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Yazidi women: Turkish state targets free women

Members of the Yazidi (Êzidî) House in Cizire Region denounced attacks against women as part of ongoing events to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. The press statement, read in front of the Yazidi House…

Women Defend Rojava platform founded in Vienna

Solidarity with the resistance in Rojava also promotes the self-organization of internationalist and feminist structures. In Vienna, a “Women Defend Rojava” platform has been established. The alliance announced its foundation with the following declaration: “On 28th of November 2019, the…

Women take to the streets across North and East Syria

On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, demonstrations have taken place in numerous cities in Northern Syria. In all activities, attention was drawn to the Kurdish politician Havrin Khalaf, who was murdered by…

Women’s workshop in Qamishlo: Silence kills!

Activities to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November, have begun in Northern and Eastern Syria. A workshop under the motto “Silence kills” is taking place in the Qamishlo city today. Organised by the…

Kongra Star dedicates 25 November to three revolutionary women

Kongra Star has issued e a statement about the activities to be carried out to mark the International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women. Kongra Star said in the statement that the activities, to be carried out between 25 November…

Seminar on 25 November at Berxwedan Camp in Shehba

The Berxwedan camp in the northern Syrian canton of Shehba is home to people displaced by Turkish invasion troops from Afrin. Yesterday the camp hosted a seminar on 25 November, the international day for the elimination of violence against women,…

Combating Violence against Women was subject of meetings in Manbij

The Kongra Star and women organizations continue holding a series of meetings to introduce the 25th November, the International Day of Combating Violence against Women. As part of a series of meetings organized by the Women Council under the slogan…

Kongra Star Spokeswoman: Invaders deliberately attack women

The Turkish invasion of northern Syria is accompanied by inhumane war crimes. Selva Ehmed from Serêkaniyê says that the attacks of the occupying forces are deliberately directed against the women’s movement. Selva Ehmed is the spokeswoman for the women’s umbrella…

People of Hesekê: We won’t leave our land to the occupiers

A powerful demonstration against the Turkish invasion of Rojava took place in the north-eastern Syrian city of Hesekê. The participants repeatedly expressed loudly that they would only accept the SDF as a defensive force. In the city of Hesekê, north-eastern…

Sara Organization calls for criminals to be brought to the ICC

Sara foundation joined the chorus of outrage at the misogynistic war crimes committed on the body of YPJ fighter Amara Renas. Sara Organization Against Violence Against Women denounced the inhumane treatment against YPJ fighter Amara Renas whose dead body was…