Throughout Kurdistan, the situation is currently escalating and the Turkish war is intensifying immensely. Time and again it has been announced that Erdoğan could expand his war of occupation in the shadow of the war in Ukraine. Where the war in Kurdistan was already taking place before everyone’s eyes anyway, but nevertheless undisturbed, there is now a total lack of attention. Following the recent publication of plans for a new …
Throughout Kurdistan, the situation is currently escalating and the Turkish war is intensifying immensely. There have been repeated announcements that Erdoğan might expand his occupation war in the shadow of the war in Ukraine. Where the war in Kurdistan already took place in front of everyone, but still undisturbed, all attention is now lacking. After plans for a new major offensive were recently published, the Turkish state has now launched …
For the occasion of the birthday of Abdullah Ocalan Maryam Ibrahim, the Coordinator of the Zenobia Women’s Gathering Office in Raqqa addresses the importance of the thought and struggle of Abdullah Ocalan. In a public letter, she describes how, as an Arabic woman struggling for freedom, she sees the impact that Abdullah Ocalan had on the reality of Arab women. Maryam Ibrahim Coordinator of the Zenobia Women’s Gathering Office in …
On March 24, 2022 in Qamishlo, Rojava, a conference of the Women’s Council of North and East Syria was held on the topic of occupation. Many democratic representatives of societies institutions in North and East Syria, from the occupied areas, the Syrian Democratic Council, Kongra Star and many others were invited and people representing different society groups were present during the conference. The conference discussed the situation of the areas, …
Four years ago thousands of people around the world took to the streets, their hearts with Afrin, loudly expressing their opposition to Turkey’s illegal war. On January 20, 2018, the Turkish state launched a war on region of Afrin, the western canton of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. Day and night, towns and villages, refugee camps and historical sites were bombarded by Turkish warplanes and artillery. The …
On this year’s 8th of March, we send our revolutionary greetings and solidarity to the resistant women in Afghanistan and to all those who daily resist the patriarchal and oppressive system. Since the developments in Afghanistan around the deal between the USA and the Taliban, the Taliban gained legitimacy from the international community with their Islamist and misogynist policies. Their strengthening threatens the freedom and livelihoods of the local population, …
We welcome the International Working Women’s Day on March 8, 2022. On this occasion, we bow our heads in reverence in memory of our martyrs who sacrificed their lives and wrote heroic epics of resistance to tyrannical regimes and broke the chains of slavery, making great sacrifices to achieve freedom, justice, equality and democracy. International Women Workers’ Day is the result of the struggle of millions of women around the …
The Kongra Star women’s movement in North and East Syria has released a statement on the anniversary of the martyrdom of revolutionary Berta Cáceres: Berta Cáceres was a woman, a mother, an activist, an indigenous leader, a land defender, a revolutionary and an inspiration. She was a strong Honduran woman, a free woman, she was what capitalist modernity fears the most. She co-founded and coordinated the Council of Popular and …
In this text, Women Defend Rojava shows the latest developments in North- and East Syria. In North and East Syria, a democratic women’s revolution has become reality. Under the most difficult conditions, an alternative to patriarchal and state structures was created according to the idea of Democratic Confederalism. This alternative was built in a region that is under a strict economic embargo. North and East Syria is under continuous attacks …
