The Role of Women in Health Services during the Glorious Revolution
It is not surprising that Algerian women took part from the outbreak of the war of liberation, history will thus ratify in its annals their revolt against the filthy occupier, like any patriot preserving and concerned about his religion, his country and his Arabness.
Like all women in the world, the Algerian woman expressed her revolt against the French invader, and she played a fundamental role in the preservation of the homeland and its glorification. Descendant of Lalla Fatma N'soumer who participated vigorously in the defense of the nation and who distinguished herself by her bravery, perseverance and her prodigious courage, the Algerian woman mobilized, alongside the men, and she assumed her responsibilities towards her country and was thus an unalterable support for her fighting brothers who took up arms against the abominable colonialism.
Algerian women have returned to the ranks of the army and the National Liberation Front, exercising in various vital areas that the mujahideen had the greatest need, notably in the field of health, one of the segments to which the leaders of the revolution have given elementary importance and considering it among the decisive aspects in the success of their revolutionary actions.
At the beginning of 1955, nursing activities were systematic from an improvised script, using simple and traditional formulations allowing products with the limited means that could be available for health, but with the increase of the revolution and the multiplication of military operations, in particular, after the offensives of August 20, 1955, it became imperative to evoke the creation of health centers and the strengthening of the medical corps for better care of the wounded. This led the Algerian woman to fully commit to this noble mission and thus contribute with her skills, her empathy and her heart to being with the wounded.
Following the student strike on May 19, 1956, many valiant students decided to abandon school to join the ranks of the revolution, joining the mujahideen, as nurses, they treated the wounded and suffering in villages and isolated areas. These heroic women engaged in combat with ardor and intelligence, risking their lives at the expense of transporting medicines and medical equipment, but also passing through deadly areas in the dark nights at the expense of their lives in order to provide assistance and evacuate the wounded mujahideen on the battlefields.
In 1958, many Moudjahidat Nurses traveled to the Algerian border to care for the sick and assist refugees, in order to fulfill their patriotic duty with sincerity and dedication.
Today, remembering with pride the immeasurable sacrifices of the women who dedicated themselves body and soul during the war of liberation, despite the lack of skills, resources and the appalling conditions inflicted by the abominable colonizers, call on us to bow with respect to their bravery, their faith and their dignity in the self-sacrifice of death to defend the national cause and liberate the country from the colonial yoke.
Like all women in the world, the Algerian woman expressed her revolt against the French invader, and she played a fundamental role in the preservation of the homeland and its glorification. Descendant of Lalla Fatma N'soumer who participated vigorously in the defense of the nation and who distinguished herself by her bravery, perseverance and her prodigious courage, the Algerian woman mobilized, alongside the men, and she assumed her responsibilities towards her country and was thus an unalterable support for her fighting brothers who took up arms against the abominable colonialism.
Algerian women have returned to the ranks of the army and the National Liberation Front, exercising in various vital areas that the mujahideen had the greatest need, notably in the field of health, one of the segments to which the leaders of the revolution have given elementary importance and considering it among the decisive aspects in the success of their revolutionary actions.
At the beginning of 1955, nursing activities were systematic from an improvised script, using simple and traditional formulations allowing products with the limited means that could be available for health, but with the increase of the revolution and the multiplication of military operations, in particular, after the offensives of August 20, 1955, it became imperative to evoke the creation of health centers and the strengthening of the medical corps for better care of the wounded. This led the Algerian woman to fully commit to this noble mission and thus contribute with her skills, her empathy and her heart to being with the wounded.
Following the student strike on May 19, 1956, many valiant students decided to abandon school to join the ranks of the revolution, joining the mujahideen, as nurses, they treated the wounded and suffering in villages and isolated areas. These heroic women engaged in combat with ardor and intelligence, risking their lives at the expense of transporting medicines and medical equipment, but also passing through deadly areas in the dark nights at the expense of their lives in order to provide assistance and evacuate the wounded mujahideen on the battlefields.
In 1958, many Moudjahidat Nurses traveled to the Algerian border to care for the sick and assist refugees, in order to fulfill their patriotic duty with sincerity and dedication.
Today, remembering with pride the immeasurable sacrifices of the women who dedicated themselves body and soul during the war of liberation, despite the lack of skills, resources and the appalling conditions inflicted by the abominable colonizers, call on us to bow with respect to their bravery, their faith and their dignity in the self-sacrifice of death to defend the national cause and liberate the country from the colonial yoke.