Snow/Kars ('love affairs')

hoje no meio do blabla, reparei que Füsun é as headscarf girls de Kars.
é a mesma coisa exactamente: o único meio de ser ouvida.

agora na al jazeera: "Just how bad do things have to be for someone to set themself on fire? In the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, doctors say as many as 5 women a day commit suicide by self-immolation. For the few who survive, they're afraid to admit what they've done. We find out what's behind these self-immolations and how women can be heard without taking such drastic measures."

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esta merece menção de corpo inteiro (daqui):

June 4, 2013

ERBIL-Hewlêr, Kurdistan region 'Iraq',— News report revealed on Monday that the average of suicide women in Kurdistan region increased for several reasons, the most prominent is “Love affairs”.

The report said that “a lot of women in Kurdistan Region suicide as their number have reached to more than 400 women a month”.

Some set fire to her body after discovering their love relationship, in a very conservative society, committed to tradition, as reported by “BBC”.

The report quoted a girl named Mariam (14 years old), being treated in a hospital in Erbil, after trying to commit suicide as saying, “My family discovered massages that I had sent to with my boyfriend, and I was shy from looking to my family, because my boyfriend did not propose for marriage …so I set fire in my body”.

 Mariam's sister in law said that she heard Mariam screaming after setting fire in her body , she and her husband managed to extinguish the fire burning in Mariam’s body, according to the report. She added that “Mariam was saying the name of her boyfriend on our way to the hospital, asking for God's mercy and to die“.

The report finds that Mariam’s story is one among hundreds of stories taking place in Kurdistan, for many reasons,www.ekurd.net including romantic relationships and domestic violence.

The report says that women, who attempt suicide, tell authorities that they had incidents to hide their stories because of tradition.

Kurdistan Region has succeeded in passing a law limiting violence against women, but many of the areas still commit to its tribal traditions.

The report quotes the director of women's support, Susan Aref as saying that there are many problems facing the Kurdish community, including forced and early marriages.

She added that a lot of couples refuse for their wives to complete their study sometimes, especially in villages and far residential complexes.

“They prefer to keep women at home,” she added.

The announced figures in the report represent a significant decline from what it was a few years ago, after the authorities’ efforts to reduce this phenomenon.

Thanks to the government's efforts, there are thousands of girls in schools and universities throughout the cities of Kurdistan Region, as there are female officials in the government, MPs and employees.

Women in Kurdistan Region can now drive but owing them at the time is still prohibited in some countries.

Observers believe that most of the areas that witness suicides are rural and still adheres to traditional and conservative nature.

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