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Middle East | Jordan | Activism

Jordan’s First Self-Defense Academy For Women Wants To Fight Domestic Abuse

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On the fourth floor of a discreet office building in Jordan’s capital, a group of women and girls are being told to punch and kick, punch and kick. This is no exercise class. For many of the women, it’s a chance to change their lives: they are learning to defend themselves against the widespread gender-based violence in their communities. The company that runs the class, SheFighter, is technically a self-defense academy for women. But founder Lina Khalifeh considers it the start of a movement. “I have to empower all women in the world,” says Khalifeh, 32, as she leans against a brig
Middle East | Syria | Military

Syrian Kurdish Female Fighters Expand Ranks Against IS

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Syrian Kurdish female fighters are expanding their ranks on the frontlines of the fight against Islamic State militants in northeastern Syria. In a remote camp near the Kurdish city of Afrin in northwestern Syria, the leadership of Women's Protection Units (YPJ) continues to recruit and train young women to prepare them for combat missions against IS. "We learn how to use weapons and we take military education classes," said Rozelin, a new recruit.  
Middle East | Palestine | Crimes

New hotline offers support to Gaza’s blackmail victims

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The all-female police unit in Gaza launched a campaign in October dubbed “We Are With You” to protect girlsof high school age and older from blackmail by men. Lt. Col. Nariman Adwan, chief of Gaza's all-female police unit, told Al-Monitor, “The campaign’s primary objective is to provide women with a safe haven if ever blackmailed. We have established a free hotline and held awareness and guidance lectures that targeted schools, universities, wedding halls and workplaces such as hospitals and factories. The main problem that women face is the lack of a safe haven and confiden
Middle East | UAE | Culture

Almost 100 men fined each day on Dubai Metro for using women’s carriage

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Metro inspectors are fining almost 100 men a day for entering women-only coaches, making it the penalty most commonly incurred by passengers, trumping sneaking into gold class, chewing gum or drinking water. Since March, the Roads and Transport Authority has warned commuters that men will face a Dh100 fine if they intrude into the women and children space on the trains. Large pink signs inside coaches and on platforms clearly mark out the area, although this has not stopped many men from boarding.
Middle East | Lebanon | Corruption

Lebanese customs agents seize radioactive maxi pads

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Customs agents at an airport in the Lebanese capital seized more than half a ton of maxi pads after radioactive material was detected in the shipment. The Lebanese Finance Ministry said the 30 crates of feminine hygiene products, weighing a total 1,221 pounds, were seized Friday at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut after electronic scanners detected radioactivity in the shipment. Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil ordered a sample from the shipment to be sent to the Lebanese Atomic Energy Commission for testing. The shipment arrived at the airport Friday from Dubai, officia

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