by Zozan Sima Translated from Yeni Özgür Politika Debates on femicide have intensified this century. It is happening because of the contradiction between the patriarchal system and women’s demands for freedom, which have intensified. As women’s awareness about their rights and freedom increases, they resist more. However, attacks against women’s rights also increase at the […]Read More
In the village of Jinwar in the Heseke canton in Rojava, Syria, where Kurdish and Arab women live collectively, women finished their winter preparations. The women who prepare foods such as tomato pastes, pickles, tomatoes and cheese for the winter, talked about life in the village. In the village, women live and work collectively and […]Read More
While protests against the deal regarding Sinjar and the relations between Turkey and the Iraqi Kurdistan Region continue, the Peace Mothers urged Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani to consider the importance of unity among Kurds.Read More
Mülkiye Tekin is a writer and poet who resisted patriarchal society and sexism and refused the life she was forced to live.Read More
The Dicle Amed Women’s Platform was held in front of the Koşuyolu Human Rights Monument with the participation of dozens of women on 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Solidarity.Read More
The family of Gamze Açar, who died suspiciously in a hotel in Kızılcahamam, Ankara, where she went for a job interview, applied to the ‘We Will Stop Femicide Platform’ (KCDP).Read More
by Savan Abdulrahman – Iraqi Kurdistan Saywan Hill in Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan, is a graveyard where lone women who were drowned, killed, and heartbroken lie.Read More
MedyaNews Exclusive Heja Netirk had been trained and educated in traditional Kurdish music and conducted research into dengbej’s (traditional Kurdish singers). She learned to play the guitar whilst imprisoned for nine months in Turkey.Read More
Translated from the Catlakzemin feminist website In the 1980s feminism blossomed in Turkey. Subjects that were not discussed before, such as domestic violence, marital rape, and asking permission from husbands before getting a job, started to become part of the national conversation.Read More
The Free Women’s Movement’s (Tevgera Jinên Azad’s – TJA’s) spokesperson Ayşe Gökkan is in detention in the context of an investigation that was launched in Mardin (Merdin) in Turkey. This is the 83rd time she has been detained.Read More
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