Baloch women resist for their rights and freedoms
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Nadia Baloch, whose father was murdered "unsolved", is fighting for the release of her imprisoned sister. Nadia Baloch said that their resistance is for all Baloch people.
Nadia Baloch, whose father was murdered "unsolved", is fighting for the release of her imprisoned sister. Nadia Baloch said that their resistance is for all Baloch people.
Free Women's Movement (Tevgera Jinên Azad-TJA) and Peoples' Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party Riha (Urfa) women's assembly came together with women from Hewag (Bozova) within the scope of the process initiated by Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Women’s Assembly came together with berivans (milker women) on Korxan (Karhan) Plateau in îdir (Iğdır) and organised a workshop on “Ideology of Women’s Liberation”.
The Taliban regime extended bans in all areas of life, from education to health, from work to housing, in order to render women invisible. Women resisting oppression called for a common platform for women in North and East Syria.
Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Women's Assembly organised "Ideology of Women's Liberation" workshop in îdir.
YJA-Star member Kevser Eltürk (Ekin Wan), whose body was exposed by soldiers after she was killed in an armed clash in Gimgim (Varto) district of Mûş on 10 August 2015, was commemorated at her grave in Karşıyaka Cemetery on the 10th anniversary of her death. DEM Party's Gulderen Varli said: "Her struggle illuminates our path."
Ece Yılmaz, Ankara Representative of the We Will Stop Femicide Platform (KCDP), emphasized the importance of social peace for ensuring women's safety. She called on the newly formed “Commission for National Solidarity, Fraternity, and Democracy” in the Turkish Parliament to take concrete steps against femicide.
Baloch women marching for the explanation of the fate of enforced disappearances and the release of Baloch activists called on everyone to be their voice.
August 8 marks the 11th anniversary of journalist Deniz Fırat, who was killed during a DAESH attack on the Makhmur Refugee Camp in 2014. Her colleague Berivan Tunç recalled that Deniz Fırat continued to document the resistance with her camera until her final moments, standing as a symbol of free press under fire.
According to JINNEWS, 28 women and 3 children were murdered in July, 25 women died in suspicious circumstances.
Stating that women will lead the process, Free Women's Movement (Tevgera Jinên Azad-TJA) Oznur Evin and Sukran Sen stated that women can build a safe and liveable world with the realistation of the women’s liberationist paradigm.
100 women from 13 countries sent a letter to the Ministry of Justice to meet Abdullah Öcalan.
TAJÊ sent a letter to 18 countries for the recognition of the 3 August 2014 edict as genocide.
DEM Party Women’s Assembly Spokesperson Halide Türkoğlu emphasized that women will lead efforts in the newly proposed parliamentary commission based on their experiences in peacebuilding. “By expanding our organization and raising the women’s struggle, we will build a free and equal life,” she said.
Members of the Free Women's Movement (TJA) emphasized the significance of women leading the recent weapon-burning ceremony in Şikefta Casenê, saying, “We must unite and fight through organization without letting patriarchal mindsets or states divide us.”