The monthly Kongra Star newsletter is out. In this newsletter for the month of August 2024, will inform you about Kongra Star’s activities and events related to the women’s movement in North and East Syria. The month of August was another month of struggle and resistance.
The Zenobiya Women’s Union has been the umbrella organization of Arab women in North and East Syria since 2021 and is therefore primarily represented in the regions of Raqqa, Tabqa, Minbic and Deir ez-Zor.
In our newsletter for the month of July 2024, we provide information about the activities of Kongra Star and other events related to the women‘s movement in Northern and Eastern Syria. The month of July was dedicated to the 12th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution. Therefore, we report on the celebrations that took place on the occasion of the anniversary as well as on a forum of the Kongra Star Diplomacy Committee, which discussed the achievements of the women‘s revolution with women and organizations
from all over the Middle East.
Another event with lively participation and visibly high morale was the 4th Conference of the Women‘s Defense Units YPJ, which we report on here.
We also report on a campaign launched by the organization SARA in response to recent reports of violence against women and girls.
Finally, we report on an exhibition organized by the Women‘s Foundation WJAS, which gave female artists in the region the opportunity to show their work in public.
Here you can read the June 2024 issue of Kongra Star’s monthly newsletter and learn about events and agendas from the heart of the women’s revolution.
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 …
