Muslim Women Facing Increased Instances of Islamophobia in Shelter Spaces across Canada
New Age
Islam News Bureau
18 December 2023
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Muslim Women Facing Increased
Instances of Islamophobia in Shelter Spaces across Canada
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Brigid Kosgei Sets New Women’s
Record in Abu Dhabi Marathon
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Iranian Girls Trained to Seduce
Israeli Soldiers Online Exposed
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Gender Restrictions Discourage
Women from Seeking Jobs in Pakistani Firms: Report
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British MP Layla Moran’s Family
Trapped in Gaza Church
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Rockstar Meesha Shafi Wins
Initial Defamation Trial Against Broadcaster In UK
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Children, Women Make Up 70% Of Palestinians
Killed in Israeli War on Gaza: Health Ministry
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Increasing Mental Health Issues
Among Women Due to Restrictions in Afghanistan
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UN Women’s Division Calls for
Support of Women’s Struggles in Afghanistan
Compiled by New Age Islam News Bureau
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Muslim Women Facing Increased Instances
of Islamophobia in Shelter Spaces across Canada
Photo: Head News
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December 17, 2023
Melissa Nakhavoly and John Marchesan
The war in the Middle East has seen a
rise in instances of Islamophobia, even in locations designed to be safe
spaces. Shelters are now reporting an increase in hatred towards Muslims with
one saying women who don’t feel safe at home are now not feeling safe enough to
leave.
One woman, whose identity is being
protected due to safety concerns, tells CityNews she experienced different
forms of domestic abuse at home, and while she was looking for a way out, she
was met with a new fear – worries that she would be subjected to Islamophobia
at mainstream shelters.
“It does definitely make women think
twice about a mainstream shelter because we may be afraid to reach out because
we might be understood wrongly,” she said.
Nisa Homes is a women’s shelter space
catering to Muslim women all across Canada. It was created eight years ago to
offer culturally sensitive social services. Officials with the shelter say they
have recorded a rise in incidents of Islamophobia experienced by their clients
and those looking to access their services.
“I had a situation where someone working
at a shelter called me up and said ‘Please take this client the other clients
are extremely aggressive towards her,'” said Yasmine Youssef, the executive
director of the Nisa Foundation. “It got to the point where they were throwing
garbage at her and they were like we are just not sure she’s safe here.”
Youssef says Islamophobia presents
itself in many different forms with clients describing discrimination from both
shelter staff and other clients. She says they currently have about 500 women
and children on the wait list – about five times more than what they are
typically used to seeing.
“We normally have a very high demand but
we’re seeing a lot of desperation in the women that are reaching out to us,
literally crying on the phone and telling us ‘We’re not safe at home but we’re
too afraid to go anywhere else.'”
According to the shelter, their helpline
saw a 350 per cent increase in calls related to Islamophobia from 2022 to 2023.
Calls related to racism have increased by 62 per cent. Officials report their
call volume has also increased by 46 per cent since October and 135 per cent
since the beginning of the year.
Yousef says they would like to see the
social service sector take a proactive approach to dealing with Islamophobia.
“We often do so much as a community and
as a country to support them, whether it’s the national action plan to end
gender-based violence, there’s so much being done,” she says. “But what are we
doing to make sure that those that are extremely vulnerable and marginalized
are also being serviced and also being supported.”
Source: toronto.citynews.ca
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/12/17/muslim-women-increased-instances-islamophobia-shelter-spaces/
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Brigid Kosgei Sets New Women’s Record in
Abu Dhabi Marathon
Brigid
Kosgei
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December 17, 2023
UAE: It was a day to remember for Brigid
Kosgei as she marked her first appearance at the ADNOC Abu Dhabi Marathon by
setting a new women’s record.
More than 25,000 participants from 168
different nationalities took to the streets of the UAE capital.
The Kenyan five-time major marathon
champion swept to victory on Saturday with a stunning time of 2:19:15 — a
minute quicker than the previous record and nearly five minutes ahead of her
closest rival, Hawi FeysaGejia (2:24:03), as Ethlemahu Sintayehu finished third
(2:25:36).
Kosgei said of her victory: “Coming back
from an injury last month (at the New York Marathon) and then winning here
means a lot to me — especially to break the course record as well. This is my
first time here (in Abu Dhabi) and everybody has been great. I hope I will come
again next year.”
Eritrean Amare Hailemicael Samson
produced a superb display in the men’s category, completing the city course in
2:07:10 to seal an impressive victory, two minutes ahead of his closest
challenge, Kenyan Leonard Barsoton (2:09:37), with compatriot Ilham Tanui
Ozbilen marking his maiden marathon appearance with a third-place finish
(2:10:16).
“I’m very happy, this is my first
marathon run (after all),” Samson said. “This is my best time of 2:07:10 and
hopefully next time I can get an even quicker time. Today is a good win.”
Ethiopian Halefom Kesay won the 10 km
race with a time of 28:27 minutes, while his compatriot ZenashworkYenw covered
the same distance in a time of 33:23 minutes.
The marathon and relay race combined
attracted 2,863 participants, the 10km race welcomed 5,320 individuals, with
7,575 participants taking on the 5 km and 9,280 runners in the 2.5 km race.
Aref Hamad Al-Awani, secretary general
of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, said: “The fifth edition of the ADNOC Abu
Dhabi Marathon witnessed a distinguished atmosphere, especially in light of the
unprecedented number of participants who belong to diverse cultures and
different levels of physical fitness., with over 25,000 individuals hailing
from 168 countries, including elite athletes, people of determination, and
Paralympics participants underscoring our unwavering commitment to inclusivity
within the UAE.
“This event resonated throughout our
community, drawing participation from families and children alike, thereby
creating an inclusive occasion for individuals from various walks of life and
diverse backgrounds. The event was truly for everyone.”
Source: arabnews.com
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2427266/sport
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Iranian girls trained to seduce Israeli
soldiers online exposed
December 17, 2023
Iran International has released the
identities and photographs of young Iranian women, claiming they are operatives
for the Revolutionary Guards who attempted to gather intelligence on IDF
soldiers. The London-based opposition media outlet is known for its previous
disclosures about the organization's activities, allegedly overseen by the
Revolutionary Guards under Hossein Salami.
The outlet criticized the Revolutionary
Guards for its hypocrisy. "While they execute young women for perceived
immodesty, they simultaneously exploit Iranian women to entice men on social
networks," the news outlet said.
It was previously uncovered that women
were being used on social networks to lure IDF soldiers and relay information
to Hamas during wartime. The opposition site now attributes this scheme to the
Revolutionary Guards.
The report by Iran International
specifies that the women, who are fluent in Hebrew, were recruited by the
Revolutionary Guards to seduce those deemed enemies of the revolution,
including IDF soldiers. These operations are said to be based out of Mashhad,
Iran.
The women reportedly created at least 22
fake online personas. Although the profiles were fabricated, the images used
were genuine photos of the operatives, depicting them in wigs, sensual makeup
and revealing attire, essentially acting as seductresses.
One of the women involved in the Hamas
operation was identified as Samira Tarshizi, who used the alias "Olga
Or." Another operative, Hania Rafaarian, was also named. These women are
said to have engaged in romantic and sexual interactions with their targets,
including conversations, written correspondence, and audio and video
communications. The intelligence gathered was then directly transferred to
Hamas.
A source from the Revolutionary Guards
who spoke with Iran International harshly condemned the operation, accusing the
leadership of turning Iranian women into "prostitutes for Hamas." The
article highlights the regime's contradictory stance: violently suppressing
hijab protests and killing innocent girls for immodesty on one hand, while on
the other, coercing Iranian women into prostitution to further the regime's
agenda. This, the report claims, is for a war that does not serve the interests
of the Iranian people, who pay the price with their finances, the exploitation
of their women and their overall security.
Source: ynetnews.com
https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hy6ofdnu6
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Gender Restrictions Discourage Women
from Seeking Jobs in Pakistani Firms: Report
December 18, 2023
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani firms rarely
encourage women to seek jobs, creating demand-side constraints for half the
country’s population and leading to only 21pc of the country’s female labour
force being actively employed, a study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has
found.
The research is based on representative
surveys of job seekers and employers in Lahore, administrative data from a
job-matching platform and an incentivised resume-rating experiment and
correlated with the Pakistan Labour Force Survey 2019.
The authors of the paper, titled
‘Barriers to Entry: Decomposing the Gender Gap in Job Search in Urban
Pakistan’, noted that demand-side constraints are much more significant than
supply-side factors at low education levels. But this demand-side gap in the
quantity of job opportunities closes as education levels increase and jobs
become more white-collar.
This explains why female labour force
participation in Pakistan was 21pc in 2020 compared to a male labour force
participation rate of 78pc. However, a quarter of women are not working but
report they would like to work if they could find a suitable job, the report
said.
Rising education levels help bridge
demand-side gap for female workers, ADB study reveals
“These findings suggest that many women,
particularly educated ones, are “latent workers” — pointing to key constraints
on the labour demand side,” the study said.
Another key finding is that for less
educated job seekers, firm gender criteria, an entirely demand-side constraint,
are more binding for women than men and are also a larger constraint than
supply-side decisions.
Women in this setting are 53pc less
likely than men to satisfy the explicit gender requirements for any given
vacancy. In fact, in the set of vacancies where individuals satisfied all basic
criteria and were eligible to apply, women apply at a higher rate than men.
The third key finding is that the
demand-side gap in the number of job opportunities substantially closes as
education levels rise, while on the supply side, women become more selective.
The gender gap in satisfying the gender criteria for a position shrinks by 70pc
for the minority of women with secondary education and effectively disappears
for the third of women with a tertiary education.
The paper observed that firms’ gender
criteria and the educational requirements of the job suggest that vacancies
with blue-collar characteristics such as manual labour and longer and late work
hours are more likely to exclude women and more common among jobs with low
education requirements, even conditional on industry and occupation fixed
effects.
Additionally, firms’ gender criteria and
the education level they seek to hire reflect existing infrastructure at the
firm. For example, the firms that have restrooms or a separate prayer space for
women are both more likely to be willing to hire women and more likely to be
hiring at a high education level.
Calculations based on the Pakistan
Labour Force Survey 2019 noted that Lahore, the country’s second-largest city
with about 11 million people, has a male employment rate of 83pc compared to a
female employment rate of just under 10pc. In contrast with the gender gap in
employment, women and men had similar levels of educational attainment. About
71pc have at most primary education, 12pc have at most secondary education, and
15pc have tertiary education.
The paper emphasised that while
supply-side decisions are important, alleviating demand-side constraints to
female employment might have a larger impact.
The authors pointed out that demand-side
barriers, namely explicit firm-imposed gender criteria, were quantitatively the
largest barrier preventing a job seeker from meeting all the requirements
mentioned in an advertisment before deciding to apply for the position.
Data showed that women and men had
statistically indistinguishable probabilities of choosing the occupation of a
given vacancy, which is a purely supply-side decision. Similarly, there was no
statistically significant difference in the likelihood of meeting educational
requirements for a given vacancy between women and men. “However, women are
20pc less likely to have met the experience requirements for the vacancy,” the
research paper said.
Overall, women are 59pc less likely to
be matched to a vacancy, meaning that they satisfy all the criteria and are
shown the vacancy or are able to choose whether to apply, it said. Again, this
gender gap closes as education levels rise.
Source: dawn.com
https://www.dawn.com/news/1798764/firms-gender-restrictions-discourage-women-from-seeking-jobs-report
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British MP Layla Moran’s family trapped
in Gaza church
December 18, 2023
LONDON: British politician Layla Moran
in a series of tweets raised alarm about Israeli attacks on a church in Gaza
City, where members of her family have been trapped along with hundreds of
others for several days and where two Christian women were shot dead by an
Israeli sniper on Saturday.
Separately, Pope Francis on Sunday
deplored the killing of the two women, and once again suggested Israel was
using “terrorism” tactics in Gaza.
There are reports that nearly 300
people, including children and the sick, are seeking shelter in the Holy Family
Catholic Parish. The two Christian women, identified as Nahida and Samar, were
shot dead by an Israeli sniper while inside the grounds of the church, with
reports of seven others wounded.
“I am desperately worried for my
extended family in Gaza City. They have no electricity, no water, no food, and
now a sniper is inside the Church compound where they are sheltering. My family
are not collateral damage. We need an immediate bilateral ceasefire now,” she
tweeted.
Pope deplores killings of two women by
Israeli sniper, says Tel Aviv using ‘terrorism’ tactics
Ms Moran in a BBC interview said the
situation near the church escalated last Tuesday and said that bombs and white
phosphorus had been used to target the compound.
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said
in a statement that a gunman had killed the pair at around midday on Saturday,
revealing that “one was killed as she tried to carry the other to safety”.
Oxford West and Abingdon MP Ms Moran
said her relatives are among the Christians who have sought shelter in the
church complex.
The patriarchate highlighted that no
warning was given before the shooting started, saying “they were shot in cold
blood inside the premises of the parish, where there are no belligerents”.
Ms Moran’s tweets outlining the tweets
went viral. “There is no water left. There are 300 people there. We don’t know
why this is happening. Are they going to be expelled from a church just days
before Christmas??!”
In a statement on Sunday, Pope Francis
condemned an attack on the compound of the Catholic parish, “where there are no
terrorists, but families, children, people who are sick and have disabilities,
and nuns.”
“A mother, Mrs Nahida Khalil Anton, and
her daughter, Samar Kamal Anton, were killed, and others were wounded by the
shooters while they were going to the bathroom,” the pope said.
Though many on X expressed their
solidarity with Ms Moran, including historian William Dalrymple, some pointed
out that there was a “notable lack of public solidarity with Layla Moran from
her parliamentary colleagues”.
Al Jazeera reported that the church has
been a target of direct Israeli bombardment over the past few days.
“Major parts of it have been destroyed.
Snipers are shooting at every moving object in the yard,” reported Hani
Mahmoud, the news channel’s correspondent in Gaza.
Source: dawn.com
https://www.dawn.com/news/1798734/british-mp-layla-morans-family-trapped-in-gaza-church
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Rockstar Meesha Shafi wins initial
defamation trial against broadcaster in UK
December 18, 2023
Murtaza Ali Shah
LONDON: Pakistan’s celebrated rockstar
Meesha Shafi has won the first part of her defamation case against ARY’s UK
broadcaster (NVTV) after a preliminary issues trial at the London High Court
determined that she was defamed at the highest level by the channel over
several broadcasts related to her and singer Ali Zafar.
Meesha Shafi — who has some of
Pakistan’s history’s biggest hit songs to her name — sued ARY’s UK broadcaster
New Vision TV Limited (NVTV) in London after being accused by the channel of
failing to obey Pakistani court orders by coming to Pakistan from Canada to
record Coke Studio songs and then returning to Canada instead of attending
court for two years in singer Ali Zafar’s defamation lawsuit at Lahore Sessions
Court.
During the broadcast on 5 December 2020,
the channel showed images of Meesha Shafi alone and with Zafar, video footage
of Zafar, followed by images of Meesha Shafi in a recording studio, images of a
court order, video of the Sessions Court Complex in Lahore, images of tweets,
one of which was so offensive it likened Meesha Shafi with an animal mocking
and ridiculing her.
The celebrated star relied on three
separate but similar segments broadcast with countless tickers repeating the
defamatory statements. During one segment, it stated that: “Singer Meesha Shafi
arrives in Pakistan quietly. Instead of appearing in the court, she recorded
songs in the studios and went back to Canada. The court had been summoning
Meesha Shafi for two years over singer and actor Ali Zafar’s defamation
allegations against her. Although she came back from Canada to Pakistan but
recorded songs in the studio and went back to Canada instead of appearing
before the court. Lahore’s session court had summoned Meesha Shafi along with
her witnesses.”
In April 2018, at the height of the
global #MeToo movement, Canada-based Meesha Shafi had accused singer Ali Zafar
on social media of sexual harassment of a physical nature on multiple occasions
during their friendship and musical collaborations. Her accusations took
Pakistan by storm and both have been involved in litigation ever since. Ali
Zafar denies the allegations; the celebrated singer was not a part of the claim
and he had nothing to do with the UK civil case.
After a trial, the Royal Court of
Justice Judge Mr Johnson declared that the words broadcast were statements of
fact and meant and were understood to mean that: “Court orders had been made
over a period of 2 years requiring the Claimant (Meesha Shafi) to attend court
in Pakistan for the purpose of defamation proceedings. The Claimant knew of the
orders but did not comply with them. She travelled to Pakistan from Canada and
instead of complying with the court’s orders as required she deliberately
ignored them. She recorded a song and then returned to Canada.”
In his determination, the judge said
that the following words used by the channel “threw the court orders to the
winds” went beyond what the parties had set out and actually meant that Meesha
Shafi had deliberately ignored court orders.
The judge further said that there might
be some circumstances in which it may not be defamatory at common law to
suggest a person did not comply with court orders, for example if a party
failed to paginate court bundles as the court required. However, in this case,
the judge said the channel conveyed that the celebrated singer and activist
Meesha Shafi had failed over a substantial period of time to comply with a
court order which was not technical but fundamental as it required a party to
attend court. The judge ruled this was defamatory at common law of the singer
who set the South Asian music charts on fire with her hits such as Jugni (Alif
Allah), Dasht-e-Tanhai, Aya Lariye, Boom Boom, Hot Mango Chutney Sauce,
MuazizSaarif and several others.
Both parties guided the judge to the
principles set out in the defamation case which Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, the Geo
and Jang Editor-in-Chief, had issued and won against ARY when considering the
difficulties in assessing broadcasts in a foreign language.
Meesha Shafi’s lawyer David Lemer from
Doughty Street Chambers, who were this year awarded Media Set of the Year at
the Chambers and Partners Bar Awards, told the court that Meesha Shafi is a
very high-profile and well-known Pakistani-Canadian personality. The court
heard that the celebrity music icon’s career spanned in excess of 20-years,
covering modelling, acting and music, enjoying a large following in the UK and
across the world.
The lawyer told the judge the broadcasts
depicted Meesha Shafi as someone who does not comply with legal requirements
laid down by a court and engages in such behaviour repeatedly. He said such an
assertion would have the tendency of lowering Meesha Shafi in the estimation of
right-thinking people generally; it is contrary to the common shared values of
our society for people to deliberately ignore court orders requiring them to
attend, and to do so over an extended period.
The impression, the lawyer said, given
by the broadcast was that Ali Zafar was in the right and Meesha Shafi was
running away from the court process. In reality Meesha Shafi had never breached
any court orders to attend court; had always complied with the court notices
and engaged with the court process throughout.
The judge ordered that there will be a
further hearing to set directions for how the case will proceed to trial.
Prior to Meesha Shafi winning the London
High Court meaning trial, she complained before Pakistani media regulator PEMRA
where her complaint was entertained. In that case, the star was represented by
Nighat Dad, the lawyer and her all women legal team.
Nighat Dad said: “Previously Meesha
Shafi won her case against a private TV channel in PEMRA. The UK court meaning
trial ruling shows how TV channels maliciously ran campaigns against her for
several years without any accountability and respect of national laws. The UK
high court order shows that powerful TV channels in our country easily get away
with ruining any individual’s public and private life without any
accountability.”
Source: thenews.com.pk
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1139387-rock-star-meesha-shafi-wins-initial-defamation-trial-against-broadcaster-in-uk
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Children, women make up 70% of
Palestinians killed in Israeli war on Gaza: Health ministry
18 December 2023
The Palestinian Health Ministry says
women and children comprise 70 percent of nearly 18,800 people killed in the
Gaza Strip during Israel’s bloody aggression against the besieged territory.
In a statement on Sunday, the
Ramallah-based ministry said the death toll covers a period of 70 days between
October 7 and December 15.
More than 300 health sector workers, 86
journalists, 135 employees of the UN agency for the Palestinian refugees
(UNRWA) and approximately 35 civil defense workers are among the death toll, it
added.
The ministry also said that over 51,100
Palestinians have been wounded in the Israeli onslaught on Gaza, with scores of
other people unaccounted for.
It further noted that only eight out of
36 Gaza hospitals are partially functional, and that occupancy rates have
soared to 206 percent in inpatient departments and 250 percent in intensive
care units.
‘Israel wants to eliminate Gaza’s health
sector’
Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf
al-Qudra said that Israel is seeking to “eliminate” the Palestinian territory’s
health care system through its ongoing attacks on hospitals.
“What the occupation is doing is part of
the scenario that began in northern Gaza from the Shifa complex,” he said in a
statement to the Qatar-based television network Al Jazeera.
“Targeting Nasser medical complex is
part of the occupation’s policy to eliminate the health sector and would bring
down the health system in the southern Gaza Strip.”
The Israeli military has attacked Gaza
hospitals and killed many Palestinians there in violation of international law.
The regime’s army has alleged that
medical facilities in the Gaza Strip are being used as a command and control
center by the Palestinian Hamas resistance group, but it has provided no proof
to substantiate its claim.
UNRWA: Gaza situation ‘unprecedented,
staggering’
Meanwhile, UNRWA Commissioner-General
Philippe Lazzarini raised the alarm at the humanitarian crisis unfolding in
Gaza.
“By any account, I haven’t seen anything
of this scale,” he said in an interview with Al Jazeera on Sunday.
“Everything is absolutely unprecedented
and staggering… In 40 days, more women and children killed than the number of
civilians in the Ukraine war.”
Source: presstv.ir
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/12/18/716581/Women-children-make-up-70-Palestinians-killed-Gaza
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Increasing mental health issues among
women due to restrictions in Afghanistan
Fidel Rahmati
December 18, 2023
Women and girls in Afghanistan describe
their lives under the rule of the Taliban administration as ‘a gradual death.’
According to human rights defenders, the current situation in Afghanistan is
not desirable for any human being, and they ask the Taliban to modify its
policies towards women. Still, after more than two years, no change has
occurred in the Taliban’s approach to women’s freedoms.
The group has openly refused to accept
women’s freedoms and has increased its restrictions against them. The growing
restrictions have led to an increase in suicides among women and girls, nearly
doubled their mental and psychological problems, and severely limited their
access to open environments and medical centres.
CNN recently reported the story of a
15-year-old girl who attempted suicide because she was deprived of schooling
and is now undergoing treatment in Pakistan.
The report in this media outlet states,
‘Arezzo, who was oppressed by the Taliban, swallowed acid. Now, her brother and
sister are trying to save her life.’
15-year-old Arezzo, after being deprived
of schooling, attempted suicide. Her brother and sister took her to Pakistan
for treatment; her older brother and sister, Ahmad and Mahsa, are now caring
for her in a rented room in Karachi. While kissing Arezzo’s hand, Ahmad
whispers, ‘Don’t worry. You’ll get better. Don’t worry, we’re always with you.
I hope you get well soon.’
The report in this media outlet states
that when schools in their village were closed to girls above sixth grade,
Arezzo’s parents sent their daughters to Kabul for language education. Still,
soon, the educational centres were also closed to girls.
There is no precise data showing the
extent of suicide in Afghanistan, but human rights groups and doctors say that
the rate of suicide among women and girls has increased under the rule of the
Taliban regime.
Dr. Shakib Ahmadi works longer hours
than usual six days a week, seeing patients at a mental health clinic in Herat
province in western Afghanistan. He told CNN that ‘since the Taliban took over
two years ago, the number of female patients in his clinic has increased by 40
to 50 percent. He said that about 10 percent of these patients kill
themselves.’
He said that their lives are limited by
the Taliban, and women and girls resort to cheap household items for suicide
attempts. Rat poison, liquid chemicals, cleaning liquids, and agricultural
fertilizers – anything they think will reduce their sorrow and grief.
The United Nations also wrote in its
quarterly report on the human rights situation in Afghanistan that the mental
health of Afghan women is very poor, to the extent that 76 per cent of them
describe their mental health as ‘very bad’ or ‘bad.’
Source: khaama.com/
https://www.khaama.com/increasing-mental-health-issues-among-women-due-to-restrictions-in-afghanistan/
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UN women’s division calls for support of
women’s struggles in Afghanistan
Fidel Rahmati
December 18, 2023
The United Nations Women’s Division has
called on the global community to listen to the voices of women and girls in
Afghanistan and support their struggles.
On Saturday, the organization issued a
message on social media platform X, asking countries around the world to
‘invest’ in the resistance of women and girls in Afghanistan.
The United Nations Women’s Division,
referring to the struggle of women and girls in Afghanistan as their global
struggle, emphasized that they remain alongside Afghan women and girls.
The organization is calling for support
for the struggles of women. In contrast, the struggles of women in Afghanistan
have always been suppressed, and several protesting women, including Zhulia
Parsi, Manizha Seddiqi, and Parisa Azada, are in the prisons of the Taliban
administration.
Amnesty International has also
criticized the global community’s silence in the face of human rights
violations, especially the violation of women’s rights by the Taliban
administration, and has called for the release of other women from prison.
In addition to these limitations, in the
past two years, restrictions on education, work, participation, and access to
basic rights have led to the exclusion of women from public life in
Afghanistan.
Despite all reactions regarding the
lifting of restrictions against women and girls in Afghanistan, the Islamic
Emirate has labelled these demands of the global community as ‘orders’ and
insisted that the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan are ensured within
the framework of ‘Islamic Sharia’.
Source: khaama.com/
https://www.khaama.com/un-womens-division-calls-for-support-of-womens-struggles-in-afghanistan/
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