Gaza

Post-War Trauma Afflicts Gaza Girls, Women

By Hajer Naili ● Politics ● July 7, 2015

From early marriage and increased gender-based violence to a higher risk of death during pregnancy, the consequences post-war continue. The blockade and successive wars are also taking a toll on the mental health of Gaza residents.

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Israeli Surf Champ Applauds Wave Riders in Gaza

By Ashley Gallagher ● Uncategorized ● October 26, 2013

Maya Dauber is a sports legend in Israel and now she’s busy training the next generation to surf. She hopes that one day she’ll get to meet the young Arab female surfers in Gaza from whom she is currently cut off by geopolitical divide.

In Gaza, Teen Lifestyle Gets Cramped by Hamas

By Eman Mohammed ● Uncategorized ● June 28, 2013

A 14-year-old in Gaza Strip does not like the new rules that segregate her schooling from that of boys. She has plenty of company. But Hamas, which wants to impose Sharia, shows no sign of slowing down its drive to impose socially conservative regulations.

In Gaza, a Child Is Born, a Gift as Bombing Ends

By Eman Mohammed ● Uncategorized ● December 21, 2012

She had been through an air attack in Gaza before. But this time she had a daughter and was 9 months pregnant. Eman Mohammed looks back on waiting to give birth, so her second daughter wouldn’t be born during the horror of war.

India OKs More Abortions; Mideast Bombs Kill Women

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● November 21, 2012

India may soon allow abortion services in its 25,000 primary health centers, which are the first points of care for India’s rural population, Times of India reported Nov. 20.

In Gaza, Policewomen Get Back to Starting Out

By Eman Mohammed ● Uncategorized ● April 19, 2009

The new veiled female police officers in Gaza had just begun to assume their duties last December when a concerted attack on 60 police facilities threw them into unexpected roles.

Still in Shock, Gaza Women Tell Their Stories

By Eman Mohammed ● Arts & Culture ● January 30, 2009

In the Gaza Strip, women gave first-person accounts of the ordeals they suffered in the 22-day war that ended Jan. 17. One woman’s baby was born to the sounds of missiles.

Casualties Replace Gaza’s Maternity Ward Patients

By Soguel & Mohammed ● Uncategorized ● January 9, 2009

In one Gaza hospital the maternity ward curtails normal operations and mothers of neonates hover over incubators threatened by power disruptions. The World Health Organization says all of Gaza’s 56 primary health care clinics face fuel shortages.

Gaza Activists Brace for Harder Times Under Hamas

By Brenda Gazzar ● Politics ● June 21, 2007

Some women’s activists in the Gaza Strip are nervously reopening centers for women and girls following civil war clashes. Others have stayed off the streets fearing a crackdown against them and their work by militant Hamas forces now in control.

Anti-Choice Laws Blocked; Gaza Women Gunned Down

By Irene Lew ● Crime & Law ● November 4, 2006