Women Defend Rojava

Three feminist activists of the Arab Women’s Movement Zenobia were murdered today in Minbij by Islamist Turkish soldiers in the course of the invasion attacks. Here is Zenobia’s statement translated into English: Women’s gathering Zenobia’s statement on 3 martyred comrades We at Zenobia Women’s Gathering mourn the loss of our brave comrades, Qamar al-Sud, Aisha Abdul Qader and Iman, who were brutally murdered by Turkish jihadists in Manbij during the …

Here you can read the Kongra Star report on Humanitarian Crisis in North and East Syria After Attacks on Aleppo and Shehba:

When we arrived in Rojava, the sun was shining and we had finally made it after a long journey. In the days that followed, we met many very inspiring women who told us about their revolutionary work. They gave us çay and sweets and their complete trust. Early in the morning we drove to Raqqa to stay there for a few days. Until seven years ago, the city was still …

The new newsletter has been published. The last two months have been full of activity but also violent attacks. That’s why we’re publishing our newsletter together with information for October and November. The end of October was marked by a new wave of serious attacks by the Turkish state on civilian infrastructure. In November many activities happened in the frame of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against …

In 2018, Turkey attacked and occupied Afrîn, and in autumn 2019, Gîre Spi and Serêkanîye. In response, the Kurdish Women’s Movement (Kongra Star) called for international support. Since then, the campaign Women Defend Rojava gathers many internationalist solidarity activities with the Women’s Revolution and the people of Rojava. For 5 years we have been organizing in more than 36 committees around the world. We have marched and took actions, we …