, women persevered in defending religion. Movements are won in
which, in addition to the determination of their leaders, there are women who
support the resistance. Women play an important role in sustaining resistance
movement. Women need to increase their insight,” added the advisor for Women’s
Affairs to the President of the Islamic Azad University.
It
worth mentioning that the International Conference “Women and the Holy Quds” is
being held with the participation of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly and
other similar institutions. Guests from Iran other countries attended the
conference.
Source:
ABNA24
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