The HDP Women's Council started the program of activities related to 8 March International Women's Day with an action in Istanbul and announced that they will carry out their activities in the earthquake region where children and women suffer the most.
The HDP Women's Council started the program of activities related to 8 March International Women's Day with an action in Istanbul in front of Beşiktaş Pier in Kadıköy. "We are not alone, we are together!" said the women chanting the slogan "Jin jiyan azadi" and kicking off the program of activities for 8 March.
Members of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Women's Council carried a banner reading "We are together" and the names of the cities where the earthquake occurred with photographs reflecting the destruction.
Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK) co-spokesperson Esengül Demir, HDP Women's Assembly spokesperson Ayşe Acar Başaran, Democratic Regions Party (DBP) co-chair Saliha Aydeniz, Green Left Party co-spokesperson Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar, members of the Peace Mothers Council and many women attended the action in Istanbul.
HDP Women's Council spokesperson Ayşe Acar Başaran said: "We are not alone. We will stand up together with our own strength and we will be on the streets on 8 March with our organization. The whole society has been affected by this process. But, as always, we saw that women, children and other disadvantaged groups were most affected by this crisis. While trying to stand up against this disaster, on the one hand, women struggled to survive by pulling their relatives out of the rubble. On the other hand, they experienced great difficulties because the government could not solve the problem of shelter, hygiene, water, heating and food.”
Başaran underlined that they will go to the earthquake region to stand in solidarity with women there on 8 March, and added: “We held the hand of our women friends, from Adıyaman to Maraş, from Antep to Hatay and from there to Malatya, and said that they are not alone. We will reiterate that we will not leave anyone at the mercy of this government. Nobody should lose hope. We will be on the field with our strongest organization. The common struggle of women will put an end to this rotten order. Women will be at the forefront to ensure that those responsible will be held.”
