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Face à la forte propagation du variant Delta du Coronavirus, le gouvernement a décidé hier dimanche 25 juillet 2021, le retour au confinement sanitaire de 20 h 00 à 06 h 00 dans 35 wilayas du pays. Cette mesure sera-t-elle suffisante afin d’endiguer la propagation ? Pour le président de la Société algérienne d’infectiologie, Dr […]

L’article Covid-19 : Dr Yousfi critique les nouvelles mesures du gouvernement est apparu en premier sur .

Márton Anna vereséget szenvedett a bronzmérkőzésen a női kardozók hétfői egyéni versenyében a tokiói olimpián, ezzel a negyedik helyen végzett. Az elődöntő után a magyar sportolónő úgy küzdötte végig a napot, hogy az első mérkőzésén egy rossz mozdulatnál kiugrott a bal térde.

Dans un communiqué rendu public à l’instant, le triple médaillé olympique algérien Taoufik Makhloufi, vient d’annoncer sa non-participation au  JO de Tokyo 2020, à cause d’une blessure au genou. Le médaillé d’or du 1500 m aux JO-2012 de Londres, a précisé dans son communiqué,  » J’ai attendu la dernière minute pour prendre une décision car […]

L’article JO Tokyo 2020 : Makhloufi se retire à la dernière minute est apparu en premier sur .

Die Pandemie hat die Sexualität der Schweizerinnen und Schweizer verändert. Auch jene von Eleanor (45) und Arhat (51). Sie erzählen offen, wie Corona ihren Sex beeinflusst hat.

Vor zehn Jahren haben sich Dario Tonini (67) und Gaby Steiner (58) aus Wagen SG aus der Schweiz verabschiedet. In Costa Rica hat das Paar eine neue Heimat gefunden.

Das Unwetter hat am Wochenende in der Innerschweiz besonders stark gewütet. Galgenen SZ wurde von den Wassermassen überflutet. Auch eine Garage steht unter Wasser.

L'ancien président Nicéphore Soglo a perdu sa femme Rosine Vieyra Soglo dans l'après-midi de ce dimanche 25 juillet 2021. Il s'est confié au journal "L'événement Précis" quelques heures après la triste nouvelle.

Femme politique, Rosine Soglo a été une combattante auprès de son époux. Selon l'ex-président Soglo, sa femme a été un grand soutien moral pour lui. « C'est cette femme-là qui m'a permis d'être aussi solide », a déclaré le président Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo au journal "L'évènement Précis".

Actuellement à Paris en France pour raisons médicales, Nicéphore Soglo fait part de ses derniers échanges téléphoniques avec sa bien-aimée. « Chaque fois que je lui téléphone, elle dit : j'ai beaucoup de chance qu'à 87 ans, chaque fois que je reçois un coup de fil de l'homme de ma vie, il me dit que je suis la femme la plus heureuse au monde », a-t-il confié.

Nommé premier ministre en 1990 suite à la conférence nationale, Nicéphore Soglo a été président de la République du Bénin de 1991 à 1996. Rosine Vieyra Soglo a soutenu son époux à travers la création en 1992 du parti ‘'La Renaissance du Bénin'' (RB).

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Künftig sollen Baustellen auf der Autobahn nicht um-, sondern überfahren werden können. Dank einer mobilen Brücke, die das Bundesamt für Strassen entwickelt hat.

L’Algérie traverse ces dernières semaines une vague de contaminations particulièrement meurtrière. La Covid-19 fait des ravages. Face à cette situation, une réunion du conseil des ministres a été tenue hier, présidée par le président Tebboune. Le confinement dans plusieurs wilayas du pays a été durci, mais les frontières restent ouvertes. Suite à cette décision, les […]

L’article Vols France – Algérie : la vente des billets lancée chez Transavia est apparu en premier sur .

De la gymnastique au basket-ball, de la natation au tennis, Tokyo 2020 surprend déjà avec des triomphes inattendus et des défaites étonnantes.

Nicht nur Zürich und Winterthur ZH bauen die Tempo-30-Zonen aus. Auch in anderen Städten will man den Verkehr weiter verlangsamen – und damit etwas gegen den Lärm und für die Sicherheit tun.

Der durch die Pandemie in die Verlustzone geratene Londoner Flughafen Heathrow fordert die britische Regierung zu weiteren Reiselockerungen auf. Vollständig geimpfte Menschen aus den USA und Europa sollen ohne Quarantäne einreisen können.

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 26 July 2021 – The OSCE Mission in Kosovo will present tomorrow the fifth edition of its Community Rights Assessment Report in Prishtinë/Priština.

The report assesses the progress made by Kosovo institutions in relation to the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities in the areas of inter-community dialogue, security and justice, language, education, returns, socio-economic rights, culture and media.

Significant developments since June 2015, when the fourth reporting period ended, are included in the current edition, along with a set of conclusions on the progress made in promoting and protecting the rights of members of communities in Kosovo, in line with the obligations of the Framework Convention.

Ambassador Michael Davenport, Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, and Deputy Prime Minister Emilija Redžepi will deliver opening remarks, followed by a presentation of the report and a Q&A session.

Media representatives are cordially invited to attend the event on Tuesday, 27 July 2021, at Emerald Hotel in Prishtinë/Priština, starting at 11:00. 

Up to 9 in 10 hate crimes and attacks in the EU still go unreported because victims face difficulty reporting them, do not trust the police and believe that nothing would change if they report it, according to a new study by the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency.

In retelling their stories, women in Tigray describe their attackers as “armed men”. Credit: UNFPA

By Julitta Onabanjo
UNITED NATIONS, Jul 26 2021 (IPS)

The 2018 Nobel Laureate, Dr. Denis Mukwege, a gynaecologist celebrated for his work with survivors of sexual assault in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Panzi Hospital once said: “Rape is a strategy of war – it is meant to destroy women and communities physically and mentally”.

Sadly, this destruction has become a daily reality for women and girls in the Tigray region in Ethiopia.
In recent weeks, women have come forward with the most devastating stories of sexual violation and physical abuse. Selam, 22, who found shelter in a safe house, is one of the survivors.

She recalls “running from place to place without food or shelter” and “constantly living in fear” after being displaced from her home and repeatedly facing harrowing incidents of sexual violence.

Persistent fighting, forced displacement, and dire living conditions over the past eight months in Tigray and the neighbouring regions of Afar and Amhara in northern Ethiopia, have created one of Africa’s most pressing humanitarian crises.

More than 5.2 million people in Tigray alone require humanitarian assistance; among them are 118,000 pregnant women and 1.3 million women of reproductive age. Amid the crisis, gross violations and abuses against civilians, including sexual violence, continue to be reported.

The health and well-being of women and adolescent girls are further threatened by food insecurity that is expected to worsen. The destruction and looting of health facilities – around a third are partially functioning, and a mere one per cent are offering clinical management of rape services – further complicates the situation amidst the threat of COVID-19.

Julitta Onabanjo

Selam’s experience is just one of the stories captured by health officials and UN agencies, but these testimonies likely represent only a fraction of the real prevalence.
Even under normal circumstances, given the high levels of stigma, among other factors, gender-based violence is largely unreported in Ethiopia. Only 24 per cent of survivors ever seek assistance, according to the 2016 Ethiopia Demographic Health Survey.

Devastating impact

Rape and other forms of sexual abuse have a devastating impact on women’s physical and mental well-being, rights and choices, and affect their ability to care for their children, support their families and contribute to their societies.

A social worker at the UNFPA-supported safe house where Selam now resides described the women as arriving “traumatized and depressed due to prolonged suffering, distress and horrendous violence”.

Even when women have not experienced sexual violence, the fear of rape or insecurity prevents them from accessing food distributing centres, critical health-care services for themselves or their children, and adolescent girls may stay away from school.

In the long-run, hiding from potential attacks contributes to malnutrition, poor health outcomes, and a lack of educational attainment among women and girls.

UN Member States have recognized the disproportionate and unique impact of armed conflict on women and girls. The UN Security Council-adopted Resolution 1325 on women, peace, and security, calls on all parties in hostilities to take special measures to “protect women and girls from gender-based violence, particularly rape and other forms of sexual abuse, in situations of armed conflict”.

The African Union also committed to “Silencing the Guns” by “ending all wars, civil conflicts, gender-based violence, violent conflicts and preventing genocide on the continent by 2020”.

Women’s bodies must not be the object of war or the collateral in conflict. Rather women must be the central subject and partner in peacebuilding.

In retelling their stories, women in Tigray describe their attackers as “armed men”. These serious violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law must be swiftly investigated and the perpetrators brought to justice.

Call to end hostilities

We urge the government of Ethiopia and the international community to step up efforts to end hostilities and all forms of violence in the country, including gender-based violence, to ensure the health and safety of women and girls.

As part of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) system-wide scale up for the Tigray region activated in April 2021, UNFPA is expanding and accelerating support in its areas of responsibility — protection, prevention and response to sexual and gender-based violence (GBV) and delivering quality sexual and Reproductive health and rights (SRHR).

Safe houses

Women-friendly spaces, safe houses and one-stop centres in the conflict-affected regions have been set up to provide clinical management of rape and psychosocial counselling. These spaces connect women to a wide range of sexual and reproductive health services and legal services.

What transforms a rape victim into a rape survivor is justice. UNFPA is working with partners to ensure effective referral and prosecution systems are available.

We are working with the Ministry of Women, Children and Youth of Ethiopia to enable the capacity-building of armed personnel and the constitution of a Gender-Based Violence Task Force, in collaboration with the Ethiopian Police University and the Federal Police Commission.

UNFPA is also providing medical supplies, helping to restore health system services, and cumulatively, has distributed hundreds of Emergency Reproductive Health kits and thousands of Dignity Kits.

Additionally, to prevent COVID-19 infections among key staff providing SRH and GBV services and information in government and partner-run health facilities and one-stop centres, nearly 11,000 Personal Protective Equipment items have been distributed since November 2020.

Funds needed urgently

Providing adequate levels of these kinds of life-saving services requires urgent funding. We are calling on all that can help, including government and development partners, to assist us in addressing the immediate needs of women and girls and help us avert the medium to long-term repercussions of sexual violence. The immediate funding requirements for the next six months is $15 million.

The women and girls of Tigray have told us their stories, and we continue to hear them out. Our actions to deal with their trauma and rebuild their lives must be our urgent response.

For women to participate equally in society, they need to make decisions about their bodies freely and without fear. Rape and other forms of gender-based violence destroy the ability of women and girls to make choices and fulfil their sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Even in times of conflict, we must continue to defend and protect the rights of women and girls and devote the necessary attention and resources to prevent sexual violence and decisively ensure justice.

Source: Africa Renewal, United Nations

 

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The writer is UNFPA Regional Director for East and Southern Africa.

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