Remziye Mihemed: Women’s successes in 2021 make positive changes
Remziye Mihemed, Spokesperson of Kongra Star, evaluates their works in 2021 and points out that the successes of women make positive changes in the region.
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Villages without water for one year in Syria’s Raqqa
Residents of the villages of Abu Wahl, al-Tarifawi and Mleihan, east of Raqqa, are facing a complete interruption of drinking water as a result of a malfunction in the Abu Wahl water pumping station.
“Women’s Will” provides job opportunities for women
A project called “Women’s Will (Vîna Jinan)” carried out in Kobanî provides job opportunities for women, who couldn’t go to school. Kobanî Women’s Committee Spokesperson Cemila Faris spoke to NuJINHA about their project.
US Relaxes Syria Sanctions for Food Needs, Humanitarian Aid, Infrastructure Rebuilding, Other Purposes
The Syria sanctions were relaxed on November 26, 2021, when the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of Treasury issued a new amendment to the Syria sanctions. OFAC Amendment to General License, CFR Section 542.516 relaxes the existing sanctions to allow nonprofit organizations (also called NGOs) to conduct new transactions to meet humanitarian needs.
Ongoing drought threats lands and lives of farmers in Syria’s Hasakah
TEL TAMR, Syria (North Press) – The 52-year-old Yasin al-Aziz, a farmer of the countryside of Hasakah, northeast Syria, does not know the fate of the wheat production of his land this year. Farmers of the region all have the same fear because impacts will be disastrous if this season is as the former one in
Corn drying factory in Raqqa opens its doors to producers
The corn drying factory in Raqqa opened its doors to corn producers. The factory has received nearly 3,000 tons of corn from farmers since its opening on 20 October.
Women in Syria become economically stronger with their projects
The Committee for Women’s Economy in Northern and Eastern Syria has launched projects to empower women economically. Armanc Muhemed, the manager of the committee, told us that their aim is to empower women to have their economic freedom.
“Turkey commits a crime by cutting off the water of the Euphrates”
“Turkey has violated the international conventions by cutting off the water of the Euphrates. We call on the international organizations to fulfill their responsibilities,” said Emine Bekir, a member of the Autonomous Administration in the Euphrates Region.
The Raqqa Women’s Committee Provides Women with Employment Opportunities
Early 2019, the Raqqa Women’s Committee put forward plans and projects for the future. In two years, these have been realized. The Committee has thus provided jobs for nearly 5,000 women in Raqqa and its surrounding villages. At the start of this year, the Women’s Committee implemented several plans that were previously approved. In this
AANES opens spinning and weaving factory in Syria’s Hasakah
After years of stopping due to lack of equipment and damage in earlier times, when the militants of the Islamic State (ISIS) entered the outskirts of the city years ago, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANEs) opened the spinning and weaving factory in the city of Hasakah, northeast Syria, on Sunday after rehabilitating it.
Build a playground in Dêrik campaign
The Berlin city partnership Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg – Dêrik is starting a Christmas donation campaign for a new playground in Dêrik.
Female farmers of Deir ez-Zor strengthen their bond with soil by organizing
Female farmers of Deir ez-Zor keep working in agriculture despite the cut of the water supply of the Euphrates River by Turkey. They have dug water wells to water crops in order to not be forcibly displaced. Despite the difficult working conditions, the women of Deir ez-Zor are going to organize under the umbrella of the Farmers’ Union.
