The Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (TJK-E) will carry out this year's activities on International Women's Day under the slogan ‘With Jin-Jiyan-Azadî to the women's revolution’. The umbrella organization which unites Kurdish women's groups from various European countries, pointed out in its call for participation in local activities in the week of 8 March that the women's struggle day is being celebrated at a difficult time for Kurds.

The TJK-E statement disclosed the planned activities in Germany, France, Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium The statement said: “Our pain and losses are as great and unshakable as our determination to stand up against the forces attacking our right to life. Our reasons for struggle are more urgent than ever, as the ongoing alliance of male rule, the state, and capitalism has turned their attacks on women into a systemic war.

Fascism, dictatorships and the practices of multinational corporations, the new face of colonialism, intersect in attacks on women's freedom and the destruction of nature. From the outset, the internal conflicts of the hegemonic powers and the policies they pursue with excessive profit motives offer women and society no other future than war, migration, destruction, violence and poverty. They want to darken the sun of mankind. In all parts of the world there is a wave of exploitation and aggression fueled by male supremacy. From Afghanistan to Abya Yala, from India to Africa, women's resistance is rising across the world.”

We can only survive by resisting

The statement added: “Women are the strongest wave of this resistance. We know that we cannot live unless we weave our lives with resistance on a daily basis. We have said that capitalism and fascism mean a massacre of society. And, unfortunately, this statement was again confirmed by the earthquake that struck our country, Kurdistan, Turkey and Syria on 6 February. The AKP dictatorship and the politics of fascism have multiplied the consequences of the catastrophe. It became a crime against humanity. We know the dirtiest face of fascism through the screams of the women and children under the rubble and their annihilated lives. We have said that the male-dominated system leads to the annihilation of women. We know that from our country of Kurdistan.”

Planned activities in Germany:

The TJK-E announced participation in the following events:

Saturday March 4th

Düsseldorf: NRW-wide demonstration, 2 p.m., DGB house

Stuttgart: Rally, 5 p.m., Rotebühlplatz

Frankfurt: Film screening, 5 p.m., Höchst Film Forum

Kiel: women's meeting, 5 p.m., DTM, Waigmannstraße 20

Bielefeld: Seminar of the Yazidi women's council SMJÊ, 2 p.m., Sudbrackstraße

Sunday March 5th

Berlin: Afghan Women's March, 11 a.m. Brandenburg Gate,

12 p.m. Reichstag rally

Limburg: Women's Breakfast, 10 am, Democratic Social Centre

Siegen: Event, 1 p.m., Democratic Society Center, Marktstraße 35

Bremen: Event on the women's uprising in Rojhilat, 3 p.m., Hülsberg

Giessen: Jineolojî event, 2 p.m., Democratic Society Center

Osnabrück: Open microphone, 10.30 a.m., August-Bebel-Platz 1

Aurich: women's breakfast, 10 a.m., Georgswall 15

Monday, March 6th

Hamburg: Afghan Women's March, 10 a.m., City Hall

Hanover: Afghan Women's March, 3 p.m., Kröpcke

Tuesday March 7th

Cologne: Afghan Women's March, 10.30 a.m., Breslauer Platz

Düsseldorf: Afghan Women's March, 4 p.m., Schadowplatz

Wednesday March 8th

Duisburg: demonstration, 4 p.m., forum

Hamburg: demonstration, 4 p.m., Besenbinderhof 60

Bremen: women's breakfast, 10 a.m., Schwankhalle

Kiel: demonstration, 5 p.m., station forecourt

Frankfurt: demonstration, 5 p.m., Konstablerwache

Siegen: demonstration, 5 p.m., Scheinerplatz

Saarbrücken: demonstration, 6 p.m., Max-Ophüls-Platz

Trier: demonstration, 6 p.m., Porta Nigra

Darmstadt: demonstration, 3 p.m., Luisenplatz

Mannheim: demonstration, 5.30 p.m., Hans-Böckler-Strasse 3

Essen: demonstration, 5 p.m., Limbecker Platz

Bielefeld: demonstration, 5 p.m., Kesselbrink

Dortmund: demonstration, 5 p.m., Cinestar, 3.30 p.m. picture exhibition, Bornstraße 166

Munich: demonstration, 5 p.m., Marienplatz, followed by a celebration (Bellevue Di Monaco)

Berlin: demonstration, 2 p.m., Frankfurter Tor, 3.30 p.m., SMJÊ event, Waldemarstrasse

Stuttgart: demonstration, 5 p.m., Marienplatz

Nuremberg: Rally, 6 p.m., White Tower

Heilbronn: rally, 4 p.m., Kilianplatz

Osnabrück: demonstration, 4 p.m., City Hall

Karlsruhe: demonstration, 5 p.m., Stephanplatz, followed by a meeting, 7 p.m., Kronenplatz

Celle: demonstration, 4.30 p.m., Gertrud-Schroeter-Platz

Münster: demonstration, 4 p.m., Lamberti Church

Freiburg: demonstration, 4 p.m., Square of the Old Synagogue

Friedrichshafen: 4.30 p.m., Wilhelmplatz

Friday March 10th

Hanau: Event on the history of Jin-Jiyan-Azadî, 5 p.m., Alevi community

Saturday March 11th

Giessen: demonstration, 3.30 p.m., church square

Sunday March 12th

Duisburg: Event on the history of Jin-Jiyan-Azadî, 2 p.m., Rheinholdstraße 6

Osnabrück: Film screening, 2 p.m., Atterstraße 189

Friday March 17th

Aurich: women's meeting, 5.30 p.m., Lilienstraße 9