The Women’s Defense Units (YPJ) was founded on April 4, 2013. Interview with YPJ spokeswoman Nesrin Abdullah who takes a look back to the early days when Kurdish women in Rojava took up arms, from ANF: “Women play a strategic role in the freedom and independence of peoples and in Read more…
As Kurdistan 24 reports, UN finishes first Ezidi mass grave exhumation in Iraq, shedding light on the horrors perpetrated by Daesh : “The United Nations Investigative Team for the Promotion of Accountability for Crimes Committed by ISIS (UNITAD) on Sunday confirmed ongoing forensic and technical support for Iraqi government teams Read more…
Testimony from Amara Şervan on The Independent. Isis may have been destroyed – but the fight for women’s liberation is far from over: “I decided to join the YPJ in 2013. From the very start, Rimelan until Derik, Tel Kocer, Sere Kaniye, Manbij, Shengal, until now in Deir Ezzor, in Read more…
[FR] Nous partageons la déclaration de TKP/ML TIKKO Commandement du Rojava en hommage au camarade Tekoşer Pilîng (Lorenzo Orsetti) mort au combat le 18 mars sur le front de Baxouz (Baghouz). [EN] We share the declaration from TKP/ML – TIKKO Rojava Commandment to honor the memory of the comrade Tekoşer Read more…
The fate of Yazidi women and children who had been captured by ISIS in 2014 is still uncertain as they are kept as hostages in territories controlled by Turkish-backed rebels and jihadist militants: “Yazidi children and women abducted by Isis at the peak of its power are now being traded Read more…
“Tekoşîna Anarşîst thank the Red Help International and others who have supported us with their celox campaign. In the very near future we will begin a drive for much needed medical supplies.” Continue to participate to the campaign to support the fighters in Rojava on www.shengal.xyz and www.rojava.xyz “Tekoşîna Anarşist Read more…
[FR] En ce 8 mars, Journée Internationale des droits des femmes, nous partageons la déclaration publiée par le Comité des Femmes du Kurdistan (Komalên Jinên Kurdistan). Nous saluons toutes les femmes en luttes de part le monde. Leurs luttes sont nos luttes. Ne laissons pas d’avenir au Fascisme !La résistance Read more…
[EN] Today four years ago, 7th march 2015, Ivana Hoffmann fell in the war against Daesh, as Avaşin Tekoşin Güneş and member of the MLKP. She was the first internationalist female fighter to give her life in the war against Daesh and for the construction of democratic confederalism in Rojava. Read more…
ANF published an interview with the spokeswoman of YPJ (Women’s Defense Units) International Fighters Info Office on the motivation and background of YPJ-International. YPJ International: Capitalist patriarchy common enemy Têkoşîn Zekî, Official spokeswoman of YPJ (Women’s Defense Units) International Fighters Info Office, spoke to ANF on the motivation and background Read more…
