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42 personnes ont été déclarés positifs à la maladie du Coronavirus ces dernières heures.
Selon les chiffres officiels du gouvernement à la date du 21 juin, le nombre de cas confirmés est passé de 765 à 807.
541 personnes sont sous traitement, 253 sont déclarées guéries et 13 décès.
Az ARD országos köztelevízió beszámolója szerint a zavargás éjfél körül kezdődött, és hajnalig tartott. “Most megpróbáljuk feltárni, hogy mi is volt ez az egész, és mi lehet még belőle” – idéztek egy rendőrségi szóvivőt. Hozzátették, hogy az utóbbi hetekben is történtek összetűzések többnyire fiatalokból álló csoportok és rendőrök között Stuttgartban, de nem annyira súlyosak, mint szombat éjjel.
A Baden-Württemberg tartományi főváros rendőrségének vasárnapi közleménye szerint az indulatok egy kábítószerrel kapcsolatos bűncselekmény miatt tartott igazoltatás után szabadultak el. A kisebb csoportokba szerveződött támadók “rendkívüli agresszivitással” rontottak rá a rendőrökre, a burkolatból kiszakított utcakövekkel, építési területekről összeszedett rudakkal és egyéb tárgyakkal megrongáltak rendőrautókat is, és bezúztak kirakatokat.
A helyi erők nem bírtak a randalírozókkal, megfékezésükre több mint kétszáz rendőrt vontak össze Stuttgart környékéről. A művelethez egy helikoptert is bevetettek. “Órák múltával lett csak nyugodtabb a helyzet” – áll a közleményben, amely szerint az összecsapásokban legkevesebb tizenkét rendőr sebesült meg, és húsz embert őrizetbe vettek.
La deuxième édition des ''Café Discussion'' s'est tenue le jeudi 18 juin 2020 sur le campus de l'Université de Parakou.
Cette initiative de l'Observatoire de la Famille, de la Femme et de l'Enfant (OFFE) s'inscrit dans le cadre de la politique de partenariat en matière de recherche.
La deuxième édition des '' Café Discussion'', organisée par l'Observatoire de la Famille, de la Femme et de l'Enfant (OFFE) . s'est déroulée jeudi dernier sur le campus de l'Université de Parakou.
Selon le Directeur Général de l'OFFE M. Nassirou Kassoumou Hararou, le concept ''Café Discussion '' a été élaboré par l'Observatoire pour rendre plus dynamique sa dimension scientifique. En d'autres termes, il s'agit d'une plateforme qui réunit autour des résultats d'études réalisées sur les thématiques et préoccupations sociales, les chercheurs du monde universitaire, les cadres techniques de l'OFFE, les représentants déconcentrés de l'administration sociale et autres acteurs de premiers plan.
Ces sessions vont aussi permettre de sensibiliser les acteurs universitaires à accorder une place de choix aux thématiques liées à l'action sociale dans les activités de recherche qu'ils mènent au quotidien, a-t-il indiqué.
Une manière pour eux, de contribuer efficacement à la recherche de solutions durables souhaité par le Ministre des Affaires Sociales et de la Microfinance Véronique T. Mewanou.
A l'ouverture de la session, le Vice-Recteur de l'Université de Parakou chargé de la coopération M. Anseque Gomez a souligné l'importance que l'Université de Parakou accorde à cette rencontre scientifique. Il a rappelé les diverses actions menées par l'Université en matière de protection sociale et de lutte contre toutes les formes de violence, en particulier le harcèlement.
Au cours de cette deuxième édition des ''Café Discussion'', les participants ont mené des débats sur deux rapports d'études réalisées par l'OFFE en 2019.
Le rapport de l'étude sur les grossesses précoces en milieu scolaire et d'apprentissage et celui de l'enquête sur l'alcoolisme et l'éthylisme en milieu scolaire ont été scrutés. Des pistes de solutions ont été tracées concernant prioritairement la responsabilisation des familles dans l'éducation des enfants, l'application sans complaisance des textes existants tant par les pouvoirs publics que les collectivités locales.
Au cours de la rencontre, un accent a été mis sur le renforcement de la sensibilisation pour une meilleure connaissance des textes et un changement de comportement.
La deuxième édition des '' Café Discussion'' a réuni des cadres de l'OFFE, responsables du Rectorat de l'Université de Parakou, du Département de Sociologie, du Centre des Oeuvres Universitaires, Enseignants Chercheurs, étudiants, responsables et apprenants de l'EFMS, représentants de la Direction départementale en charge des Affaires sociales, responsables des centres intégrés de prise en charge des violences basées sur le genre et chefs des centres de promotion sociale de Parakou.
En attendant la transmission des recommandations aux structures techniques et opérationnelles du ministère des Affaires sociales, les regards sont tournés vers la troisième édition des ''Café Discussion''.
Juliette MITONHOUN
The Ibrahim Malik public hospital in Khartoum, Sudan. Abortion is only legal in Sudan under very specific circumstances. As a result a number of women continue to access unsafe abortions. Courtesy: Abdelgadir Bashir
By Reem Abbas
KHARTOUM, Jun 22 2020 (IPS)
Omnia Nabil*, a Sudanese doctor, who worked in one of the largest hospitals in Khartoum, the country’s capital, was devastated to witness the deaths of 50 young women who had unsafe abortions during a space of just three months.
“I would see 16 cases of failed abortions on a given day. I would insert my hand and pull out syringes or leaves, unsanitary items that were inserted by midwives to induce a miscarriage,” Nabil told IPS.
For Sudanese women, getting an abortion is often a very lonely and dangerous process because it is only allowed in very specific cases.
Article 135 of the Criminal Law of 1991 legalises “miscarriage” only to save the mother’s life, if she is a victim of rape in her first trimester or if the foetus is dead. However, in all cases, women need their husband’s consent for the procedure.
Women who do not meet these requirements generally end up going to traditional midwives. But it places the women’s lives at risk. And if caught, it is an offence punishable with imprisonment of up to six years or a fine.
Sudan’s transitional government, formed in August 2019, allocated 40 percent of its parliamentary seats to women. This resulted in laws restricting freedom of dress, movement and work being repealed and female genital multination being criminalised. However, there have been no changes to the law on abortion.
Abortion – a dangerous and lonely procedureBut as international organisations working on reproductive health were slowly shut down in years prior to the transitional government being formed, small groups or networks of people have been working together to ensure that women are able to access safe abortions.
Because most women can’t access hospitals or healthcare facilities because they fear arrest, they end up having the abortions alone, or with little help. Sarah Ali* was one of them.
When Ali found out about her pregnancy, she struggled to find a nurse or doctor who would help her obtain an abortion.
“I was running out of options and a midwife working at a private hospital had agreed to help me, but was unable to find the pills. I was entering my 11th week when I received the pills sent in a package by Women on Web,” Ali, who no longer lives in Sudan, told IPS.
The pills, a combination of mifepristone and misoprostol, were sent by Women on Web, a Canadian non-profit organisation that “advocates for and facilitates access to contraception and safe abortion services to protect women’s health and lives”, according to its website.
“After the procedure, I was able to go back to the midwife for a check-up and make sure I didn’t get an infection,” said Ali.
There are no recent statistics on unsafe abortions in Sudan. However, according to Women Deliver, “An estimated 25.1 million unsafe abortions take place [globally] each year. Every year, approximately, 6.9 million women in developing countries are treated for complications from unsafe abortions, and complications from unsafe abortions cause at least 22,800 deaths each year.”
Nabil watched as women who had unsafe abortions and came to the hospital for help eventually died.
“They would usually die from what we call septic abortion, which is essentially an infected abortion process and even though I was pro-choice from early on, this tragedy inspired me to start the abortion network,” said Nabil, who has since left the country.
Underground networks help women access safe abortionsWith a core group of doctors, doctors-in-training and supporters, Nabil created a network to obtain misoprostol for patients and supported them if they had future complications. The network was a small and deeply-secure structure.
“The work was dangerous. At some point, we had a patient in the hospital and the doctor treating her suspected that she was unmarried, she called the police and I had to help her and her partner escape,” said Nabil.
Knowing the risks, Nabil took her precautions. She had a separate phone and always used a fake name with patients seeking abortions.
The core team worked for years without getting caught and recruited younger doctors when those in the team had moved on to other jobs.
“We tried to support girls from lower-income households and offered them the pills at reduced prices relying on our acquaintances in the field. But in the end, we were unofficial and dependent on word of mouth, so you have to know someone to make the initial contact,” said Nabil.
In the last few years, the network’s capacity was reduced as more of its members moved on to other countries seeking better economic situations. Nabil continued to help from a distance and her close friend was the last one in the network, until he also left the country.
Shrinking space for service providersThe last statistics on the use of misoprostol dates back to 2011, when DKT International, a health charity operating in Sudan and the largest non-government provider of reproductive health products and services at the time, published a report stating that 450,000 units of Misoprostol and 16,000 kits of MVA were used/sold that year.
DKT came under attack in 2012 when radical parliamentarians clashed with the Minister of Health over family planning, abortion equipment and the distribution of condoms.
But things became worse when the government shut down another international organisation working on reproductive health.
“This organisation had provided an important device called vacuum aspirator or NVA for abortion and miscarriage cases and it was registered in Sudan until the government stopped it. It is life-saving and important and now few doctors have it and can only do it under the table,” said Salma Habib* an activist working on SRHR issues here.
In the meantime, there is one doctor in Sudan who is willing to perform medical abortions and support his patients in taking misoprostol, but he has been banned from working here since 2006.
When Dr. Abdelhadi Ibrahim, a young Ob/Gyn specialist moved to Sudan from the UK in the 1997, young women patients started asking him to perform abortions.
Ibrahim estimated that he had provided safe abortions to at least 10,000 women over a period of seven years and helped many others restore their hymens to indicate virginity.
In 2006, Ibrahim was arrested and tried in a high-profile court case and was sentenced to six years in prison and his license was revoked by the Sudan Medical Council.
“Until today, I am fighting to get back my license. I won two law suits and the council continued to stall and now after the revolution, they just made appointments in the council and a committee should be formed to look into it, I must’ve visited the council’s building hundreds of times,” Ibrahim, who he has not worked in 14 years and was forced to sell some of his property to support himself, told IPS.
Abortion pills too costly for most womenIn the meantime, prices of medical abortion pills have soared.
“Today, most women can not afford a safe abortion in Sudan. The pills could cost at least $142 to $214 or even more and the quality of the pills and their expiration date could be a problem because you are buying from the black market after all,” said Habib, who added that there are fake pills on the market also.
Most Sudanese women have to use traditional midwives as they can’t access the expensive pills. It places them at risk to unsafe abortions.
The procedures performed by midwives are often dangerous, but in addition the midwives often criminalise the behaviour of their patients.
“I know a girl who was circumcised by a midwife after an abortion and was told that this is to stop her from having sex again, it is clear that midwives could punish you or take advantage of your situation,” said Ali.
But as Nabil’s abortion network closed, parallel networks sprung up. Habib supports her network by accessing pills from Women on Web and from trusted sources inside Sudan.
“There are people working now, I don’t know many of them, but one of my former clients is now leading the same efforts and helping other women,” said Nabil.
*Names changed to protect identity.
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