Women Defend Rojava

Here you can read the May issue of Kongra Star’s monthly newsletter and learn about events and agendas from the place of the women’s revolution.

On the evening of April 18, 2024, another Turkish drone attack took place in Rojava. It hit Halime Mihemed Osman, spokesperson for the organization Sara for Combating Violence against Women, and her husband Elî Mistefa Osman. Nûdem Derya tells us: Thursday evening, April 18, 2024: We sit together as women and talk about history that was written by men. Discuss how we can bring out women’s history. This evening celebrations …

The Kurdish Women’s Relation Office REPAK has published a newsletter on the actions of the Kurdish women’s movement in Kurdistan and in Europe and Latin America on the occasion of March 8th 2024. Here you can read the newsletter in English and in Kurdish (Soranî). English version: Soranî version:

A message of solidarity for the resistance in Rojava came from Galicia regarding March 8. Dear comrades: From Galicia we want to salute, on the occasion of this 8M, the Women’s Revolution. We are “As Furias” (The Furies), a radical feminist organisation from the city of Vigo. From these lands we follow your work and we make every effort to give you a voice. In our journey we have carried …

The women’s movement Kongra Star from Rojava has written a message to women worldwide who are in resistance on the occasion of March 8: Above all, we greet all women who are resisting on the occasion of the 8th of March, International Women’s Day. This day, on which women all over the world take to the streets, is an achievement of women on their long path of revolutionary struggle. It …

With Aya Ali al-Muhammad, we continue to tell a series of stories of young women murdered by the Turkish army in North and East Syria. Young women who took their share of responsibility in a war-torn region and died at their places of work. They leave families in pain, but also a society that remains determined to leave the time of war behind and to build peaceful and democratic coexistence …

With Bêrîvan Mihemed, we begin to tell a series of stories of young women murdered by the Turkish army in North and East Syria. Young women who took their share of responsibility in a war-torn region and died at their places of work. They leave families in pain, but also a society that remains determined to leave the time of war behind and to build peaceful and democratic coexistence together …

Kongra Stare Statement on the recent attacks by Turkey on Rojava: Since the night of 13 January, the fascist Turkish state has launched a second intensive air operation in Rojava (Northern Syria) within a month, once again targeting civilian infrastructure and production facilities and thus the daily life of the people. Over the past three days, more than 60 locations in northern and eastern Syria have been attacked, with airstrikes …

In this issue of the newsletter we will give a short review and evaluation of our work as a women‘s movement in the past year. In addition, we will discuss important steps taken in North and East Syria in the past month, including the new social contract of the North and East Syria region, actions of the Women‘s Ecology Platform for the Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan, and last month‘s attacks …