Kurdish officials estimate that close to 3 100 Yazidis, men and women, are still held in captivity by Daesh (ISIS), as reported on PJ news: « It’s been nearly four years since ISIS, in their slash-and-burn campaign across northern Iraq, committed the Sinjar massacre in a genocidal campaign that saw mass Lire la suite
After the liberation of Raqqa from Daesh, in which the YPJ (women’s defense units) have played a major role, two women’s councils have opened in order to ensure the political participation of women, to protect them against patriarchal violence and discrimination and to transform their place in society. Previous to Lire la suite
Comrade Hêza [EN] We received this picture from our comrade and YJS-fighter Hêza proudly showing her Celox plaster to the camera. Celox keeps arriving in Shengal and Rojava in order to supply the female fighting units with this life-saving medical material. Earlier this year, we shared the testimony of Hêza Lire la suite
Le 8 mars 2018, une campagne de solidarité pour les femmes combattantes du Rojava, de Raqqa, de Shengal et d’Afrin était lancée par le SRI. Depuis, en Belgique, Bretagne, Suisse, Allemagne et Grande-Bretagne, différents groupes s’organisent pour faire connaître la lutte de ces femmes, leur rôle central dans la révolution Lire la suite
« The 3rd episode of Radio Vedenga Rojava is out. This episode is dedicated to all women and non male comrades. We have interviewed a YPJ international revolutionary fighter Heval Şilan Dax about her Afrîn war experience and she and other relatives told us about Helîn Qaraçox who fell şehîd defending Lire la suite
This Thursday morning, May 15, friends of Anna Campbell’s scaled the roof of an Airbus facility in Filton and displayed 3 massive banner portraits of Anna Campbell, Barin Kobane and Arin Mirkan. Read the press release. Read more here. Learn more about the action and Anna Campbell, Barin Kobane and Lire la suite
Extraits d’un reportage expliquant le travail des Académies de femmes au Rojava : Après la libération de Manbidj, les FDS (Forces démocratiques syriennes, ndlr) ont du relever le défi de parvenir à réunir autour du projet politique de la Fédération Démocratique de Syrie du Nord (FDNS) les habitant.e.s de cette Lire la suite
Voici un reportage publié dans le magazine féministe belge Axelle qui présente le projet du village de femmes « Jinwar ». L’auteure retrace les débuts du projet, les espoirs qu’il porte, et les difficultés qu’il rencontre, mais surtout le besoin d’espaces de femmes dans le cadre d’un projet d’émancipation féministe. Rumet, une Lire la suite
« On the front line of the Syrian war, 30-year-old Commander Arian guides a female battalion towards the city of Kobane to release its people from the grip of ISIS in Alba Sotorra’s empowering tale of emancipation and freedom. When the war in Syria broke, a group of women from the Lire la suite
Presseerklärung zum 1. Mai in Zürich, Basel und Winterthur. Lies mehr dazu….
