Statement by Kongra Star on the murder of coordination member, Hiva Arebu,

To the public Once again, the Turkish state has committed war crimes in South Kurdistan and targeted revolutionary women there. Once again, it has made its hostility towards women clear and demonstrated its inhumanity to the world. When our coordination member, Hiva Arebu, went to South Kurdistan to meet with other women’s organizations on January 27, 2025, she became the target of the Turkish state and was killed. On behalf …

We are all Tishreen! – 3rd week of Global Action Month

The third week of global action has just ended, in which dozens of women’s organizations around the world took to the streets to support the resistance of Tishreen dam and to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the liberation of the city of Kobanê from Daesh occupation. In fact, the escalation of war in Northeast Syria has made the celebration of the anniversary extremely relevant because today the democratic forces are …

International women’s open letter for a democratic Syria based on women’s freedom

International women’s open letter for a democratic Syria based on women’s freedom to António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Sima Sami Bahous, Executive Director of UN Women, Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, António Luís Santos da Costa, President of the European Council, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Secretary-General of the Arab League, Since the fall of the Assad regime in Syria on December 8, 2024, discussions have been underway …

Interview: “Kobanê was like Stalingrad” – YPG commander of the battle for Kobanê from Lower Class Magazine

We translated an interview from the German Lower Class Magazine that they made on the battle for Kobane with a YPG commander. “When I think about what I experienced now, it feels like I’m remembering a movie. I sometimes wonder if it all really happened like that” This is certainly not the first time you have heard these words. You come across them again and again, in books with imaginary …

Trust in women not in states – 2nd week of Global Action Month

Global action weeks in January “Women Defend Rojava” has called for global weeks of action in January. Under the heading “We are not silent! We will defend the women’s revolution in Rojava!” the campaign aims to draw public attention to the events in northern and eastern Syria through numerous actions. It is important to support the people of Syria in building a democratic system instead of simply appointing new rulers. …

Statement of Free Women’s Foundation in Syria

The women’s foundation Wjas did a Statement on the current Situation: “[…] we, as the Free Women’s Foundation in Syria, support the hands and voices that have risen in condemnation and protest against the statements of the Islamist Aisha al-Dabs. We perceive her statements as an attack against the achieved gains. Therefore we take this opportunity to call for the broadest forms of solidarity with women in Syria. We call …

Call for: Global Action Weeks for the Women’s Revolution!

Global call for January 2025 for feminist action weeks: We won´t remain silent! We defend the women’s revolution in Rojava!  Women’s liberation is the heart of a democratic Syria!#TrustInWomenNotStates For weeks, a war has been raging against the Democratic Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria. The Turkish army is threatening Kobanê with tanks and bombing it with drones and warplanes, while the fighters of the Turkish-controlled SNA are attacking …