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18 February, 2021, 1:10 am
Palestinian women are seen through a fence as they wait to leave Rafah border crossing after it was opened by Egyptian authorities, in the southern Gaza Strip February February 1, 2021. Picture taken February 1, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
GAZA (Reuters) – Gaza’s top Islamic judge agreed on Tuesday to revise a recent court ruling that bars women from travel without permission from a male guardian such as a husband or father.
The restriction, imposed on Sunday by the Higher Sharia Council in Islamist Hamas-run Gaza, had drawn criticism from rights groups which said it violated Palestinian laws against gender-based descrimination.
GAZA (Reuters) - Gaza's top Islamic judge agreed on Tuesday to revise a recent court ruling that bars women from travel without permission from a male guardian such as a husband or father.
By Nidal al-Mughrabi
GAZA, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Gaza s top Islamic judge agreed on Tuesday to revise a recent court ruling that bars women from travel without permission from a male guardian such as a husband or father.
The restriction, imposed on Sunday by the Higher Sharia Council in Islamist Hamas-run Gaza, had drawn criticism from rights groups which said it violated Palestinian laws against gender-based descrimination.
Protests also erupted outside the office of the council s Hamas-appointed chairman, Hassan Jojo, who had signed the edict into law.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Jojo said: We have agreed to redraft this ruling. He did not say if the language banning female travel without a male guardian s approval would be removed.
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GAZA CITY As much of the world waits for a vaccine, many patients in Gaza are just waiting for a hospital bed.
That was the case for Mai, a 27-year-old mother of two, when she began to experience symptoms last month. Initially, Mai, who asked that only her first name be used, was diagnosed with bronchitis and sent home to recover. But her symptoms grew worse, until she was struggling to breathe.
“I had a severe headache, pain and dryness in my throat, and even trying to speak left me feeling exhausted,” she recalled recently.