Brochure: The many forms of women’s resistance
Brand new Women Defend Rojava publication. The women of North and East Syria tell their own stories of resistance. Read here or download- under video.
[Women’s Voices] “As Arabic women from Serekaniye we had already struggled. Suddenly the threats fell on us.”
Rukeyel Cevad is the spokeswoman for her local Kongra Star office. Now she works in exile, after running “grabbing the small children, in the clothes we stood up in.”
[Video] Raqqa Women’s Military Council: “We have taken important steps, and in 2020 we will take even more.”
The Raqqa Women’s Military Council was created in 2019, and is already going from strength to strength. Training and development is focusing on ideology as well as military skills, and the council also organises within society, bridging the gap between families and the military. Here the women of Raqqa, who lived under the tyranny of IS, explain some of their work. The principle of women’s defence forces redefining strength and …
[Video] “Since the revolution, Chechen people lived in peace… until the threats came.”
Chechens are one of the minority groups threatened by the Turkish occupation, ethnic cleansing and demographic change project in North and East Syria. Nura Nedir, now a refugee, speaks about their place in the Autonomous Administration, and what the attacks meant for her community.
Inheritance of resistance: Kongra Star’s anniversary statement and presentation
To the press and the general public On the 15th January 2016 Kongra star was announced as the creation of an umbrella organisation of the Rojava women’s movement. We begin our anniversary by celebrating all revolutionary, struggling, resisting and freedom seeking women in the world. The inheritance gathered by global women’s struggle continues here in every area of life and struggle with Kongra Star. To build an ethical and political …
Health workers in Gire Spi: “Our people are being killed and brutally executed.”
As Women Defend Rojava research committee, part of Kongra Star Diplomacy, we interviewed a nurse from the health team from Girê Spî regarding the assassination of civilians and members of the local health committee by Turkey’s jihadist proxies. Name: Denya Muslêm MihemedMother’s name: Şemse El RîfayîPlace and Date of birth: Girê Spî – 01.01.1990Profession: Nurse with two years of work experience Denya Muslêm Mihemed:When the brutal attacks on Girt Spî …
“She can no longer speak to men.”
The story of Zainab, held hostage for ransom in Serekaniye. Originally published in Arabic here. Hamza Hamaki Jumah Sheikho did not expect that the decision to return with his wife to his city, Serekaniye, would end in tragedy. On October 9, last year, Turkey, with factions affiliated with the Syrian opposition, launched a major military invasion from Serekaniye to Gire Spi. Fierce battles erupted on a 120-km front on the …
[Women’s voices] “Erdogan wants to build a new Ottoman Empire… but we have given a great resistance.”
Hemrin Salah left her home in Serekaniye when the Turkish state and its jihadist mercenaries began their invasion. She talks about the history and resistance of the region, and why no matter what the cost people will not accept occupation and demographic change.