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The past 6 months have felt like 6 long, heavy years. I hope the rest of the year is brighter, but I'm grateful for the 6 lessons I've learned in the first 6 months of 2020. (Issa thread 👇🏾)

(Channelling @Aliben86's list energy)
#ThursdayThoughts #2020lessons Image
1. Hiding (from) trauma is not enough to heal it.

I thought I'd performed my way out of the pain #Racism had inflicted on me while I was living in France, but the way I've been triggered in the past months...

#ThursdayThoughts #2020lessons
2. Sisterhood is everything. Nurture it and understand that it is about giving as much as it is about receiving.

3. It was never about finding my voice. It's all about having the courage to use it.

#2020lessons #ThursdayThoughts #sisterhood
4. Help is everywhere if I dare accept it. I must unlearn the shame and the obsession with excellence I grew up with, and get the support I need.

(Huge thanks to @Aliben86
@Asmaaouu @MariamBagayoko for volunteering to edit and translate Eyala interviews: 💛)

#2020lessons
5. #Selfcare is not just about exercising, face masks or eating 5 veggies a day. It's about treating my body like I love myself. It's about caring for myself the way I care for others.

(This one is going to take me A LOT of work!)

#2020lessons #ThursdayThoughts
6. Feminism is a verb. Allyship is a verb. Sisterhood is a verb. Compassion is a verb. Love is a verb.

#2020lessons #ThursdayThoughts
So yes, 2020 is the worst year (and we're only halfway through it!) but the challenges come with many lessons. What have you learned this year?

#2020lessons
#ThursdayThoughts

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Quand la loi institutionnalise les discriminations: Au #Maroc, la loi 04-20, qui met en place la nouvelle carte d'identité nationale électronique, inclut la possibilité de faire figurer son statut matrimonial: "veuve", "veuf", "épouse"... mais pas "époux"
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Ca a l'air anodin comme ça, mais:

(1) Ca ne sert à rien, car la carte d'identité doit permettre de justifier de l'identité, pas du statut matrimonial. Pour ça il y a le livret de famille.

#Maroc
(2) Ca complique les démarches administratives en cas de renouvellement de la carte d'identité (notamment en cas de changement de statut matrimonial). Mais seulement pour les femmes. Si c'est pas ça la définition même de la discrimination...

#Maroc
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