WOMEN

Latest News

• Turkey: 31 women murdered in July, 245 in the first 7 months 

  According to a report by the Stop Femicide Platform, 31 women were murdered in Turkey in July, and 245 women in the first seven months of the year.
• PAJK’s Güneş: Women should rise up for change and freedom 

  “Women should rise up in the first place. The youth and women should play their role in society.”
• Female teachers in Manbij: We won’t allow Turkish invasion 

  Female teachers in Manbij condemned the Turkish state’s occupation threats against North and East Syria.
• YPJ: We reiterate our pledge to avenge Yazidi women 

  "We as the Women’s Defense Units (YPJ) have seen the protection of the women of Shengal, its people, and women as a whole as our historic duty. There proved to be no other way except to stand up and fight, once faced by an enemy as ISIS was."
• Women of Shengal: We have organized to avoid further massacres  

  Women of Shengal said the ISIS attacks and massacres haven’t broken their will and stressed that they have organized so the massacres against the Yazidi people won’t happen again.
• Arab women remember victims of the Shengal genocide 

  Arab women expressed that they will always stand by the women from Shengal, and that they are ready to pay any price for the freedom of women.
• TJK-E calls on women to join demos for Shengal on 3 August 

  "As TJK-E we call on all our women and friends in Kurdistan and elsewhere, all those who support freedom, democracy to participate in the actions to be held on 3 August."
• Yazidi Women's House opens in Shengal 

  "As Yazidi Women's Aid Network, we have many projects for women. We will try to help the Yazidi women to survive the pain and torture they have experienced."
• Deir ez-Zor: Women protest against Turkish occupation threats 

  In Deir ez-Zor, women have taken to the streets to protest the Turkish occupation threats. "As women, we have formed a unity and will resist," said Hiyam Ahmed.
• Do not forget Shengal at 11 am on August 3 

  Commemorative events will take place in numerous German cities on the anniversary of the genocide and femicide in Shengal on 3 August. At 11 o'clock a minute of silence will be observed nationwide.
• Female teachers in Tabqa protest Turkish threats: We will resist 

  Female teachers in Tabqa condemned the Turkish state’s occupation threats against North and East Syria.
• “The foundation in Berfin’s name will give hope to more Berfins” 

  Women are working to establish a foundation in the name of Berfin Ozek, who suffered an acid attack in Iskenderun.
• Manbij, Raqqa, Tabqa and Deir ez-Zor women unite against invasion 

  Women from Manbij, Raqqa, Tabqa and Deir ez-Zor stress that they will resist the invasion attacks by the Turkish state and not let the Ottomans come back to Syrian lands.
• Deir Ez-zor Women's Assembly campaigning against child marriage 

  The Deir Ez-zor Women's Assembly launched a campaign against child marriages last Saturday.
• YPJ: We will grow and defend the July 19 revolution 

  YPJ: In these 7 years, the peoples of Syria and the Kurdish people in particular have been greatly successful but they have also paid a great price.
• Rojava Revolution became an inspiration for women worldwide 

  Xalide Engizek said the Rojava Revolution led by women has become an inspiration for the women of the world as they felt without hope or morale.
• The Rojava Revolution inspired by women 

  Women in Rojava led the Revolution and continue to play a crucial role in the new model of society implemented.
• Women Festival in Kobanê kicks off Rojava Revolution celebrations 

  Celebrations for the anniversary of the 19 July Rojava Revolution have started in Kobanê.
• KIHEP: 22 years of education for women in Hatay 

  Women's Human Rights-New Solutions Association has been providing training program for women for 22 years in Hatay. The program reached at least 15 thousand women.
• Seminar on women’s issues in Hewler 

  A seminar in Hewler discussed the efforts to increase the representation of women in decision making processes and service areas.
• Koma Amara’s new “Xakurke Resistance” song 

  The band Koma Amara made a new song for the Xakurke Resistance. Band members said, “Art is the greatest fight against tyrants.”
• Yazidi women called to be in the squares on 3 August 

  The German Federation of Women's Assemblies declared 3 August, the 5th anniversary of the genocide against the Yazidi in Shengal carried out by ISIS, as the day of action and called everyone to the squares against Feminicide. 
• 89 women died in South Kurdistan in the first 5 months of 2019 

  89 women self-harmed themselves or committed suicide in Kurdistan in the first 5 months of 2019.
• PAJK Coordination: It's time for freedom and it's time for women! 

  PAJK Coordination: Kemal Pir, M. Hayri Durmuş, Akif Yılmaz and Ali Çiçek declared the victory of the Kurdish people's struggle for freedom with the resistance they embodied.
• Kurdish Women's Platform call for dialogue 

  The United Kurdish Women's Platform has issued an open letter to condemn Turkey and Iran intervention.