YPJ commander Biharin Kendal and YPJ fighter Viyan Peyman, who have been resisting ISIS violence in Kobanê for months, have said the resistance of the YPJ was an example to the women of the world, and called on all women to ''step up the struggle against male hegemonic violence". The YPJ fighters underlined that the path to freedom for women lies in being organised.

'Struggle needed every day'

Biharin Kendal emphasised that the struggle against male hegemonic violence must be waged every single day, not just on 25 November, adding that male violence against women was increasing. She added that violence against women had brought about the destruction many cultures, languages and identities, saying: ''ISIS gangs are trying to wipe out the Kurdish identity, culture and language by attacking women, as they know a society cannot survive if women's will is broken."

'YPJ resistance in keeping with spirit of 25 November'

Biharin Kendal said that the ISIS gangs against which the YPJ fighters are fighting are the main representatives of the reactionary aggressive mentality of masculine domination, and that in this context the resistance of the YPJ fighters harmonised with the spirit of 25 November.

Biharin Kendal added that the YPJ fighters had come to symbolise the resistance against ISIS for the world, and had a separate importance and meaning for the Kurds.

'Arîn is the most important response to male violence'

Biharin Kendal said the struggle waged by the Mirabel sisters had been carried on by Leyla Qasım, Beritan, Zilan most recently by Arîn Mîrkan in the Middle East, continuing: ''Arîn and other women comrades have put their bodies on the line to prevent the gangs achieving their aims throughout the Kobanê resistance. This has been the most significant response to the mentality of hegemonic male violence on behalf of the women of the world. In this regard, we as Kurdish women attach great importance to 25 November and welcome it with a struggle and resistance befitting its meaning. The struggle of the Kurdish women led by YPJ fighters should also set an example to all the women of the world.”

Greetings to the women resisting at border

Stressing that women in the entire Kurdistan lands and all around the world should fight against all forms of violence today and every other day, Biharin Kendal said 25 November was of a symbolic significance, underlining that it was important to step up the struggle every moment and every day.

YPJ Commander Biharin Kendal added that they as YPJ fighters greeted the women holding resistance vigil in Suruç since the beginning of the Kobanê resistance.

'System murdering the women in pursuit of freedom'

YPJ fighter Viyan Peyman pointed to the thousand-year-old male violence in history, adding; "The capitalist system is today's representative of the form of violence that has continued over the course of all ages. The capitalist system has killed the women seeking freedom against itself and continue to do so, in the same way the women standing against violence in the Middle Age were murdered.

Examples to these killings in the Middle East consist of Leyla Qasım who was executed by the Iranian regime which is a product of the capitalist system and most recently Kader Ortakaya who is among the thousands of women killed for objecting to the violence of the capitalist system."

'Struggle continues'

Viyan Peyman stressed that women continued their struggle despite all the massacres they have been through, and that they as YPJ fighters waged an armed struggle against the ISIS gangs that represent the disgusting mindset revealed by the capitalist system for its benefits today.

'No freedom without organisation'

Peyman pointed out that the YPJ were the self-defense force of the whole world's women, underlining that YPJ fighters would struggle against all kinds of attacks targeting the freedom of women. "The peerless fight we are giving here today is not an armed struggle alone. It is the will of the women for freedom against all dirty methods of the male-dominant mindset. What I will say to all the women is that nobody can attain freedom by standing alone. The path to freedom for women lies in being organised. Not a single woman must remain unorganised.”