[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…
Die Frauen der Internationalistischen Kommune Rojava haben eine feministische Delegation nach Rojava eingeladen, um vor Ort die Frauen der Revolution und der multi-ethnischen Gesellschaft kennen zu lernen. Fünfzehn Frauen und nicht-binäre Menschen aus den USA, Kurdistan und verschiedenen Regionen Europas folgten dem Aufruf. Hier ist ihr Bericht. Women of the Read more…
We are sharing the personal stories of some women who have witnessed the social changes brought about by the social revolution in Rojava as mothers, reported by Firat Riha and Bêritan Sarya: “Women’s Defense Units YPJ became the face of the revolution of Rojava. These predominantly young women have forced their Read more…
Kurdish officials estimate that close to 3 100 Yazidis, men and women, are still held in captivity by Daesh (ISIS), as reported on PJ news: “It’s been nearly four years since ISIS, in their slash-and-burn campaign across northern Iraq, committed the Sinjar massacre in a genocidal campaign that saw mass Read more…
After the liberation of Raqqa from Daesh, in which the YPJ (women’s defense units) have played a major role, two women’s councils have opened in order to ensure the political participation of women, to protect them against patriarchal violence and discrimination and to transform their place in society. Previous to Read more…
[EN/FR/DE] Comrade Hêza We received this picture from our comrade and YJS-fighter Hêza proudly showing her Celox plaster to the camera. Celox keeps arriving in Shengal and Rojava in order to supply the female fighting units with this life-saving medical material. Earlier this year, we shared the testimony of Hêza Read more…