Taliban Leader Vows To Start Stoning Women To Death In Public For Adultery
New Age Islam News Bureau
26 March 2024
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Taliban
Leader Vows To Start Stoning Women To Death In PublicFor Adultery
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‘Lack Of
Water, Poor Sanitation In Nigerian Schools Hindering Girl-Child Education’
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Iranian
Dissident Masih Alinejad: Iranian Women Are Subject To Strict Dress Codes
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Malala
Yousafzai Talks Female Education, Faith And The Future
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It’s ‘Abhorrent,’
UN Says Of Sexual Violence Against Gaza Women By Israeli Troops
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UN
announces sewing education programs for women across Afghanistan
Compiled by New Age Islam News
Bureau
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Taliban Leader Vows To Start Stoning Women To Death In
Public For Adultery
Footage allegedly from 2015
shows the Taliban stoning a women to death, six years before their return to
power in Afghanistan
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March 26, 2024
Akhtar Makoii
The Taliban’s Supreme Leader has vowed to start
stoning women to death in public as he declared the fight against Western
democracy will continue.
“You say it’s a violation of women’s rights when we
stone them to death,” said Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada in a voice message,
aired on state television over the weekend, addressing Western officials.
“But we will soon implement the punishment for
adultery. We will flog women in public. We will stone them to death in public,”
he declared in his harshest comments since taking over Kabul in August 2021.
“These are all against your democracy but we will
continue doing it. We both say we defend human rights – we do it as God’s
representative and you as the devil’s.”
Afghanistan’s state TV, now under Taliban control,
broadcasts voice messages purporting to be from Akhundzada, who has never been
seen in public aside from a few old portraits.
He is believed to be based in southern Kandahar, the
stronghold of the Taliban.
Despite promising a more moderate government, the
Taliban quickly returned to harsh public punishments like public executions and
floggings, similar to those from their previous rule in the late 1990s.
The United Nations has strongly criticised the Taliban
and has called on the country’s rulers to halt such practices.
In his voice message, Akhundzada said that the women’s
rights that the international community had been advocating for were against
the Taliban’s harsh interpretation of Islamic Sharia.
“Do women want the rights that Westerners are talking
about? They are against Sharia and clerics’ opinions, the clerics who toppled
Western democracy,” he said.
“I told the Mujahedin that we tell the Westerners that
we fought against you for 20 years and we will fight 20 and even more years
against you,” he said, emphasising the need for resilience in opposing women’s
rights among Taliban foot soldiers.
“It did not finish [when you left]. It does not mean
we would now just sit and drink tea. We will bring Sharia to this land,” he
added. “It did finish after we took over Kabul. No, we will now bring Sharia
into action.”
Women ‘living in prison’
His remarks have incited outrage among Afghans, with
some calling on the international community to increase pressure on the
Taliban.
“The money that they receive from the international
community as humanitarian aid is just feeding them against women,” Tala, a
former civil servant, told The Telegraph from the capital Kabul.
“As a woman, I don’t feel safe and secure in
Afghanistan. Each morning starts with a barrage of notices and orders imposing
restrictions and stringent rules on women, stripping away even the smallest
joys and extinguishing hope for a brighter future,” she added.
“We, the women, are living in prison,” Tala said, “And
the Taliban are making it smaller for us every passing day.”
Source: yahoo.com
https://www.yahoo.com/news/taliban-leader-says-women-stoned-195243252.html
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‘Lack Of Water, Poor Sanitation In Nigerian Schools
Hindering Girl-Child Education’
File Photo: girl-child
education
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26 Mar 2024
The Association of Professional Women Engineers of
Nigeria (APWEN) has expressed concern about the impact of inadequate Water,
Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) facilities in many government schools on
girl-child education.
Engineer Adebisi Osim, the President of APWEN, said
water scarcity contributes to low school enrolment rates, particularly among
girls.
She spoke at a programme to commemorate the 2024 World
Water Day, organised by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on
Community Engagement (SSAPCE) in partnership with APWEN.
Represented by an APWEN Board of Trustee (BoT) member,
Engineer RamatuAbarshi, she said the programme with the theme, ‘Leveraging
Water for Peace’, is aimed at reminding stakeholders of the critical role water
plays in fostering harmony, stability, and prosperity in communities and
beyond.
She said, “Scarcity of water especially from February
to April is usually severe in several parts of the country, particularly the
north as only 30 per cent of the population has access to safe drinking water.
Daily, one is greeted with the image of people, especially women carrying
buckets to look for water. This contributes to a high prevalence of waterborne
diseases, threatens the livelihoods of smallholder farmers, and contributes to
low levels of school enrollment, especially among girls.”
She then called on the government and stakeholders to
unite towards the common goal of securing water for peace.
Ibrahim Hamza,
Commissioner for Public Works and Infrastructure in Kaduna State, said the
state is revising its Water and Sanitation Master/Investment Plan to utilize
water as a tool for peace, ensuring access to clean water and sanitation
facilities.
Engineer Abubakar Sani, a keynote speaker and lecturer
from the Department of Civil Engineering at Kaduna Polytechnic, emphasised the
need to minimise damage to water resources caused by armed conflicts.
Source: dailytrust.com
https://dailytrust.com/lack-of-water-poor-sanitation-in-schools-hindering-girl-child-education/
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Iranian Dissident Masih Alinejad: Iranian Women Are
Subject To Strict Dress Codes
26/03/2024
Clara Preve
Masih Alinejad has been persecuted by the Iranian
government for decades for speaking out against women’s rights violations in
Iran. Now, she is urging people to unite against gender apartheid.
After the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran's Supreme
Leader Ayatollah Khomeini began a harsh assault on women's rights.
Today, Iranian women are subject to strict dress
codes, including the mandatory hijab, and face legal and political
discrimination.
Violations of the rules are frequently met with
intense and sometimes fatal brutality.
Speaking exclusively to Euronews, Iranian women's
rights activist Masih Alinejad has called on Western leaders to unite in favour
of democracy and challenge dictatorships across the world.
Persecuted by Iran's government herself, the
journalist-author recently launched a campaign United Against Gender Apartheid,
which aims to share the stories of women living under the shadow of oppressive
regimes.
Here is what she said.
Euronews: Let's start by speaking about your latest
initiative, United Against Gender Apartheid. What inspired you to start the
campaign, and what is the aim?
Masih Alinejad: I launched this campaign because I
believe in the power of storytelling. If every single woman takes her camera
and talks about how it feels to be a second-class citizen in Afghanistan, how
it feels to get kicked out of schools, how it feels to get lashes, to get
beaten up in the streets in Iran for the crime of showing their hair – they can
bring all women together.
It’s not just women in Iran and Afghanistan. Their
stories have encouraged the women of Africa to join us. I think this campaign
gives a picture of all women from all authoritarian regimes.
You see women from Nicaragua, women from Venezuela,
women from Sudan, from Africa, joining women from Iran and Afghanistan and
calling for an end to the gender apartheid regime. And this unity is the key.
Euronews: What assistance have you received from the
international community?
Alinejad: So far, some Western countries are trying to
understand how the women of Iran and Afghanistan are suffering under gender
apartheid, and how they can help to have gender apartheid classified in all
international laws.
There are meetings with groups of women from Iran and
Afghanistan, member states, and politicians and policymakers everywhere in
European countries. But I think this is not sufficient.
We need a global rally, a global movement to unite all
women across the globe, to call on their leaders, to get united to end gender
apartheid.
Euronews: Dictators are uniting and seeking assistance
to avoid sanctions and punishment from Western countries. At the same time, we
see how Western leaders are scared to fully punish these regimes. How do you
see regimes being held accountable by the new initiative?
Alinejad: This initiative is just one of the tools in
our hands, the hands of dissidents, to bring the democratic countries together.
Our struggle is important, but it’s not sufficient. The international community
must hear the call from the World Liberty Congress.
We had our first general assembly where we united
dissidents from 60 authoritarian regimes, the leaders of the movement in every
authoritarian country from Africa to Latin America, to many regions in the
Middle East, to Eastern Europe, to Asia, and people from Hong Kong. There are
pro-democracy movements in each region. But at the same time, all the dictators
from these regions are helping each other.
Two-thirds of the global population is living under
authoritarian regimes. It is shocking, but it is true. It is a fact that 70% of
the global population is living under autocrats. Democracy is in recession. I
believe that only sanctions are not sufficient. It is a tool, but it’s not
sufficient. We need to see all the democratic countries as united as
authoritarian regimes to isolate dictatorships and terrorists.
Euronews: You’re asking women across the world who are
under authoritarian regimes to record a video of themselves, exposing the
atrocities that they’re facing every day. Yet, we’ve also seen how many of
these regimes have condemned and arrested people for speaking out. Have you
seen a change in the mentality of people in their willingness to speak up
against these regimes?
Alinejad: In my country, the regime created a new law
saying that if anyone sent videos to Masih Alinejad would be sentenced to up to
10 years in prison. I remember I felt guilty. I felt the burden on my
shoulders. I wanted to shut down my campaign. But guess what happened? I was
bombarded by women sending videos.
Now mothers who lost their beloved ones in the
protests, in the uprising, are sending videos to me in the same street where
their children got killed, saying: “Masih, you should be our voice because we
don't have anything to lose. They killed our children, and now are telling us
to stop being our storytellers? They want us to stop even crying for justice?”
Women in my country, women in authoritarian regimes,
are fearless. They have nothing to lose. They had enough. But at the same time,
they have agency. I'm not putting their lives in danger. These are the
authoritarian regimes putting their lives in danger. And that’s why they
believe they are like the women of suffrage. They have to risk their lives
because they believe freedom is not free.
In my country, you see that the clerics are attacking
women in the streets. Khamenei, the Supreme Leader, asked the police to put
cameras everywhere to identify unveiled women. What happened? You see women
showing their middle fingers to the cameras. You see women using their cameras
as weapons to expose the violence of those who carry weapons, to expose the
Islamic Republic, expose the Taliban, and African dictators.
Euronews: During the recent parliamentary elections in
Iran, we saw the lowest voter turnout since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. We
are also witnessing government top officials voicing their discomfort with some
of the conservatives’ policies. People in the streets are rebelling against the
establishment. Do you think that a possibility of change might be looming in
Iran?
Alinejad: I think the main change that the Iranian
people want is regime change. They want to have a secular democracy. And they
deserve to have it. There’s a huge gap between the young generation and the
rulers. All the criminals, they’re ruling my country. So for that, I have to
say that the Islamic Republic is not reformable.
Even those moderate boys who now boycotted the
election concluded that they must get rid of the Islamic Republic and have a
secular democracy. And believe me, a secular democracy not only benefits the people
of Iran, but also the people in the region and the people in the West. So an
Iran without an Islamic Republic will benefit the rest of the world.
We, the people of Iran, we’re not risking our lives to
just save ourselves. We want to save the rest of the world from one of the most
dangerous viruses, which is called the Islamic Republic. They are infecting the
rest of the world.
There's a famous saying in America: “What happens in
Vegas stays in Vegas” – but I believe what happened in the Middle East is not
going to stay in the Middle East. They will expand their ideology in Europe.
Extremism everywhere.
I believe that change will come in my country sooner
or later, but history will judge those who could be a voice for the women of
Iran, but they decided to ignore them, instead shaking the hands of the killers
of my women.
Source: euronews.com
https://www.euronews.com/2024/03/26/regimes-rebels-and-social-change-interview-with-iranian-dissident-masih-alinejad
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Malala Yousafzai Talks Female Education, Faith And The
Future
March 25, 2024
In a recent meeting with the Muslim Girl editorial
team, I called Malala Yousafzai “our perpetual Muslim Woman To Watch.” It goes
without saying that the world deserves to keep an eye on her historic moves
this year, next year and every year — but 2024 proves to be a special one for
our girls’ education trailblazer.
Malala is fresh off the glow of her first executive
producer role on the 2023 Oscar-nominated documentary “Stranger at the Gate,”
the Los Angeles screening of which I had the honor to moderate before an
audience of breath-taken Academy members. Like the rest of us, they saw the
urgency of a story about how kindness can transform hate into not only love,
but change — leading Malala to the iconic camera moment on Oscars night when
she flawlessly told Jimmy Kimmel, “I only talk about peace.”
With her famous restraint, she alchemized the pop
culture momentum to put the attention right back to where she’s always centered
it: the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan. As the country faces a dire
crisis in the freedom of education and movement for its most vulnerable
population, she’s leading the Malala Fund to put faces to the numbers and names
to the stories. She commemorated International Women’s Day 2024 by leading a
high-level panel on gender apartheid at the International Peace Institute, and
she’s determined to keep the issue in the global spotlight.
In her first interview for Muslim Girl, Malala kicks
off the week of our global campaign for Muslim Women’s Day by giving a timeless
voice to this year’s theme: faith. From fearlessly standing against adversity
to empowering the “hundreds of thousands of Malalas out there,” there can be no
doubt why she’s my, and countless others’, perpetual Muslim Woman To Watch.
AMANI: Your foundation, Malala Fund, has been
instrumental in supporting education initiatives worldwide. What do you think
should be our global priorities in the year to come?
MALALA YOUSAFZAI: With so many crises impacting our
world — war, climate change, poverty, discrimination — it can be difficult to
know where to lend support. But for me, education will always be a priority
because I know it has the potential to drive progress on all fronts.
I am so proud of the work that Malala Fund has done in
the last decade to support local education activists who are leading projects
and campaigns to help more girls complete 12 years of school. We trust that
they know what works best for their communities and learn so much from their
innovative solutions. I am also glad that the work these activists do at the
national level is supported and complemented by Malala Fund’s global advocacy
initiatives, including efforts to secure more and better resources for girls’
education and legal frameworks to support girls’ rights.
To help secure a better future, we need everyone to
stay informed, stay resilient and find creative ways to take collective action
on the issues they understand and care about most. Malala Fund has great
resources on its website in case any readers are interested in learning more
about our work and ways to support our incredible activist partners.
Regarding the documentary “Stranger at the Gate,” you
said, “This is a story about the power of forgiveness, redemption, kindness,
compassion. I believe in those values.” How do you think this plays into the
social issues most impacting Muslims today?
The first time I watched “Stranger at the Gate” I
remember I was in my living room watching it on my laptop together with my
husband, and I was completely moved and inspired by the story. It is really
difficult to address issues like extremism and violence because, oftentimes,
the reason behind the violence and the extremism is the dehumanisation of a
certain individual, a group of people, a religious group, or an ethnic group.
But, at the same time, when we connect with people, we see them in person or
through our TV screens, we realise that they are just like us. They have the
same moments of joy and sadness. They have the same family life. They share
meals together. They have traditions. It is then that we realise that we are
all humans.
It is really difficult to address issues like
extremism and violence because, oftentimes, the reason behind the violence and
the extremism is the dehumanisation of a certain individual, a group of people,
a religious group, or an ethnic group.
I think this understanding can help us build
compassion when it comes to some of today’s biggest crises, like the tragedy of
what’s happening in Gaza right now. One of the things that has become visible
to me is how readily the media, and many leaders, have dehumanised Palestinians
or reduced them to statistics, which makes it easier for some to look away from
the atrocities escalating every day. I have tried to use my social media platforms,
and particularly my Instagram stories, in recent months to draw attention to
and centre the perspectives of the remarkable people – especially children – in
Gaza who are living through this horror every day. I especially admire women
like Plestia and Bisan – the brave young people who are documenting this crisis
in real-time on social media and doing so much to humanise the plight of the
individuals and heroes around them.
Our theme for Muslim Women’s Day 2024 is Iman, or
faith. How has faith played a role in your advocacy, especially in the face of
global challenges?
First of all, a very happy Muslim Women’s Day to all
the readers of Muslim Girl. It is a great moment for us to come together and
celebrate our shared faith, values and achievements. In terms of my own faith,
I grew up in a Muslim country and a Muslim family, committed to the teachings
of Islam, so faith has always been a big part of my life — and it continues to
be so today.
When I think about how my faith plays a role in my
advocacy, two things stand out. First, is the consistent messages of avoiding
harmful acts, and of being honest, just, and truthful in how we treat others. I
started learning the Quran with translation at around age 10 and remember that
it had these powerful messages about doing good and being a virtuous person.
They made a big impression on me then and have stayed with me ever since.
Islam says that you cannot stay ignorant, that you
have to go and seek knowledge — no matter how hard it is, or how far you have
to travel.
The second thing, which drives some of my activism, is
to make sure that we do not allow others to misuse religion to do harm. We see
in Afghanistan how the Taliban is exploiting a twisted interpretation of Islam
to enforce its gender apartheid regime. My faith guides me to know that it is
wrong to deliberately and systematically oppress girls and women — not letting
them get a haircut, see a doctor, or go for a walk in the park. Afghanistan is
not the only Muslim country in the world, but it is the only country in the
world that stops girls from going to school. What I know, as a practising
Muslim, is that education is in fact compulsory in Islam. Islam says that you
cannot stay ignorant, that you have to go and seek knowledge — no matter how
hard it is, or how far you have to travel.
Can you share with our readers some of the most
memorable moments or encounters you’ve had while championing education rights
on the global stage?
I am very lucky because there’s been quite a few
standout moments. Speaking at the United Nations for the first time when I was
16 and receiving the Nobel Peace Prize were both amazing experiences. Last
year, I also got to spend time with GraçaMachel when I gave the Nelson Mandela
Lecture in South Africa. There was a quiet moment the day before the lecture
when a few of us — an activist, a lawyer, a young Parliamentarian, all women —
sat together in a room reflecting on the situation in Afghanistan. As Graça
shared her own experiences as an activist in southern Africa during racial apartheid,
we were all captivated. She is 78 years old, but I will never forget her
incredible energy for our shared causes, and the solidarity she offered us
across generations.
But I have to say that the best times are always when
I meet girls when I travel. In the last year alone through my advocacy work
with Malala Fund, I met girls in Brazil, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa, as
well as girls evacuated from Afghanistan. They are always hopeful and
optimistic despite their difficult circumstances. Girls like Thuézia, whom I met
in Brazil, said: “I want all of us to become doctors, nurses, lawyers,
journalists, and activists.”
How do you balance your global activism with your
personal life and aspirations, particularly as a young woman navigating both
public and private spheres?
Sometimes the work we do as advocates can feel really
heavy and really personal. I always make sure that I find time to relax, which
often includes sending memes or reels to my friends, or reading — I love
reading. And I’m now trying a few different sports, like badminton, pickleball
and golf. I am actually getting pretty good at golf but I have to admit that
I’m not a very humble winner — my poor husband has to accept me as champion. I
love cricket, of course, but I am really bad at it so I just stick to watching.
With your continued efforts to end gender apartheid,
especially for Afghan women and girls, what are your hopes and aspirations for
the landscape of education and gender equality?
One thing that we are working very hard on at the
moment is to make sure the international community has the legal means to hold
the Taliban to account for their barbaric treatment of girls and women by
codifying gender apartheid as a crime against humanity.
We need all governments to take a stand and recognise
what’s happening in Afghanistan, and Afghan girls and women deserve to know
that world leaders have their backs. My hope is that ultimately, this helps to
build international pressure on the Taliban and gets Afghan girls back into
school where they can learn and fulfil their potential.
We need all governments to take a stand and recognise
what’s happening in Afghanistan, and Afghan girls and women deserve to know
that world leaders have their backs.
But I am equally worried about headlines from elsewhere
around the world – from schools being bombed in Gaza to students being
kidnapped in Nigeria. Schools must always be a place for children to learn
freely, protected from fear, violence and discrimination. So we must continue
to fight for attention and resources for school children all around the world,
in many different countries and contexts, and not give up on our goal of
ensuring that all children can enjoy a safe education.
How do you think your journey has evolved over the
years and would you say there are any significant changes from Malala then vs.
Malala now?
You are right that it has been quite a journey so far!
Perhaps the most obvious answers are that I finished high school and graduated
from university, travelled to more than 30 countries, got married, and started
Malala Fund.
I was just 11 years old when extremists took control
of our town in Swat Valley and said girls could no longer go to school. So my
activism was driven mainly by my determination to complete my own education and
get a chance to live out my dreams. I wanted that for my friends too, which was
why I started to speak out. Like most young girls I was full of passion,
ambition and energy.
I think the biggest difference between Malala then and
Malala now is that I am more of a believer in the power of collective action.
Today, I still have the same passion and determination
to get the millions of girls around the world who are out of school back into
their classrooms. But over the last 10 years I have come to realise that while
change can begin with one person, no one can change the world on their own —
not me, and not even a president or prime minister. To build a world where
every child has access to 12 years of quality education, we must join forces.
So, I think the biggest difference between Malala then and Malala now is that I
am more of a believer in the power of collective action. And I know that if we
match the courage and resolve of girls, follow their lead, and fund their work,
the potential for progress is limitless.
What’s the best piece of advice you have received from
someone that has kept you motivated in the work that you do?
More than ten years ago following my attack, I
remember my dad saying to me that activism is not about you, it is about
others. I really liked that sentiment, and it’s something I’ve always kept in
mind as I have continued my work. And thankfully, when you are surrounded by
girls and advocates with such strong convictions, you feel reinvigorated to
carry on the fight for a world where every girl can learn and lead.
As a role model for countless young girls worldwide,
what advice do you have for Muslim Girl readers aspiring to make a difference
in their communities, especially in the face of adversity?’
Given what I know about them, I don’t think Muslim
Girl readers need my advice! They are so smart and passionate, and they already
know what to say. So I would encourage them to trust in their voice and their
ideas and to speak out if they feel that something is not right.
When I was a teenager, I wrote blog posts, used media
interviews, and participated in peaceful marches as my primary forms of
activism; today, young people have all of those tools and even bigger platforms
like social media to do their activism. In fact, Malala Fund created a digital
platform so that girls’ experiences can be heard around the world. In our
digital publication, called Assembly, young women can get stories or ideas
published about their lives or the causes that matter to them.
Malala Fund is a nonprofit organisation working for a
world where all girls can learn and lead. Malala Fund advocates for resources
and policy changes needed to give all girls a secondary education, invests in
local education activists and partners, and amplifies the voices of girls
fighting for change. You can learn more about their work at malala.org.
Source: muslimgirl.com
https://muslimgirl.com/malala-yousafzai-talks-female-education-faith-and-the-future/
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It’s ‘abhorrent,’ UN says of sexual violence against
Gaza women by Israeli troops
25 March 2024
The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women
and Girls, Reem al-Salem, has expressed her deep concern about the increasing
cases of rape committed by Israeli soldiers against Palestinian women at the
al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip.
“It is abhorrent that such reports of sexual violence
continue unabated – not to mention that this is but one of multiple forms of
violence that Palestinian women are subjected to on the basis of being
Palestinian and being women,” Salem wrote in a post published on X social media
platform.
“Rape and other forms of sexual violence can
constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity or a constitutive act with
respect to genocide! It must stop.”
On March 18, heavily armed Israeli forces stormed the
al-Shifa Hospital and fired at thousands of patients, and medical staff, and
displaced thousands of civilians inside the facility.
Jamila al-Hissi, a Palestinian woman who was trapped
in the hospital for six days before she managed to finally get out, has told
the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news channel that Israeli soldiers there had “raped
women, kidnapped women, executed women, and pulled dead bodies from under the
rubble to unleash their dogs on them.”
Eyewitnesses to Israel’s week-long raid on the
al-Shifa Hospital and its vicinity in Gaza City say they saw the regime’s
armored vehicles running over bodies and ambulances at the medical complex.
Al-Shifa used to be the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital
before the current conflict started. It is now one of the few partially
operational healthcare facilities in the north.
Israel first raided the hospital in November. The
Israeli military stormed the complex after it claimed “senior Hamas terrorists”
were using the facility to “conduct and promote terrorist activity.” Hamas
rejects the claim.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza said at the time that
about 3,000 people were inside the hospital seeking refuge and that those
attempting to leave were being targeted by snipers and fire from helicopters.
According to the UN, 155 health facilities in the Gaza
Strip have been damaged since early October.
Israel has killed at least 32,330 Palestinians, most
of them women and children, and injured more than 74,600 people in the besieged
Palestinian territory since October 7, 2023.
Source: presstv.ir
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/03/25/722490/UN-rape-Gazan-women-Israeli-troops
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UN announces sewing education programs for women
across Afghanistan
Fidel Rahmati
March 25, 2024
The World Food Program has launched sewing education
programs across Afghanistan for women’s self-sufficiency.
The organization stated the purpose of these programs
as “women’s self-sufficiency in Afghanistan” in a message on its social media
platform X on Monday.
The World Food Program emphasized that this decision
comes simultaneously with the reduction in “economic opportunities” for women
in Afghanistan.
This comes as UN support for women entrepreneurs to
expand job opportunities in Afghanistan has increased in various sectors.
Previously, the United Nations Development Program
(UNDP) had reported providing short-term job opportunities to over 16,000 women
in Afghanistan.
Additionally, some students in sewing workshops in
Kabul advocate for creating job opportunities for women as they want to “help
their families in these conditions” and improve their skills.
Husna Rufi, the head of one of the sewing workshops in
Kabul, said at a graduation ceremony that over 60 young women from this
workshop work with her in a safe environment.
She told Khaama Press in an interview that there is
also a demand for educational programs for girls deprived of education in
Afghanistan.
This comes as girls’ interest in industries and trade,
sewing, opening restaurants, and art workshops has increased over the past two
years.
Source: khaama.com
https://www.khaama.com/un-announces-sewing-education-programs-for-women-across-afghanistan/
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