« In Rojava, activities have already begun to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25th November. Hundreds of women gathered in Girkê Legê upon the call of women’s movement Kongreya Star to demonstrate against violence and killings of women. » Read more on ANF.
EN The co-chair of the General Council of Autonomous Administration in North and East Syria Siham Qario said that the mission of this administration is to coordinate between the seven administrations in each of al-Jazeera, the Euphrates and Afrin cantons, and the local administrations in al-Tabqa, al-Raqqa, Manbij, Deir ez Read more…
[FR] Ce mercredi 15 août, l’armée turque a attaqué la région de Shengal (dans le nord de l’Irak). Les véhicules de trois unités d’auto-défense de Shingal (YBS) ont été touchés par des bombes larguées par l’aviation turque. Les attaques ont été confirmées par l’armée turque. Plusieurs combattants auraient été tués. Read more…
[EN] The internationalists partaking in the « human shields » campaign in Qandil are calling for international solidarity with the population of southern Kurdistan against Turkish occupation attacks. Read more here [FR] Les internationalistes participants à la campagne « boucliers humains » à Qandil appellent à la solidarité internationale avec la population du sud Read more…
In this article published by the Komun Academy for Democratic Modernity, a comrade shares is experience in Rojava and clearly summarize how the commune (komun) system works. Read the article here. End of June, the Komun Academy for Democratic Modernity was launched. The website is an attempt to communicate the Read more…
[EN] The Islamic State kidnapped dozens of Druze women and children, a religious minority, during attacks in Syria’s southern province of Sweida, a monitor said Monday. At least 36 Druze women and children were abducted after the attacks. Raids and suicide bombings carried out by IS in Sweida province killed more Read more…
The Internationalist Commune will share during a week interviews with women from the Shengal region: a mother whose children are still in the hands of ISIS, a young women who escaped their clutches after years of enslavement, a member of the Internationalist Commune working in the women’s and youth structures Read more…
[EN] It has been 4 years since ISIS enacted a massacre against the Yazidi people in Shengal on August 3, 2014, but the wound is still fresh. Thousands of Yazidis were killed in ISIS attacks, thousands of others were abducted, and thousands of Yazidi women were sold in slave markets. Read more…
[FR] Ce vendredi 3 août, le Conseil européen des femmes Yezidies appelle toutes les femmes du monde à soutenir la Journée internationale d’action contre le féminicide commémorant le génocide de Sinjar et en réponse aux massacres de l’Etat turc. Lire l’article Bruxelles : Rendez-vous le vendredi 3 août à 17 heure Read more…
Learn more about the history and organisation of Kongreya Star, the confederation of women’s movements throughout the region of Rojava : « This brochure focuses on five fields of Kongreya Star: the organisation of the communes; establishing a communal economic system; providing education; the organisation of self-defence; and the development of Read more…
