WOMEN

The Kurdish Women’s Movement fights gender-based violence and resists occupation

Medya News 14 December 2020

by Meghan Bodette – USA Throughout the months of November and December, women’s movements in Rojava (in northeastern Syria) and Bakur (south eastern Turkey) took to the streets to raise awareness of gender-based violence. Centred around the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on 25 November, the actions called attention to crimes […]Read More

KURDISH POLITICS SPECIAL REPORTS WOMEN

Living in Cairo, but defending women in Afrin

Medya News 14 December 2020

Hani al-Gamal – Cairo Mona Zeidu has been living thousands of miles away from her native city of Afrin for a decade and a half now. Nevertheless, distance has never functioned as a barrier between her and the people of her city.Read More

HUMAN RIGHTS KURDISTAN VIDEOS WOMEN

We killed all of your children, soldiers said to Peace

Medya News 11 December 2020

288 people were killed during the curfews declared on December 14, 2015 and continued until March 2, 2016 in Cizre (Cızir) district of Şırnak (Şirnex) province of Turkey.Read More

IRAQ KURDISH POLITICS KURDISTAN VIDEOS WOMEN

Peace Mother and Aleppo residents urge unity and criticize the

Medya News 9 December 2020

People have continued to react unfavourably to the nature of relations between the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Turkish state.Read More

WOMEN

Broadcast ban on Jin News’ reporting of a rape case

Medya News 7 December 2020

The investigation by Jin News Agency of a rape case in the Gercüş (Kercews) district of Batman (Elih) in Turkey has revealed that 27 men – including a specialized sergeant, a police officer and village guards – were reportedly involved in the rape of a fifteen-year-old child and forced two women into prostitution.Read More

KURDISTAN MIDDLE EAST WOMEN

Kurdish refugees in northern Syria: Turkish state attacks Kurds everywhere

Medya News 7 December 2020

Indicating that they had to migrate for the third time due to the attacks of the Turkish state and its affiliated armed groups, the internally displaced refugees from Tell Abiyad (Girê Spî) pointed out that the Turkish state attacks Kurds everywhere.Read More

KURDISTAN LIFESTYLE WOMEN

Bakery run by women in Van city in Turkey is

Medya News 6 December 2020

Four women, whose family members have become unemployed due to the Covid-19 outbreak, have began to make pastry products in their bakery “Kadın Eli Tandır Evi” (Women’s Hands, Bakery House) in Van (Wan), Eastern Turkey. The Covid-19 outbreak has spread across the world as governments implement plans to combat against the virus and with various […]Read More

KURDISH POLITICS KURDISTAN WOMEN

Murdered Kurdish women never on the agenda despite UNSC resolution

Medya News 4 December 2020

Despite the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution, which calls on all parties of conflicts to take special measures to protect women and girls from gender-based violence, particularly rape and other forms of sexual abuse, in situations of armed conflict, the women, whose lives have been turned into a living hell in Kurdistan have never […]Read More

WOMEN WORLD

UNISON’s women leaders raise concerns about femicide and violence against

Medya News 3 December 2020

The Union of Public Sector Employees’ (UNISON’s) Falkirk Branch Chair Margaret Cook and UNISON Women’s Network Chair Pat Heron spoke to Yeni Özgür Politika about the work of women’s trade unionists in the United Kingdom and their project of women’s solidarity with Kurdish women activists against misogyny in Turkey. Heron also stated: “We should also […]Read More

WOMEN

Men murdered 30 women in a month in Turkey, femicide

Medya News 3 December 2020

At least 30 women were murdered by men in November, according to a Jinnews report on femicides in Turkey. The report arrived at this figure after having examined media coverage of femicides during November.Read More

Category : WOMEN

The Kurdish Women’s Movement fights gender-based violence and resists occupation

Living in Cairo, but defending women in Afrin

We killed all of your children, soldiers said to Peace

Peace Mother and Aleppo residents urge unity and criticize the

Broadcast ban on Jin News’ reporting of a rape case

Kurdish refugees in northern Syria: Turkish state attacks Kurds everywhere

Bakery run by women in Van city in Turkey is

Murdered Kurdish women never on the agenda despite UNSC resolution

UNISON’s women leaders raise concerns about femicide and violence against

Men murdered 30 women in a month in Turkey, femicide

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