Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Batman deputy and Women’s Assembly spokesperson Ayşe Acar Başaran spoke on the woman-oriented approach of her party and the activities organised around the International Day For Eliminating Violence Against Women.Read More
Zeycan Yedigöl, one of the Saturday Mothers, who had been looking for her missing son Nurettin for 39 years, died aged 98, before she could find him.Read More
Amidst the rising tensions between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Iraqi Kurdistan, the Peace Mothers Initiative in Mardin (Mêrdîn) in Turkey issued an appeal to the KDP “not to be deceived”. They threw white scarves to the ground expressing their demand for peace.Read More
Fadıl Şenyaşar faces a sentence of 150 years in prison in Turkey whilst Enver Yıldız faces a 12-year prison sentence. Fadil’s mother Emine Şenyaşar said: ”Was it only one person that killed my family? There is no justice. The cruelty continues”.Read More
by Hani al-Gamal – Cairo Egyptian health authorities are taking a series of measures to cope with a surge in the number of Covid-19 infections registered around the nation, amid fears of a second wave of the disease.Read More
After suspending performances due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the Diyarbakır (Amed) City Theatre has resumed business with a staging of Italian writer Dario Fo’s play Elizabeth: Almost by Chance a Woman.Read More
A proposal to classify Covid-19 as an occupational disease in Turkey is expected to be put on the agenda of the Health Commission in the coming days.Read More
The Kurdistan National Congress (KNC) and parliamentarians from Iraqi Kurdistan held a meeting titled “Kurdistan Parliamentarians’ Union Progressing Internal Dialogue Workshop” on 21 November.Read More
The Çar û Mar group, formed by four women using four different languages, seeks to amplify the voices of women with poems, music and stories.Read More
Savan Abdulrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan Research Report by Dastan Marif, ChawyXelk Website In the streets of Sulaymaniyah a wide range of women and children can be seen begging. Some are doing it to earn a living, some are under pressure, and others are working as prostitutes.Read More
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