Today we learned with great sadness and anger that the Kurdish journalists Gulistan Tara and Hiro Behdinan were martyred in…
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Read More »On the third anniversary of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, we express our full solidarity with the struggle of women…
Read More »With the war in Gaza continuing since October 7, 2023, today we witnessed another devastating attack in the ongoing wave…
Read More »At a time when the world is witnessing significant developments in the field of women’s rights through the tireless struggle…
Read More »In our newsletter for the month of July 2024, we provide information about the activities of Kongra Star and other…
Read More »Our newsletter for the month of June 2024Our newsletter for the month of June 2024 informs about Kongra Star activities…
Read More »In our newsletter for the month of May 2024, we share information on women’s conferences, cultural works, works from Kongra…
Read More »Kongra Star and the Zenubia Women’s Gathering hosted an event yesterday at April 4 Park in Heseke to introduce the…
Read More »To those seeking freedom, democracy and women’s liberation everywhere, On May 16th, the eight year long Kobane trial ended in…
Read More »The newsletter on events, happenings and issues affecting women in North and East Syria, the site of the women‘s revolution…
Read More »In this newsletter, we are highlighting important events from the women‘s movement in North and East Syria which happened in…
Read More »Above all, we greet all women who are resisting on the occasion of the 8th of March, International Women’s Day.…
Read More »Here you can read our monthly newsletter about the events in North and East Syria in February.
Read More »Here you can read our monthly newsletter about the events in North and East Syria in January.
Read More »Yesterday evening, our friend and long-time member Feryal, known as Zelal Hesekê, was shot dead in an assassination attempt in…
Read More »Since the night of 13 January, the fascist Turkish state has launched a second intensive air operation in Rojava (Northern…
Read More »To the press and the public: This year, as part of the campaign “Freedom for Öcalan and a political solution…
Read More »Monthly Newsletter on the development and agenda of the women‘s revolution in North and East Syria The women‘s revolution and…
Read More »Since December 23, in the shadow of the Christmas holidays, Turkey has intensified its attacks on North and East Syria.…
Read More »The women of North and East Syria have once again demonstrated their willingness to continue and expand the achievements of…
Read More »“Against all forms of violence and occupation: Jin Jiyan Azadi” On the occasion of November 25th, the International Day against…
Read More »The last month in North and East Syria has been marked by both positive and negative developments. Women‘s organisation of…
Read More »On 09 October 2023, the fascist Turkish army attacked a cotton field in northern Syria, injuring 5 female workers. In…
Read More »On this DAY OF INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE AND DIGNITY we join the call of the NATIONAL CONGRESS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE in…
Read More »On behalf of women’s movements and women’s organizations in North and East Syria, we have today sent an open letter…
Read More »In the following dossier, we have documented the Turkish state’s attacks on infrastructure and civilian facilities in North and East…
Read More »Since October 4, 2023, the Turkish state has been intensifying its offensive on the people of North and East Syria…
Read More »This is the press statement to the international public: One year ago on 4th October 2022, the Kurdish journalist, academic…
Read More »From the area of women’s revolution in North and East Syria, we salute the struggle of women and all people…
Read More »A statement to the public: 9 Years have passed since ISIS perpetrated a horrific genocide against the Yazidi community in…
Read More »In this brochure we have collected the speeches given at the Forum of the Women’s Revolution. On July 19, 2022,…
Read More »This dossier will examine the killing of three officials of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria by a…
Read More »For a long time now the attacks of the occupying Turkish state on North and East Syria have been continuing,…
Read More »Dear members of the press, On the occasion of the start of the international environmental protection week between the 5th…
Read More »This report explores the health and economic situation of displaced people from Afrin living in five different refugee camps in…
Read More »Earthquake and its impact in North and East Syria due to inhumane policy by Turkey and Syria On February 6th,…
Read More »Statement to the public Twenty-four years have passed since the international conspiracy that led to the arrest of leader Abdullah…
Read More »Recently, there has been a lot of talk about the idea of “feminist politics.” Ministers and politicians talk about a…
Read More »Conclusion of the 9th General Assembly of Kongra Star The 9th General Assembly of Kongra Star was held on January…
Read More »We have learned with deep grief and great anger of the brutal killing of Afghan politician Mursal Nabizada. Mursal Nabizada,…
Read More »On the 23th of December 2022, Evin Goye, Mir Perwer and Abdurrahman Kizil were killed in Paris. Nearly ten years…
Read More »Our revenge is to guarantee the women’s revolution On the 10th anniversary of the Paris massacre, we remember the fallen…
Read More »EM HÊZA XWE NE – WE ARE OUR STRENGTH Since the revolution in Rojava, women have been active and involved…
Read More »Our Committee for Democratic Relations and Alliances had an online meeting with Kurdistan Solidarity Committees and feminists from Abya Yala…
Read More »Yesterday (the 23rd of December, 2022) three Kurds were shot and killed in a terrorist attack in Paris. The gunman…
Read More »Here you can download, read and share our weekly newsletter about the attacks on and the defense of the women’s…
Read More »The city of Kobane, which has become the symbol of the women’s revolution, is currently under heavy attack from Turkey.…
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Read More »For more than 2 years, the Turkish state has been waging a drone war against Rojava, targeting the women’s movement…
Read More »In honor of this November 25th, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, we would first like…
Read More »To the media and public opinion The fascist Turkish state, which is unable to enforce its technique against the freedom…
Read More »The last month has shown once again that in the struggle that women in North and East Syria are waging…
Read More »With a great sadness we have learned of the death of our dear friend and sister Meredith Tax after a…
Read More »Women’s RevolutionWomen’s Revolution The women’s revolution is entering its10th year and in August, women in northern and eastern Syria celebrated…
Read More »Social justice based on women’s freedom Although “justice” as a concept is a feminine noun or a feminine concept in…
Read More »Mala Jin: Empowering women and strengthening society The Women’s Revolution in Rojava has for more than 10 years brought forward…
Read More »On 19 December, Chile turned an important page in its history. A turning point expected and supported by the population.…
Read More »Underage marriage is a social problem that still exists in many regions of the world. This problem, which stems from…
Read More »We, Kongra Star, the women’s confederation in Rojava send our revolutionary greetings to the Uruguayan Anarchist Federation and congratulate the…
Read More »The work of the Health Committee The Health Committee was established on 6/12/2020 and is responsible for organizing and promoting…
Read More »We as Kongra Star send revolutionary greetings and our solidarity from Rojava to our sisters in Afghanistan. The current developments…
Read More »European women expressed their solidarity with the Women’s Revolution in Rojava on the occasion of March 8th, saying: “We support…
Read More »To the people of West Papua With this message, we, the women’s movement “Kongra Star” from Rojava and North-East Syria,…
Read More »Three years after the attack and occupation of the Afrin region, whose people showed unprecedented resistance and responded to all…
Read More »We announce the continuation of the campaign “No to occupation and genocide! We defend women and life!: Because human was…
Read More »With the aim of shedding light on the violations being practiced against women and the civilian population by the Turkish…
Read More »Eight years have passed since the massacre committed against the three female revolutionaries who lived the most wonderful heroic epics…
Read More »The role of women has always been obscured in all life fields, women were able to highlight their role with…
Read More »This year witnessed an organizational movement and many activities in order to change the patriarchal system that still imposes itself…
Read More »This came in a statement the Preparatory Committee for the campaign (No to occupation and extermination, together we protect women…
Read More »We see that all around the world the violence against women is increasing and find its extremist expression in the…
Read More »All over the world, women’s and feminist struggles are intensifying against the oppression and violence by patriarchy that has lasted…
Read More »For all the women who are struggling for democracy and freedom We respectfully remember the Mirabal sisters who were brutally…
Read More »The Kurdistan Women Union Coordination issued a statement regarding the Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which falls…
Read More »Hevrin Xelef, Zehra, Hebun and Mother Emine are just a few of the cases of these political femicides that are…
Read More »As women of Rojava (NE Syria), and as women fighting, we send our support, strength and revolutionary greetings to all…
Read More »We, the Kongra Star organization, On 9th October 2020, we launched a campaign under the slogan “No to occupation and…
Read More »Mother Aqeedah Ali Osman was born in 1966 in Girkê Legê. She got to know the Kurdistan Freedom Movement in…
Read More »We as Kurdish women in Western Kurdistan welcome the call and actions of our sisters of the Women Democratic Front…
Read More »Analysis on special warfare especially in the context of occupation and war against Northern and Eastern Syria, written by Ruken…
Read More »Statement by Remziya Mihemed, member of Kongra Star women’s movement in Rojava, on the attacks on Kurdish workers in Turkey:…
Read More »Declaration for the World Peace Day September 1 The day on which we celebrate the International Day of Peace is…
Read More »Throughout history, Yezidis have been subjected to numerous massacres, beginning in the nineteenth century, ranging from the Anfal operation to…
Read More »From 2014 until now, the Turkish state has been supporting jihadist groups operating in Syria in various ways, from providing…
Read More »On behalf of the coordinators of the Kongra Star Women’s Movement in Rojava, we congratulate all the peoples of North…
Read More »The symposium was attended by a group of women political activists and jurists, members of civil society institutions, political parties,…
Read More »Yesterday, the Research and Protection of Women`s rights Center in Syria began a campaign to collect signatures to demand justice…
Read More »Today we are publishing our new dossier ‘Women under Turkish occupation. Femicide and gender-based violence as systematic practice of the…
Read More »Thousands of women are killed every week. Millions face male violence every day. We are all targeted by the patriarchal…
Read More »FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND INTERNATIONAL PRESS As Kongra Star Coordination we condemn the attacks on the members of Kongra…
Read More »Yesterday evening armed drones of fascist Turkish state have bombed the village Helincê in Kobane. The fascist Turkish state directly…
Read More »In the night of June 14, the fascist Turkish state and occupier attacked the Shengal region, the refugee camp in…
Read More »The Kurdish political prisoner Zeyneb Jalalian has been in prison in Iran for 13 years. During these 13 years, Zeyneb…
Read More »Yesterday an anti-democratic act took place in Turkey in front of the people of Turkey and the world. The fascist…
Read More »Afrin displaced women in Al-Shahba district appealed to international and human rights organizations to intervene quickly to hold the Turkish…
Read More »Kongra Star, women’s movement in Rojava, published a statement in solidarity with this women activist: The fascist regime of AKP-MHP…
Read More »Different organizations launch a campaign to release all political prisoners whose lives and health are at serious risk due to…
Read More »In the shadow of the current coronavirus crisis, we are very concerned about the situation of political prisoners in Iran,…
Read More »We, Kongra Star, salute all workers around the world, and women in particular, on the anniversary of International Workers’ Day,…
Read More »For International Women’s Day 2020, we asked internationalist women in North and East Syria: What is Women’s Freedom? This question…
Read More »To all the women of the world: At the beginning we send you respectful greetings. At the same time as…
Read More »Today, April 24th is the commemoration day of the Armenian genocide, which took place in 1915 – 105 years ago.…
Read More »To the public and to Kurdish society: To begin, we respectfully commemorate the three Kurdish women who died in Makhmour…
Read More »We interviewed Naima Mehmud, co-chair of the Mala Jin (Women’s House) in the canton of Heseke. We talked with her…
Read More »To all people and women’s organisations in Italy we send our warmest greetings from the heart of Rojava, standing for…
Read More »The COVID 19 pandemic shows once again the patriarchal pandemic: We women defend ourselves! The battle for life and freedom…
Read More »The General Command of the Women’s Protection Units issued a written statement in which they congratulated Newroz, who falls today,…
Read More »Recently we have seen increasing violence against women and rising cases of femicide. At the same time, we can also…
Read More »We in North and East Syria continue the history of women’s struggle for this International Women’s Day March 8th. A…
Read More »Under the slogan “Our struggle is freedom and our resistance is a victory”, thousands of women in Kobane celebrated the…
Read More »The meeting held at the invitation of the Jinology Research Center in the Euphrates region was attended by dozens of…
Read More »The symposium was attended by dozens of women from the political parties, organizations, institutions and civil unions of Afrin region,…
Read More »The annual general meeting of Kongra Star held in the town of Rumilan, Girke Lege district continues, with the participation…
Read More »Five years have passed since the liberation of Kobanê and the importance of that YPG and YPJ victory will never…
Read More »Five years ago the women’s foundation WJAR was founded in Rojava. Now the name has been changed and the field…
Read More »YPJ spokesperson Nesrin Abdullah said that YPJ is now the defensive power of women all over the world with thousands…
Read More »Our new dossier documents the killing of women and children in Afrin since January 2018 and in the rest of…
Read More »In an interview published by Women Defend Rojava, Foza Yûsif, the Executive Committee Member of the Democratic Society Movement (TEV-DEM) assessed the political developments…
Read More »YPJ were able to play major role in defending the freedom of women, a woman in the regions of NE,…
Read More »Members of the Yazidi (Êzidî) House in Cizire Region denounced attacks against women as part of ongoing events to mark…
Read More »Solidarity with the resistance in Rojava also promotes the self-organization of internationalist and feminist structures. In Vienna, a “Women Defend…
Read More »We published a detailed report analysing the situation and consequences of the Turkish invasion which began on 9 October on…
Read More »Thousands of women joined a demonstration in Barcelona marking 25 November International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women,…
Read More »On November 25, 1960 the three Mirabel sisters were murdered in the Dominican Republic for fighting against the dictatorship of…
Read More »On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, demonstrations have taken place in numerous…
Read More »Kongra-Star and women’s movements in North and East Syria released a statement marking the 25th November, International Day for the…
Read More »Activities to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November, have begun in Northern and…
Read More »Kongra Star has issued e a statement about the activities to be carried out to mark the International Day to…
Read More »The Berxwedan camp in the northern Syrian canton of Shehba is home to people displaced by Turkish invasion troops from…
Read More »The Kongra Star and women organizations continue holding a series of meetings to introduce the 25th November, the International Day…
Read More »The Turkish invasion of northern Syria is accompanied by inhumane war crimes. Selva Ehmed from Serêkaniyê says that the attacks…
Read More »Women living in North and East Syria and the Rojava region urge the Secretary-General finally to play the role that…
Read More »The Coordination of Kongra Star Rojava called on everyone to join actions organised on 2 November, “International Resistance Day for Rojava”. The…
Read More »A powerful demonstration against the Turkish invasion of Rojava took place in the north-eastern Syrian city of Hesekê. The participants…
Read More »Sara foundation joined the chorus of outrage at the misogynistic war crimes committed on the body of YPJ fighter Amara…
Read More »Silence is to be complicit in acts against all of humanity, said the YPJ and called on all women and…
Read More »“Organize autonomous women’s and LGBTI+ meetings, create your local WOMEN DEFEND ROJAVA committee and participate in the Europe-wide WOMEN DEFEND…
Read More »On 9 Oct 2019 the Turkish state started its invasion and occupation war on the territory of Northern Syria. The…
Read More »One week ago, we published the Women’s Declaration Stop Turkey‘s Occupation War against North and East Syria – immediately! with…
Read More »The Women’s Protection Units YPJ commemorated Zain Kobani, who was martyred on October 13 in Suluk area while confronting the…
Read More »Mary Francis Rosen, a volunteer nurse, said that the wounded in the town of Serêkaniyê needed a quick evacuation and…
Read More »The statement includes the following; “Just like fascism targets every single cell of us, we should make fascism into a…
Read More »Women Defend Rojava Campaign urges the UNSC, all relevant bodies of the international community and governments to take urgent actions…
Read More »Kongra Star Spokesperson Evîn Swed writes an open letter to the UN General Secretary and UNSC members. Evîn calls for…
Read More »The Women’s Council of North and East Syria writes an open letter to women all around the world against Turkey’s…
Read More »Kongra Star, has spoken out on the impending invasion of Turkey in northern Syria and called on all forces of…
Read More »The fighters of the Women’s Protection Units in the Euphrates region renewed their pledge to fight for freedom and follow…
Read More »To raise the Syriac women’s awareness and resolve special and family issues related to them, the Syriac Woman’s Union in…
Read More »As part of the series of events launched by Kongra Star under the slogan “Protect your Soil and Dignity, End…
Read More »Tens of women of the people pf Serin District of Kobani canton demonstrated today rejecting the threats of the Turkish…
Read More »The Kongra Star member, Hadiya Shammo, talked about the violations of mercenaries and the Turkish occupation army on Afrin, especially…
Read More »On the sidelines of the Forum of Tribal Woman Notables held in the castle of Ja’bar in the city of…
Read More »The statement was delivered in front of the conference center in Zorava Neighborhood of the Syrian capital, Damascus, in the…
Read More »On the 19th of this month, hundreds of Kurdish people demonstrated against the authorities of the Justice and Development after…
Read More »Now, in Amed, Wan and Merdin cities in Turkey, peaceful and democratic Kurdish demonstrators are under Aattack from the brutal…
Read More »The Rojava Coordination of women’s movement Kongra Star launched a campaign on August 8 against the Turkish state’s invasion threats…
Read More »In order to denounce of the Turkish threats against the areas of north and east of Syria, large numbers of…
Read More »For the first time in the Middle East a new administration system is being implemented in the areas of North…
Read More »The campaign launched by women in Tabqa, Raqqa, Manbij and Deir ez-Zor on July 23 against the Turkish state’s occupation…
Read More »A delegation including Shengal Women’s Units (YJS) fighters headed out to the Autonomous Administration zones from Shengal to attend a…
Read More »Kongra Star Coordination in Rojava released written statement that related about the media attack against the co-chair of the Kurdistan…
Read More »On the nineteenth of July 2012, having expelled elements of the Syrian regime from the city weeks after mass demonstrations…
Read More »Dozens of members of the Autonomous Administration institutions and residents of Berxwedan camp gathered in the courtyard of the camp,…
Read More »In the years of war in Syria, the people of the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood in Aleppo suffered from the attacks…
Read More »The Kongra Star Coordination commemorated the martyrs of June 25 who martyred in the massacre by Daesh mercenaries in Kobanî.…
Read More »The Women’s Council of North and East Syria is a political, social and cultural rights cornerstone that includes all women’s…
Read More »The founding conference of the Women’s Council in North and East Syria, which began on Friday morning in the resort…
Read More »Kongra Star in Rojava issued a statement about the end of the hunger strike after a call by Kurdish leader…
Read More »The hunger strikers in al-Jazeera and the Euphrates areas concluded the hunger strike and explained that they would continue the…
Read More »Kongra Star and Qamishlo canton’s council set up a tent for the hunger strike, in which the residents of the…
Read More »A member of Kongra Star Coordination in Rojava Dalia Hanan pointed out that in order to block the massacres, the…
Read More »Thousands of women in al-Jazeera Region marched in protest against the attack by the Turkish occupation authorities on the women…
Read More »The Kongra Star in the Euphrates region denounced the Turkish authorities’ isolation of leader Abdullah Ocalan and expressed solidarity with…
Read More »Kongra Star Coordination noted that they welcome the International Day of Workers with more struggle and resistance, and stressed the…
Read More »Kongra Star Coordination has commemorated Qereçox martyrs in the second anniversary of their martyrdom, and pointed out that as Kongra…
Read More »We want freedom, justice, and for this women’s revolution to grow. Women around the world have been marginalized and suffered.…
Read More »The concept of masculinity in our society has led to many political, social, economic, cultural and psychological problems— most notably…
Read More »Avin Sweed explained that the plot that targeted the ideology and philosophy of the leader Ocalan was unsuccessful, because this…
Read More »Kongra Star denounced the criminal acts that continue to be committed against women for many reasons. The most recent was…
Read More »the Kongra Star Coordination issued a statement congratulating Newroz on the Kurdish people. The statement said that Newroz holds a…
Read More »The feminist delegation from Basque country gave a message in Rojava to support and show their solidarity with Leyla Guven…
Read More »A video and statement in memory of Sakine Cansiz and the attacks in Paris on 9 January. On the 5th…
Read More »Statement to public opinion On behalf of Kongra Star and ahead of the occasion of 25 November, the International Day for the…
Read More »Kongra Star released a statement in response to the US decision to put a bounty on Cemil Bayık, Murat Karayılan…
Read More »The first day of November marks the international day of solidarity with Kobanê, a historic day that drew the whole…
Read More »A woman named Reşa Bisîs was raped by mercenaries affiliated to the Turkish state in Jarablus. The woman was later…
Read More »Members of Kurdish Women’s Movement Kongreya Star Tal Rifat Coordination have added their voices to those protesting against the invasion…
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