The Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (TJK-E) is organising a large number of actions throughout Europe on 25 November under the slogan "With Jin, Jiyan, Azadî towards the women's revolution!".

"On 25 November, the day of struggle against violence against women, we commemorate with love and respect the Mirabel sisters, the Saras, the Hevrîn Xelefs, the Evins and all the women who resisted, fought and paid the price for their insistence on a free life against the fascist regimes. Their faith and love for a free life have turned the women's struggle for freedom into a rebellion of women all over the world,” said the TJK-E statement, which further included the following:

"Sexism is one of the most important ideological pillars of capitalism. The massive increase in patriarchal violence in recent years is an expression of this. Today, the fusion of the nation state and patriarchy cannot be overlooked. Women's resistance is being brutally attacked at all levels. The patriarchal powers have always been terrified of rebellious and organised women. Throughout history, women's transgression of the boundaries set by the patriarchy has always caused them fear, and all means of power have been mobilised to intimidate and eliminate these women through threats and blackmail, and if all this did not succeed, the women were thrown into prison or killed. With their struggle, however, women have torn the mask off this policy of extermination. The 21st century will be the century of women. The growing women's liberation struggles around the world show this more and more clearly. Women are in a process of awakening in their fight against violence, oppression, rape and femicide.

The greatest force against this filthy misogynistic system is the organised power of women today. That is why there is great fear of the developing awakening of women. This resistance, from the Mirabel sisters to Sakine Cansız, from the Rosas to Evin Goyis, is the way to a free and equal life. Women are the leading force in the fight against the system in all areas. The 21st century will be characterised by the women's revolution, as the first quarter of the century has already shown, and this is exactly what the ruling system wants to prevent.

In this system, women, and thus society, were given no other life than that of slavery, lack of will, disorganisation and inability to fight. But against all this darkness, the revolutionary struggle and resistance in Kurdistan was recreated on the basis of the reality of free women, free life and humanity with the historic awakening of Leader Abdullah Öcalan. Leader Öcalan defined the liberation of society as the liberation of women, and this definition is becoming clearer day by day. The women's liberation revolution is Leader Öcalan’s biggest project. It has broken through all dogmas, created a new perspective on social problems and social reconstruction and shown new ways of struggle.

In contrast, the fascist AKP/MHP regime has deepened the isolation of Leader Öcalan and attacked Kurdish women and democratic forces with a policy of genocide. The misogynist regime uses every conceivable method to achieve this. The women, the Kurdish people and their guerrillas have expanded their struggle in the face of these attacks. We women will intensify our actions within the framework of the campaign 'Freedom for Öcalan and a political solution for the Kurdish question'. The will and strength of women are the guarantee that the end of the fascist AKP/MHP regime and the collaborationist KDP will be sustainable. As with every dictatorship, it will be the women who will bring about the end of this dictatorship. The women's struggle has entered this new phase. It is based on the philosophy of 'Jin Jiyan Azadî' (Woman, Life, Freedom). The truth of 'A new world is possible' is now being expressed in the women's struggle. This also makes it possible to realise the women's revolution. Women are fighting with this will and conviction. There is no doubt that we are paying a high price, but we will deepen our awareness of freedom and strengthen our will. Most importantly, we will advance our organisation. We understand the day of struggle against violence against women in this sense.

While the attacks of the ruling system against women continue systematically and uninterruptedly, women all over the world are stepping up their fight for freedom. Today, the patriarchal state system is being shaken to its foundations by women's struggles. 2023 was a year in which violence, rape, sexism and femicide also escalated in Europe. However, the attacks faced by migrant women are even more serious. Governments have tried to steal the rights that women have fought for at great sacrifice. But despite all these attacks, women have not given up their fight.

Patriarchy is fuelled by fundamentalism, racism and sexism and manifests itself in massacres and violence, femicide and genocide. Above all, it is a war against women. In Kurdistan, Palestine, Ukraine and Artsakh, as in many places in the world, there is war and massacres and expulsions are taking place. These wars are an expression of the interests of the patriarchal system and primarily affect women and children. It is more important than ever for women to form a front against these attacks on women by nation states. This is because the nation-state mentality is based on fundamentalism, racism and sexism. Women will step up their fight against these dirty wars imposed on women and peoples and stand up for freedom, democracy and a real solution based on the third way and the democratic nation.

When women demand that their invisible work at home be made visible, when they demand social equality, they are also fighting for survival. Because these demands are fundamental human rights. Women's demands are considered a crime, and they are murdered by men on the street or in their homes in front of their children. Therefore, the capitalist system and every state that positions women as the second sex in society with its laws, gender culture and traditions is responsible for every murdered woman and every child who experiences sexual violence. However, as in the past, we women will continue to fight against all these attacks by the capitalist system.

As the Kurdish women's movement in Europe, we welcome 25 November this year under the slogan 'With Jin, Jiyan, Azadî to the women's revolution'. All over the world, we as women are fighting against inequality, injustice, unfairness, sexism, fundamentalism, nationalism, racism and all kinds of violence. And this fight will continue until we achieve results. The fact that the 21st century will be the century of women is becoming more evident every day. The women's movement has become more universal and a social force than ever before. As the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe, we will be active everywhere on the occasion of 25 November, the day of the struggle against violence against women. We will defend life against patriarchal and state violence. We call on all women to participate widely in the actions on 25 November."

Details of the actions planned for 25 November are as follows:

FRANCE

Paris

March

Time: 14.00

Place: Nation

Marseille

March

Time: 13.00

Place: Canebiére

Rennes

March

Time: 15.00

Place: Charles De Gaulle

Strasburg

March

Time: 14.00

Place: Â Place Dauphine

Mulhouse

March

Time: 14.00

Place: Place de la Bourse Mulhouse

SWITZERLAND

Zurich

March

Time: 19.00

Place: Kanzlei/Zürich

Basel

March

Time: 16.00

Place: Claraplatz

Bern

March

Time: 18.00

Place: In front of Bern Parliament

Biel

March

Time: 11.00

Place: Biel Bahnhof

Geneva

March

Time: 14.00-16.00

Place: Fontaine de l'Escalade'de

Lausanne

March

Time: 17.00

Place: Place De La Palud

THE NETHERLANDS

Rotterdam

March

Time: 13.00

Place: Rotterdam Centeaal Station

BELGIUM

Brussels

Rally

Time: 13.00

Place: Gare Centrale

SCANDINAVIA

Stockholm

March - Rally

Time: 15.00

Place: Slussen/Stockholm

Oslo

Rally

Time: 13.00

Place: Stortinget (parlamento önü) Oslo

Copenhagen

Info Stand

Time: 18.00

Place: Rådhuspladsen/Kopenhagen

AUSTRIA

Vienna

March

Time: 17.00

Place: Ottokringde

GERMANY

Berlin

March

Time: 15.00 

Place: Oranienplatz

Cologne

March

Time: 15:00

Place: Wiener Platz/Köln-Mülheim

Wuppertal

March – 24 November

Time: 17.30

Place: Schusterplatz/ Wuppertal

Düsseldorf

Rally

Time: 15.00

Place: Heinrich Heine Platz/ Düsseldorf

Dortmund

Rally

Time: 13.00-16.00

Place: Dortmund HBF

Duisburg

Rally

Time: 16.00

Place: Dellplatz/ Duisburg

Essen

Rally

Time: 14.00

Place: Limbacher Platz/Essen

Bielefeld

Rally, 24 November

Time: 18.00

Place: Altes Rathaus/Bielefeld

Celle

March, 25 November

Time: 17.00

Place: Gertrud-Schröter-Platz

Hannover

March

Time: 16.00

Place: Opernplatz

Kassel

March

Time: 17.00

Place: Kassel am Stern

Saarbrucken

Rally

Time: 17:30

Place: am Schlossplatz

Darmstadt

Rally

Time: 16.30

Place: Luisenplatz

Frankfurt

March

Time: 14.00

Place: Frankfurt HBF

Limburg

March

Time: 14.00

Place: HBF Limburg

Stuttgart

March

Time: 16:00

Place: Marienplatz

Freiburg

March

Time: 14.00

Place: Ni-una- menos- Platz/Augustinerplatz

Tübingen

Rally

Time: 17.00

Place: Auf der Neckarinsel

Hamburg

March

Time: 15.00

Place: Hamburg/Altona

Bremen

March

Time: 14.00

Place: Ziegenmarkt/ Bremen

Kiel

March

Time: 13.00                                 

Place: Schilderwald/Holstenstr.

Aurich

Rally

Time: 10.00

Place: Vorm H. Museum

Munich

March

Time: 14.00

Place: Georg- Freundorfer-Platz

Dresden

March

Time: 14.00 

Place: Theaterplatz

Mannheim

Rally

Time: 17.00

Place: Mannheim-Wasserturm