Female Lieutenant İrem Köksal Leads Combat Operations Centre In Corvettes Of The Turkish Navy
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December 2021
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Actor Timothee Chalamet, Designer Haider Ackermann Create Hoodies To Help
Afghan Women
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'Istanbul' a Common Female Name In Somalia as Turkish Influence Gains Momentum
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Judicial Commission of Pakistan to Debate Justice Ayesha Malik’s Elevation To
Supreme Court
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Abu Dhabi: Indian Women's Group Donates Rare Blood Types To Help Save Lives
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Seminar in Pakistan Sheds Light On Issues Facing Women
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Female
Lieutenant İrem Köksal Leads Combat Operations Centre In Corvettes Of The
Turkish Navy
The
combat operations centre of the TCG Heybeliada, the lead ship of the Ada-class
ASW corvettes of the Turkish Navy, is being led by the warship’s only female
marine officer, Lieutenant İrem Köksal.
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December
24 2021
The
combat operations centre of the TCG Heybeliada, the lead ship of the Ada-class
ASW corvettes of the Turkish Navy, is being led by the warship’s only female
marine officer, Lieutenant İrem Köksal.
“Man
or woman… does not matter who officiates. Fulfilling the duty is more
important,” Köksal told İhlas News Agency on Dec. 22.
In
an interview she gave at the TCG Heybeliada, which is anchored at the Foça Port
in the western province of İzmir, she stressed on the importance of the combat
operations center in a corvette.
Her
daily routine is “to perform administrative affairs and accounting,” and “to
pursue the military training conducted in the ship.”
However,
the center turns into a heart of the warship in case of a “military tension or
war.”
“In
such cases, the commander leads the ship and gives the crucial decisions from
the combat operations center,” she said and added: “That’s why, this center is very
important.”
TCG
Heybeliada is named after the Heybeliada Island, one of the Princes’ Islands of
Istanbul where the Turkish Naval High School is located. Having laid down in
2007, launched in 2008 and commissioned in 2011, TCG Heybeliada received the moniker
the “Ghost of the Seas.”
“Military
and naval services are both tough jobs. You have to be prepared for everything
in any condition. You have to adopt a dynamic life,” she said proudly while
telling of her naval life.
Joining
the Naval High School in 2005 and graduating as a sub-lieutenant in 2009,
Köksal noted, “I was raised with
naval
traditions. After graduations, I served at various ships and corvettes at
different posts.”
When
asked about her love for the sea, Köksal highlighted that the “sea is a
teacher.”
“The
sea teaches us how to manage and unite with nature.”
So,
spending most of her days at the sea is a “part of the job.”
“We
spend most of the year away from our families and houses. Apart from being
brothers in arms, we become family members with all the crew on board.”
TCG
Heybeliada, which is 99.56 meters in length and 14.4 meters in beam, has a
displacement of 2,300 long tons. Having a range of 3,500 nautical miles (6,500
kilometers) at 15 knots, she has an endurance of 21 days with logistic support
and 10 days while operating autonomously.
According
to official data, she has a crew of 93, with space for up to 106. The ship is
armed with a 76-milimeter OTO Melara gun, two ASELSAN STAMP 12.7-milimeter
guns, eight Harpoon missiles, 21 Rolling Airframe missiles and two
324-milimeter Mark 32 triple launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes.
Source:
Hurriyet Daily News
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Actor
Timothee Chalamet, Designer Haider Ackermann Create Hoodies To Help Afghan Women
Timothée Chalamet
Designs a Hoodie for Afghan Women's Rights
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December
23, 2021
DUBAI:
US actor Timothee Chalamet has partnered with Colombian-born French fashion
designer Haider Ackermann to design hoodies to help children and women in
Afghanistan.
The
pair revealed on Instagram on Wednesday that all profits from the sweatshirts
will go to Afghanistan Libre, a nonprofit organization that fights for the
rights of women and girls in the country.
“For
a couple of years now @tchalamet and I have been wanting to make something
together,” Ackermann, who spent years of his childhood in Algeria, wrote on
Instagram. “In August, we were horrified to learn of the ongoing humanitarian
crisis in Afghanistan and decided to design a hoodie where 100 percent of the
proceeds will go to @afghanistanlibre.”
The
white sweatshirts feature a picture of a young child in a blue paint splatter
design with text that reads “Silent Soldier” and “HA+TC A Common Thread,”
referring to Chalamet and Ackermann’s initials.
Source:
Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1991751/lifestyle
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'Istanbul'
a common female name in Somalia as Turkish influence gains momentum
Mohammed
Dhaysane
24.12.2021
MOGADISHU,
Somalia
Somalia
and Turkey share a long history that goes back to the Ottoman era, with the
Turks playing a huge role in Somalia’s independence struggle against the
British colonial empire.
Somalia
had forces called Dervishes that were led by Sayyid Mohamed Abdulle Hassan, one
of the country’s independence heroes. Fighting against British rule, he was a
Somali religious and military leader of the Dervish movement from 1856–1920
backed by the Ottomans.
According
to the Somali presidency, historic mosques can be found in the country that
date back hundreds of years and were built by the Ottomans.
Historic
buildings and mosques can be found in the port city of Berbera in Somaliland
and are examples of the Turkish influence that is visible throughout Somalia.
Turkey
not only had a cultural influence in Somalia. Good relations between the two
countries that developed over a decade enabled the Turkish and Somali people to
easily integrate.
A
large percentage of the Somali diaspora lives in Turkey, and there is a
significant Turkish diaspora in Somalia, including businessmen, doctors,
engineers and humanitarian workers.
“If
you go to Turkey and find an opportunity to visit Istanbul or Ankara, you will
see that the Somali diaspora has been smoothly integrated into the society,
doing business, attending universities to study, and all that is because we
have Turkish airlines flying over Mogadishu every day carrying Somali
passengers. This is good for the cultural integration agreement that was signed
between Somalia and Turkey several years ago,” Somali presidential spokesman
Abdirashid Mohamed Hashi told Anadolu Agency.
Somali
film revival
Turkish
state broadcaster TRT will help Somalia’s culture thrive again and train Somali
filmmakers to produce quality dramas, which were once popular but vanished
after the civil war that broke out in 1990 after the collapse of the military
regime.
“We
have met with the TRT channel’s directors, and they will help us get our
culture, music and film industry back on track. Turkish dramas will be
translated in Somalia to ensure the cultural exchange between the two countries
thrives,” Hashi said.
Somalia
and Turkey developed their close friendship in 2011 after Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a visit to the country as the first non-African
leader to do so in over 20 years.
Demand
for learning the Turkish language among young people, especially women and
girls, has more than doubled this year because of the Turkish film industry.
Zaynab
Abdi Adan loves Turkish dramas. She said she has been watching them for almost
three years and has also learned how to communicate in Turkish.
“I
just love the way they act seriously when they’re acting in love affairs. I
just love it, and I am now addicted to a new historical drama series called
Alparslan: Buyuk Selcuklu, and the best actor for me is [the one who plays]
Alpagut,” she said.
If
you want to know how much influence Turkey has in Somalia, just check the
female names in the country, said Ahmed Osman, an elderly man in Mogadishu.
One
of the most well-known female names in the country is ‘Istanbul,’ he said.
“We
are related in terms of religion, and I am happy to see a major Muslim country
have this kind of influence on us because before our generation, we had Western
influences such as Italian culture, but not anymore.”
Feysal
Ali said he translates Turkish films from Arabic into Somali and has watched
five different dramas, including the historically depicted Dirilis: Ertugrul.
"I
have watched all five seasons of the Ertugrul drama alone in just three months.
I have also watched a military themed TV series called Soz and I am currently
watching Barbaroslar," he said.
Special
celebration
This
year, Somalia celebrated the 10th anniversary of its special relationship with
Turkey.
Foreign
diplomats, senior Somali officials and the Turkish ambassador to Somalia were
among the dignitaries who attended a ceremony in Mogadishu in which Turkish
whirling dervishes performed live dances at the Halane compound that houses the
UN’s headquarters in the capital Mogadishu.
“Somali
singers and Turkish musicians were invited to showcase how the cultural
exchange between Somalia and Turkey was working and all dignitaries and
participants were amazed by the performances" said Hashi.
The
Turkish film industry has been a game changer in the country, with other
foreign films losing their dominance. Somalis previously loved to watch
Bollywood films, but now this has been overtaken by Turkish films, Hashi added.
Source:
Anadolu Agency
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Judicial
Commission of Pakistan to Debate Justice Ayesha Malik’s Elevation To Supreme
Court
Nasir
Iqbal
December
25, 2021
ISLAMABAD:
The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) will meet on Jan 6 to complete an
unfinished agenda as Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed has proposed
once again the name of Justice Ayesha A. Malik of the Lahore High Court for
elevation as a judge of the Supreme Court, an informed source confided to Dawn
on Friday.
A
lack of consensus during an extended meeting on Sept 9 had forced the JCP to
reject the elevation of Justice Malik — the fourth most senior judge of the LHC
— to enter the Supreme Court as the first-ever woman judge in the country’s
judicial history.
Reacting
swiftly, the Pakistan Bar Council’s (PBC) Vice chairman expressed reservations
and concern over the move to what he called an attempt to violate the seniority
principle for elevation of judges to the Supreme Court and the high courts.
In
a statement, Khush Dil Khan emphasised that it was a consistent stance of the
legal fraternity that judges should be elevated on the basis of seniority in
all the courts and that the practice to “pick and choose” should stop.
Khush
Dil Khan was of the view that if the seniority principle was violated for
elevation to the apex court, the high courts and lower courts, as well as the
legal fraternity, would resist it forcefully.
Four
members of the eight-member JCP had opposed the proposal to elevate Justice Ayesha
Malik when it met on Sept 9, while an equal number supported it.
Justice
Maqbool Baqar, Justice Sardar Tariq Masood, former judge Dost Mohammad Khan and
a representative of the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), Akhtar Hussain, had opposed
the idea whereas the CJP, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, Federal Law Minister
Barrister Dr Farogh Naseem and Attorney General (AGP) Khalid Jawed Khan had
favoured Justice Malik.
Justice
Qazi Faez Isa — another JCP member — was unable to take part in the proceedings
as he was out of the country.
While
the JCP was holding its session on Sept 9, lawyers had arranged a protest and
convention in a nearby office of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA). They
accused the judiciary of favouritism in the appointment of superior court judges
and thus harming its image.
Through
a resolution, the convention asked the JCP to adhere to the seniority principle
in appointments to the apex court from the provincial high courts until such
time as fair, transparent and objective criteria for appointment of judges at
all levels were framed in consultation with all stakeholders and appropriate
amendments to the Judicial Commission Rules.
But
during the JCP meeting on Sept 9, Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed had described the
event as a historic day when a woman judge had been nominated to the apex
court.
Justice
Umar Ata Bandial observed that the legal fraternity had to progress and decide
whether “we had the courage and strength to take a step in favour of a woman”,
emphasising that a uniform standard be applied for men and women for selection.
“The woman judge cannot be stopped on the basis of seniority or lack of it if
she meets the standards of competence or capacity or independence.”
Justice
Bandial said the nominee (Justice Malik) was known to be fiercely independent
and probably that was the reason why the Bar was opposing her elevation and
stalling the process.
Justice
Sardar Tariq Masood, also a member of the JCP, observed that whenever the
seniority principle was ignored for the appointment of judges, the judiciary’s
independence stood compromised and its fallout derailed democracy.
Justice
Masood, who had opposed the appointment of Justice Malik, said it was
unfortunate that “without valid reasons”, the three judges of the LHC senior to
Justice Ayesha Malik were being ignored.
Source:
Dawn
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Abu
Dhabi: Indian women's group donates rare blood types to help save lives
by
Ashwani Kumar
25
Dec 2021
A
group of women from the Abu Dhabi-based Indian association have donated rare
blood types to support the local health authorities’ efforts to save lives of
patients and manage blood transfusion requirements during the pandemic.
With
the pandemic crisis intensifying, members of the Indian Ladies Association
(ILA) in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Blood Bank Services (ADBBS) organised
the campaign at the India Social and Cultural Centre Abu Dhabi.
ILA
president Ambreen Sheikh pointed out that the drive was specifically aimed at
collecting blood types O, A and B negative.
“The
Abu Dhabi Health Services Company (Seha) has been encouraging the community
members to donate blood. We checked with the blood bank on the requirements. We
were told about the need for specific blood groups,” Ambreen said.
“We
believe that blood donation is a small act of kindness that does big wonders.
The blood of a single donor can do what money cannot. And donors with rare
blood groups play such a significant role in society. We had about 25 such
donors. We thank all those who came forward to support the drive. We encourage
more youngsters to donate on a regular basis,” Ambreen said.
A
medical staff from the ADBBS urged more members of the community to come
forward.
“I
thank the ILA for donating blood. This will help to save the lives of the
patients. I am encouraging everyone to donate their blood, especially O and A
types, which are the most needed,” Jeanne Inductivo Onate said.
Anuradha
Bansal, who donated B negative - one of the rarest types - stressed on the role
of such campaigns in saving lives.
“I
felt very happy to have contributed to a cause. My blood group is very rare.
So, it will be in demand during an emergency. I feel blessed if I will be able
to save a life. I request other individuals with rare blood groups to donate
and help our health authorities and hospitals.”
ILA
has been conducting such community initiatives throughout the pandemic. They
have offered kits boxes with basic essentials to the labour accommodations of
both men and women, held an interactive session with children of determination
and organised competition to encourage sustainable living among others.
Those
who wish to donate blood can contact the blood bank at 02-8191700.
Who
can donate blood?
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Any person in good health and not under a doctor’s care for any serious
problem.
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Are between 18 to 65 years of age.
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Are at least 50kgs.
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Didn’t donate blood within the past 56 days.
Source:
Khaleej Times
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Seminar
In Pakistan Sheds Light On Issues Facing Women
December
23, 2021
MARDAN:
Speakers at a seminar here on Wednesday highlighted the issues being faced by
the working women.
They
were speaking at the seminar to mark the National Working Women’s Day.
The
Department of Sociology and Office of Research, Innovation and
Commercialisation (ORIC) at the Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan had jointly
organised the seminar.
Sabeeha
Hastam, Additional Assistant Commissioner Mardan/Finance Officer, Alia Nawab,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Commission on the Status of Women district women committee
member, Tauheed Rasheed, Superintendent Women Shelter Home Mardan, Najma
Shehnaz, Lady Police District Mardan, Dr Hussain Ali, Chairperson Sociology
Department, Syed Ali Shah, Chairperson Pakistan Studies, Sajjad Ali Shah,
Deputy Director ORIC, Shah Hussain Awan, Deputy Director Quality Enhancement
Cell (QEC), Muhammad Arif, President Saiban Development Organization, Shaista
Gohar, Safia, Rizwana Gul and other faculty members of the Abdul Wali Khan
University Mardan shared their views.
Expressing
her views, Sabeeha Hastam said that women were able to achieve and fulfill
every task more professionally either in their family life or in professional
life. She added that women should convince their family members to allow them
to get a decent job and contribute to nation building. Alia Nawab said a woman
could not secure a decent employment without self-confidence and courage.
She
maintained that women should choose new professions and establish their own
businesses to play a vital role in the socio-economic development of the
country. In her speech, Najma Shehnaz encouraged the students to join those
departments and organisations where women were doing fewer jobs due to social
barriers.
Tauheed
Rasheed said she served in the Pakistan Air Force for two years and was now
working with the Social Welfare Department. “I feel honoured to work for women
who have suffered and faced gender-based violence in the society. I encourage
women to raise their voice for their protection and empowerment in society,”
she added.
Sajjad
Ali Shah said that women had the ability to perform their duty at home as well
as in any organisation. He added that women were performing their role as
working women in every sphere of life which was a roadmap for women graduates
in future.
Muhammad
Arif said that women were being encouraged to join their organisation as a
social worker to highlight the issues faced by working women in different
sectors. At the end, shields were distributed among working women.
Source:
The News Pakistan
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