WOMEN

Latest News

• Women in Düsseldorf call for the release of Abdullah Öcalan 

  The Kurdish women's movement organized an international forum in Düsseldorf to discuss women's liberation struggle. The over 300 participants called for the release of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Afrin-Shehba Women’s Assembly develops projects to empower displaced women 

  Afrin-Shehba Women’s Assembly develops projects to empower displaced women
• RJAK joins the international campaign for Öcalan 

  RJAK declared its participation in the campaign "Freedom for Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question".
• Video message from Besê Erzincan of the KJK played at women's meeting in Argentina 

  Tens of thousands of women and people of other identities are taking part in the 36th Plurinational Meeting of Women and Dissidents in Bariloche, Argentina. The Kurdish women's movement was represented with a video message.
• Kongra Star remembers Hevrîn Xelef  

  Hevrîn Xelef has played an unforgettable role in the women's revolution of Rojava and for the unity of peoples. She was executed in an ambush by a jihadist gang allied with Turkey. Her murder was one of many war crimes committed in the region.
• KJK commends international campaign demanding freedom for Öcalan 

  The KJK published a written statement to commend the initiative launched on 10 October to demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and the political solution to the Kurdish question.
• HDP Izmir co-chair Berna Çelik subjected to strip search in prison 

  Recently arrested on "terror" charges, HDP Izmir co-chair Berna Çelik was subjected to strip search and sexist insults in prison. Her lawyers have filed a complaint with the public prosecutor's office.
• DBP Vice Co-Chair imprisoned in Amed 

  The Turkish regime continues its political extermination campaign against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives.
• KJK: Before the eyes of the whole world, Turkey openly commits war crimes in Rojava 

  KJK calls for the defence of the women's revolution of Rojava and urges the states of the US-led international coalition against ISIS to abandon their hypocrisy and to stop considering Kurds as useful material against the Turkish state.
• Women's organizations from Northern and Eastern Syria write open letter to UN 

  Several women's organizations in Northern and Eastern Syria wrote an open letter to the United Nations demanding that they accept their responsibility and end Turkey's current attacks that violate international law.
• Kongra Star calls on everyone to stand in solidarity with the women’s revolution 

  Kongra Star issued a statement to call on everyone to stand in solidarity with the women’s revolution.
• Nobel Peace Prize goes to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi 

  This year's Nobel Peace Prize goes to the imprisoned Iranian women's rights activist Narges Mohammadi. She is being honoured "for her struggle against the oppression of women in Iran and her commitment to human rights and freedom for all".
• Nagihan Akarsel remembered on the first anniversary of her murder 

  Nagihan Akarsel, who was murdered in Sulaymaniyah one year ago, was remembered at the scene of the crime and at her grave in Konya.
• 16-year-old Kurdish girl attacked by the Iranian "morality police" in a coma for three days 

  Kurdish girl Armita Girawend was violently attacked by the Iranian police and has been in a coma for three days.
• TJK-E calls for action against isolation on the anniversary of the 9 October conspiracy  

  The TJK-E called for action to once again protest isolation on the anniversary of the 9 October conspiracy against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Man kills his wife in Kızıltepe 

  In Kızıltepe, a man named Ömer Durak murdered his wife Sema Durak.
• Istanbul Convention now applies throughout the European Union 

  The Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Girls, also known as the "Istanbul Convention", is an international treaty drawn up in 2011. As of yesterday, it applies throughout the EU.
• Women protest for Nagihan Akarsel in front of the UN Office in Qamishlo 

  Women demand justice for Kurdish academic Nagihan Akarsel who was killed in Sulaymaniyah in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) a year ago.
• International women’s delegation meets UN official, demanding "Justice for Nagihan Akarsel" 

  An international delegation of women met with the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, in Geneva.
• Women in Southern Kurdistan write letters to Öcalan 

  RJAK calls on women in Southern Kurdistan (Northern Iraq) in particular to join the letter campaign against the absolute isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan.
• One more Yazidi woman rescued from ISIS mercenaries 

  Another Yazidi woman was rescued from the hands of ISIS mercenaries.
• Kurdish politician Selma Irmak sentenced to four years in prison 

  Selma Irmak was sentenced to over four years in prison in Turkey for disparaging the government and insulting the president.
• Armenian Women's Union in North-East Syria remembers Anush Apetyan 

  The Women's Union of the Armenian Social Council in Northern and Eastern Syria has remembered Anush Apetyan, a female Armenian soldier who was captured, raped, tortured and killed by Azerbaijani military forces a year ago.
• Kurdish female activist abducted by Iranian forces 

  A member of KJAR was abducted near Sine on 1 August and no news has been received from her since.
• Lecture 8 of Rojava series about Ecology and Jineoloji now online 

  Lecture 8 of the Rojava series promoted by Global University for Sustainability, the Civil Diplomacy Center in North East Syria, Synergia Co-operative Institute is now online.