Category: Women
Women’s freedom, or women’s liberation, is one of the three main pillars of the Rojava Revolution and the stateless self-governance model of the Autonomous Administrations of North and East Syria (AANES), as well as the Kurdish freedom movement more broadly, which initiated the revolution.
Women’s liberation is the most central pillar of the Kurdish freedom movement, and it is no exaggeration to say that the Rojava Revolution is a women’s revolution. There are many elements of the new system of radical democracy which have been created to build up women’s autonomy and freedom, such as the co-chair system, women’s co-operatives, and autonomous women’s councils in every democratic structure at every level of the system.
This is a strategy based on a historical understanding that patriarchy was the first system of oppression, developed more than 5,000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, and that all other systems of oppression such as race, class, imperialism, colonialism and slavery, as well as capitalism and the state itself, all have their roots in patriachy – the rule of men and enslavement and subjugation of women.
In the articles below, you can find information about women in North and East Syria, their lives, co-operatives and communal economy projects, and how the new system aims to build up women’s confidence and autonomy. There are also articles about women’s lives, livelihoods and struggles for liberation in the regions of southeastern Turkey known as Bakur by their largely Kurdish populations.
Women Create Autonomous Economy in Rojava
TIRBESPIYÊ – Rojava women, who work in the greenhouse, said that they have begun the first harvest in their greenhouse and that they would expand their planting protects by mentioning their projects on autonomous economy. The Greenhouse Project began in September 2016 in the Tirbespiye [Tirbespî / Al-Qahtaniyah] city of Jazira Canton [Kantona Cizîrê / Cezîre] in Rojava. Successful results
Binefsh Water Plant: A Pioneering Step Toward Enhancing Participatory Economics
Binefsh Water Filtering and Bottling Plant Co-operative is another step toward enhancing participatory work, achieving self sufficiency, supporting people with limited income, and creating jobs.
Women’s Cooperatives are Growing in Rojava
QAMIŞLO – The women of the Cizîrê canton are participating in the cooperatives founded by Kongreya Star in increasing numbers. The Economic Committee of the Kongreya Star administration of the Jazira Canton [Kantona Cizîrê / Cezîre] founded a women’s agricultural cooperative in Qamishlo [Qamişlo / Qamishli / Al-Qamishli] on 11th November, 2016. The 30 women in the cooperative
Inanna: a Women’s Agricultural Coop in Afrin
In Rojava’s Afrin Canton [Kantona Efrînê / Afrîn], women are bringing to life the economy. On the 1st of November, 2016, Inanna Agricultural Cooperative was founded with the help of Kongreya Star. Onion, garlic, chickpeas and beans were sown in January and February on the 18 dunam [decare] plot that belong to the women’s collective. The women toil
