Successful Projects Help Women’s Economy
On 17 August 2018, the Kongreya Star Economy Committee opened the Lara cake shop in the neighborhood Enteriyê, east of Qamishlo, to promote women’s economy.
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Sheep Raising Becomes Means of Money Saving in Syria’s Til Kocher
Sheep raising experienced recently a significant turnout in the countryside of Til Kocher eastern Syria’s city of Hasakah due to higher margin rates and Syrian currency collapse. People of the countryside of Til Kocher, which is located to the east of the city of Hasakah on the borders with Iraq, tend to raise sheep as
Women in Girê Spî Camp Develop Communal Projects
As part of the project women grow different vegetables and sell the tomato paste and pickles they prepare.
Explainer: Co-operatives in North and East Syria – developing a new economy
Currently, North and East Syria (NES) faces enormous economic difficulties: rampant inflation, a partial embargo, war and the draining of resources by occupying Turkish forces in Sere Kaniye, Tel Abyad and Afrin. In this crisis context, NES is developing an economic model which aims at self-sufficiency and sustainability. The economic program of the Autonomous Administration
Vegetable Market Run by Afrin Women Opens in Shehba
The vegetable market will be opened after the Eid al-Adha, from 7 am to 7 pm and 60 women will work in it.
Farmers not Optimistic about Cotton Production Despite the Good Turnout in Syria’s Hasakah
Saleh Sa’ad goes out to follow the work of a group of workers, who a few days prior began to to pick his cotton crop on his land near the city of Hasakah in northeastern Syria. Sa’ad, a farmer from the village of Salaliyah, does not seem happy about the production of two hectares of
Raqqa’s Cotton Harvest Production Lower than Expected
Muhammad al-Abdullah, a farmer from the village of Kasrat Afnan 8 km south of the city of Raqqa, northern Syria, believes that the price of one kilogram of cotton should reach SYP 1,200 this year in order to cover its production costs. With the approaching cotton harvest season in the countryside of Raqqa, farmers
Economic Autonomy Ensured in Kobanê through Young Peoples’ Co-operatives
Young people in Kobanê are ensuring the economic autonomy of their community through cooperatives being grown to feed needy people.
Baghouz Water Station Comes into Service
The water station repaired by the People’s Municipality of Baghouz town in Deir ez-Zor, is expected to be put into service in 25 days.
Market to Secure Jobs for Women Brings Prices Down
The Women’s Economy Committee in Amuda district opened a market for vegetables and foodstuffs to break the price and monopoly.
Explainer: Kongra Star, the Women’s Congress
Kongra Star, which means “Star Congress” (in reference to the ancient Mesopotamian goddess, Ishtar), is the congress of the women’s movement in North and East Syria. It was first established in 2004 as Yêkitiya Star (Star Union), an underground organization that sought to organize women at a time of Ba’ath regime dominance over the area. Kongra Star operates on the basis of confederalism, with organizations, committees, and unions participating. Its vision is “to develop a free Rojava, a democratic Syria, and a democratic Middle East by promoting women’s freedom and the concept of the democratic nation.” In many ways it acts as the corresponding autonomous women’s body to TEV-DEM (Movement for a Democratic Society, the umbrella body for civil society).
Explainer: TEV-DEM – Unions and Counter-Power
TEV-DEM was founded in 2011 to build up the democratic system of communes and assemblies. This is the role that it played in the previous system, in the three initial cantons: Afrin, Jazeera and Kobane. In Manbij, Raqqa, Tabqa and Deir ez-Zor regions, however, the SDC took on the role of implementing the democratic confederalist
