The North-East Syrian women’s umbrella organization Kongra Star held its annual meeting at its headquarters in Qamishlo on December 15-16 with the participation of 100 council members and committee members.

At the annual meeting held under the motto "Women cannot remain unorganized", political, organizational problems, women’s movement, the situation of Abdullah Öcalan and the 2022 working mechanism of the Kongra Star Assembly were debated.

According to the final declaration of Kongra Star's annual meeting released on Tuesday, participants called attention to the political situation in North and East Syria and the world. “Due to the Third World War, the world is going through a political, economic, social, cultural and ecological crisis. The Middle East region has become the hotbed of wars for hegemonic countries at the expense of the peoples of the region,” they said.

The declaration stated that the main basis of the war is NATO, China, Russia, Syria, Ukraine and Iran, while the invading Turkish state has always sought to take advantage of these wars to expand its sovereignty and extend its life.

“Participants emphasized the fact that the Turkish state carried out barbaric attacks against the Kurdish people and their allies in the region employing genocidal policies and methods in the region, while it, on the other hand, targeted the Kurdish regions and the guerrilla forces.

The crackdown on women is growing. However, women's organizations and movements are paving the way for a common struggle and revolt against the sexist system. The Rojava and North-East Syria revolution was led by women.

Women's resistance in the prisons of the fascist AKP has turned into a worldwide resistance. The expulsion of women from politics in Syria has been exposed,” said the declaration, remarking that the co-presidency system in North and East Syria represented a success and a new step in the world history of women.

ÖCALAN’S FREEDOM

The declaration called attention to the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, saying: “Isolation is a policy of the global system. Öcalan's isolation is against all human rights principles.” It called for a popular uprising for Öcalan's physical freedom.

“The dominant male power is worried about the co- presidency model. Therefore, women should expand their resistance and protect their achievements, said the final declaration.

RECOMMENDATIONS

The recommendations made at the annual meeting of the Kongra Star Assembly are as follows:

“The struggle for equality between the two sexes requires education and work. Self-education is possible by reading, self-developing and opposing the male mentality. Eradicating femicides through the unity of women and the motto 'women cannot remain unorganized' should be taken as the corner stone of activities. A dossier on the defence of the co-presidency model should be prepared and training should be organized to promote this model. Every woman should develop herself in every field. Women's committees and communes should be established, and economic committees should be introduced. Women's economic problems should be resolved. Women should get organized within women's organizations in order to form their peculiar identities. A committee should be established to prepare reports on free co-existence and put them at the service of society.

Ecological awareness should also be developed. This issue should not be separated from the gender issues and an ecology council should be established in a short time.”