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 نساء مقاتلات من دارفور يشاركن في المفاوضات للمرة الاولى
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نساء مقاتلات من دارفور يشاركن في المفاوضات للمرة الاولى
3-12رويترز: رأت القائدة المتمردة في دارفور مريم عبد الله زوجها وهو يقتل أمامها ولجأت الى تجارة السلاح لرعاية الاطفال الموجودين في رعايتها وعددهم 15 طفلا قبل المشاركة في تمرد يحارب الحكومة التي تصفها بانها عنصرية.
وكانت مريم عبد الله الملقبة بأم الجيش واحدة من النساء الاوليات اللائي حاربن في جيش تحرير السودان جماعة التمرد الرئيسية في دارفور. وهي الان في العاصمة النيجيرية ابوجا حيث تشارك ثلاث قائدات للمرة الاولى في محادثات السلام التي يرعاها الاتحاد الافريقي.
وقالت المراة البالغة من العمر 55 عاما لرويترز في مقابلة كنا على وشك حمل السلاح والتمرد ضد الرجال للحصول على مكاننا في المحادثات. واضافت عانت النساء كثيرا جدا في هذه الحرب... نريد هذا السلام نتمكن من العودة لان نكون امهات وزوجات لا محاربات.
وقالت ان مؤتمرا للمتمردين عقد في الاونة الاخيرة في دارفور اعطى اخيرا للمقاتلات البالغ عددهن 215 امراة في جيش تحرير السودان صوتا في الحركة.
وقالت مريم عبد الله وهي من قبيلة الفور ان حياتها تغيرت عندما اعتلى الرئيس عمر حسن البشير السلطة عام 1989. فقد جاءت قوات الامن في وقت مبكر من صباح احد الايام وقتلت زوجها وهو زعيم ديني بعد ان رفض الادلاء بخطب تحظى بموافقة الحكومة خلال الصلاة.
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Re: نساء مقاتلات من دارفور يشاركن في المفاوضات للمرة الاولى (Re: Deng)
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greetings Deng
The conflict impacted severely on women in all aspects, they should be included in peace negotiations
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Darfur women fighters negotiate for first time
Saturday 3 December 2005 04:30
Dec 2, 2005 (ABUJA) —
Darfuri rebel commander Mariam Abdallah saw her husband murdered in front of her and took to arms dealing to look after the 15 children in her care before joining a revolt to fight the government she says is racist.
Abdallah, nicknamed "mother of the army", was one of the first women to fight in Darfur’s main rebel group, the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA). Now, she is in the Nigerian capital Abuja where three female commanders are for the first time participating in African Union-sponsored peace talks.
"We were about to take up arms to revolt against the men to gain our place at the talks," the 55-year-old woman told Reuters in an interview.
"Women have suffered so much in this war — we want this peace so we can go back to being mothers and wives rather than fighters."
She said a recent rebel congress in Darfur finally gave the 215 women SLA fighters a voice in the movement.
Abdallah, from the non-Arab Fur tribe, said her life changed when President Omar Hassan al-Bashir took power in a military coup in 1989. Security forces came early one morning and killed her husband, a religious leader, after he refused to give government-approved speeches during prayers.
"I heard my son screaming ’Daddy, Daddy’ and ran out to find my husband murdered on the floor, blood pouring out from his head which they had split open with a machete," she said, tears streaming down her face. She fell silent and her eyes darkened as the memories came flooding back.
"I felt my whole life had died with him — I had 15 children in my care and no way to look after them," she finally stuttered.
Abdallah then tried many jobs like selling tea, but authorities kept chasing her off the streets. Finally through a relative high up in the army, she arranged a meeting with Bashir himself.
"He cried when he listened to me and offered to educate my children," she said. "But his hands were dirty with the blood of my husband so I told him I didn’t want anything from him."
GUN RUNNING
She then took to buying guns from the armed forces and selling them onto cattle herders to feed her children. But she always felt the Arab-dominated government was racist.
"They wanted to remove the blacks from the lands of Darfur," she said. There were no schools or hospitals there. They armed looters who terrorised the roads, she added.
In 2001, she joined a group of Darfuris who were mobilising in Khartoum and left with 12 men to join a military training camp in the central, mountainous Darfur region of Jabel Marra.
"I could only train for 45 days because I was too fat to do any more," she said laughing. "But I have fought in 17 battles," she said proudly.
Abdallah showed scars from when she was beaten almost to death when captured by government troops in late 2002. After more than a year of treatment, she still could not hold a weapon.
"But I would sing and recite poetry to the fighters during battle," she said.
Abdallah wears a black hat which she says embodies the sadness of war, wrapped in beads to represent the hope of peace. While war continues, she tucks a red towel into the brim of the hat to symbolise the blood she is prepared to shed.
"The most important thing is they disarm the Janjaweed so we can go home," she said, referring to proxy militias armed by the government to fight the rebels.
The United States has called the violence in Darfur genocide and holds the Janjaweed and government responsible.
Khartoum denies the charge, but with tens of thousands killed and more than 2 million forced to flee their homes, the International Criminal Court is investigating war crimes.
Abdallah is a delegate at informal talks in Abuja on security arrangements. When asked about peace, she burst into song in a high-pitched voice.
"We have lost our husbands, sons and homes and live under the trees with only the sky as shelter," she sang. "We need this peace so we can become women again."
(Reuters)
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Re: نساء مقاتلات من دارفور يشاركن في المفاوضات للمرة الاولى (Re: Mohamed Suleiman)
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Latest from IRIN/OCHA.
FYI, Kevin
SUDAN: Gender-based violence still rampant in Darfur, say aid agencies
[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]
© Derk Segaar/IRIN
Displaced women in Zamzam camp, North Darfur.
NYALA, 5 Dec 2005 (IRIN) - Humanitarian agencies have called for increased
efforts to prevent sexual and gender-based violence (GBV) in war-torn western
Sudan, saying such acts against women violate their human rights.
The call was made during a meeting in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur State
at the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign, on 25
November.
The campaign links 25 November, the International Day Against Violence Against
Women and 10 December, International Human Rights Day.
"Violence is not inevitable," said Hassan Mohtashami, a UN Population Fund
(UNFPA) representative in Sudan. "Rather, it is often predictable and
preventable. A number of interventions can be promising and effective in
preventing violence and reducing the harm caused when it does occur."
UNFPA has been mandated to initiate GBV prevention and treatment programmes in
Darfur. It is working with federal and state officials to implement measures to
protect women and girls, change harmful policies and build the capacity of UN
agencies, government institutions and NGOs in the region.
"The impact of the conflict is very clear in all aspects of life. But it's more
clear on women, children, and the elderly because they are most fragile," noted
Elhaj Atalmnan Idris, the deputy governor of South Darfur.
"I hope that we can learn to respect women and appreciate their role in life as
the mother, the sister, the daughter, the colleague in the office," he added.
GBV, particularly the rape of women and girls by armed groups, has been widely
reported throughout Darfur. According to state records, however, only five
cases of rape have been prosecuted, resulting in three convictions so far.
An important impediment to the effective prosecution of perpetrators is a
mandatory form, known as Form 8, which women are required to fill out in the
event of a rape before being attended to by police or medical personnel.
Aid workers said the sensitive nature of GBV makes women reluctant to fill in
the form. Many of them therefore do not report the crime or receive timely
medical treatment.
The deputy governor insisted, however, that this form was no longer mandatory.
According to Decree 17, which the governor signed on 6 March, women in South
Darfur should have access to medical attention without having to fill out the
form.
"We believe firmly that the humanitarian situation has witnessed a remarkable
improvement. But we are still looking for more opportunities, more
improvements," Idris stated.
Mohtashami said actions that could prevent GBV included educational programmes
in schools, educating families and peer groups to prevent child abuse and youth
violence, improving emergency response systems and providing trauma care and
access to health services.
"Violence continues to terrorise millions of women and girls regardless of
geography, race or socioeconomic status," Mohtashami noted.
Globally, the UNFPA representative added, one in every three women suffers some
form of violence in her lifetime and one in four will suffer violence by an
intimate partner.
An earlier report released by UNFPA and the UN Children's Fund said a study had
shown that sexual violence was consistently reported during attacks on villages
- especially when women and girls left the camps.
"Although the women ... were asked no direct questions with regard to sexual and
GBV, the issue came up in most focus groups when discussing the health impacts
of the conflict," observed Roselidah Ondeko, GBV team leader for UNFPA, at the
time.
"Unmarried girls were the most affected, and some did not seek health care in
clinics due to stigma and shame," the report said. Women in the focus groups
cited "physical injuries due to beatings, rape, miscarriages, excessive
bleeding or injuries sustained during flight from the enemies" as some of the
health problems they had suffered.
Sexually transmitted diseases, malnutrition, irregular menstrual cycles and
psychological disturbances such as nightmares were also frequently mentioned by
the women.
The Darfur conflict pits Sudanese government troops and allied militias like the
Janjawid against two main rebel groups, the Sudanese Liberation Army/ Movement
and the Justice and Equality Movement, who claim to be fighting against the
marginalisation of their region by Khartoum.
According to the UN, some 3.4 million people continue to be affected by the
conflict, of whom 1.8 million are internally displaced and 200,000 have fled to
neighbouring Chad. The majority of those affected are women and children.
[ENDS]
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Re: نساء مقاتلات من دارفور يشاركن في المفاوضات للمرة الاولى (Re: Deng)
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AN APPEAL TO THE LEADERS OF DARFUR
AN APPEAL TO THE LEADERS OF DARFUR
Darfurian Leaders:
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Assalamu Alikum Warhamt Allah Wabarakatu, In-Sha-Allah Taybyeen...Masa-allah 3yny barda ...What a .
When I look around, I see my family in your faces and I know I belong. When I look around I see Darfur in .
,a certain place that may give me a distinct identity and travels deeper to embrace the whole and affirm .Therefore, I know I belong. When I look at you, I see no distinction based on what tribe you may belong to or which part of Darfur you may come from. When I see Darfurians in the refugee camps through the eyes of a journalist or a broadcaster or a news anchor or a photographer or an aid worker, I see my people and all those place, tribal and ethnic distinctions melt away. So, we are all Darfurian and our .
Standing here today among my people I should be rejoicing but my heart is full of agony. As a Darfurian woman, I feel I have been betrayed. When I hear the call for battling and fighting each other, the noise growing louder than the call for peace, unity and reconciliation, I feel betrayed. When I hear the stories of Darfurian women being expelled to bordering countries or forcefully displaced leaving their homes and dignity behind because Darfurians can no longer resolve their conflicts peacefully and affirm their unity, I must say as a Darfurian woman, I feel betrayed. When I hear the stories of my mothers and sisters related on-line or on newspapers or video clips and how they are continuously being subjected to .
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Thousands and thousands of appalling stories and traumas beyond comprehension happen to our mothers, sisters and daughters as we gather here today to appeal and call on our unity. Yet, we dare to continue to fight each other, to cluster in separate groups, forging countless battles against our unity, to continue to disgrace our women and children, to render them widows and orphans, to dispel all their .I must say, as a Darfurian woman, I have been betrayed. Women and children of Darfur deserve better .
We Darfurians may be a sector of and I quote the last vice-president, Dr. Garang, “the marginalized of the marginalized" but we, the Darfurians, certainly have the right to call for justice and equality. And when our voices are not heard, it is conceivable why we may resort to extreme measures to affirm those ,perhaps, build a sustainable peace accord for the sake of our people, we must favor reconciliation, peace and unity. That is our noble cause… That is what we need to fight for: Our unity and, ultimately, our rights. If we, the Darfurians, cannot unite in times of turmoil and extreme suffering, embrace our grievances as one, stand in solidarity and unionism, we shall forever remain at conflict. It is now that we unite, embrace one cause or never. Therefore, for our daughters, let us unite; for our mothers, let us unite; for our sisters let us unite. For our future as Darfurians, let us unite. Let us embrace one another in unity. For a prosperous Darfur, let us think, live and embrace unity. For a unified Darfur where we Darfurians of all ethnicities live in dignity and harmony thus affirming our unity and celebrating our .
Women and children of Darfur shall wait no more. Women and children of Darfur shall live in fear and despair no more. Because to you--you, Darfurian leaders--that women and children of Darfur appeal today. It is in you--Darfurian leaders--that women and children of Darfur take pride in gaurding their dignity and honor. It is in your unity as one Darfurian, that they seek refuge and salvation from their cruel reality. And it is in your reconciliation that they will be able to heel, to forget, to realize that their ultimate sacrifices didn’t go in vain. Let us join as one. Let us unite today. And collectively, we shall fight for justice and equality through unity, peace and reconciliation. So women and children of Darfur can heel, can bury their wounds and betrayals of the present and embrace their future. So that their hearts .
Darfur Baladna in kuna bany halba walla zag’awa, in kuna barty walla dagu, in kuna foor walla masalyeet ....
Ghada Adam Abdelmoumin
Member of the Board of Directors
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http://www.darfurrehab.org/news/appeal.html
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Re: نساء مقاتلات من دارفور يشاركن في المفاوضات للمرة الاولى (Re: Deng)
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الاخ دينق،
تحية طيبة،
وجميل مشاركة النساء فى مفاوضات ابوجا، و نتمنى ان يرتفع العدد، فهن الاقدر على الحديث عن تجاربهن و ما تعرضن له و ما تعرضت له اسرهن. و كما كتب الاخ محمد سليمان، ستأتى مريم و مقبولة و غيرهن، و سترتفع اصواتهن عالية مطالبة بالعدالة و القصاص.
تحياتى للعزيزة هالة و تراجى
و لخالد و محمد سليمان
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Re: نساء مقاتلات من دارفور يشاركن في المفاوضات للمرة الاولى (Re: Kostawi)
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سلام يا اهل الجرح النازف....
القابضين على "سيخ" الحقيقة المحمر
طول هذه المده ومنذ دخولى المنبر ...وانا افتش عن اخبار دارفور واهل دارفور التى لا يكف شرفاء العالم عن البحث عنها ومتابعتها والتحايل على مشاكستها...
الا هنا فى هذا المنبر...
الحمدلله الانتو فى ......
اهديكم تضامنى ومحبتى ....
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Deng
Mohamed Suleiman
Khalid Kodi
Tragie Mustafa
nada ali
د. بشار صقر
أنور أدم
Kostawi
Tumadir
فيس بوك
تويتر
انستقرام
يوتيوب
بنتيريست