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A symposium around the right of the village women to the social security services in the village of Gezzaya - Geiza: 17th of January2005

The LCHR has held a symposium on the 17th of January with some of the women in the village of Gezzaya - Geiza. In the meeting they discussed the women's right to social security services, the center’s lawyer has explained to them how to complete their dossiers, they have discussed as well the problems which face women in the countryside such as the violations to their rights while working in the agricultural sector (law wages and absence of days off). Delegates from the center have met with a group of villagers to discuss other problems such as their problems with the village bank, which requires them to repay loans they have not taken. They have also listened to some of the children who work in the reformed lands to collect the grapes and potatoes crops where they suffer from injuries during work in the absence of medical insurance and social security, the center's lawyer has recommended the formation of a committee to be formed immediately represented by some of the children in addition to some of the leaderships in the village to discuss their problems at work, such as low wages with the employers in order to improve their working conditions.
The center's lawyer has meet with some farmers to discuss the problems which they face while farming such as the lake of irrigation water in the principal water canal, where they have to seek underground water since the Nile water does not reach them despite being close to the river. They have agreed to hold a weekly meeting with the village members in order to follow up with the establishment of an organization to improve the living conditions in the village.