Women’s Co-operatives Promote Collective Work
The women’s cooperatives in Tirbespiyê in Northern Syria are working on building alternatives despite the permanent threat of war and have meanwhile become examples of collective forms of work.
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Turkey cuts of water to Heseke. “Without water there is no life”
An interview with Sozdar Ehmed of Heseke water bureau regarding the current water situation in Heseke.
Disinfection against coronavirus in Cizîrê region
Coronavirus case has not been detected in Northern and Eastern Syria so far.
All set for opening of Şifajin Health Center in Jinwar
The women are building an alternative to patriarchal society, rediscovering and reestablishing collectively our freedom in an ecological way, health becomes an inescapable topic.
Message from Kongra Star for 8 March: Our struggle is freedom, victory to our resistance!
We, the women of Rojava, have been organising under the umbrella organisation Kongra Star since 2005 and are represented today in all areas of life. From the municipalities to self-defence, politics, education and economy, women are autonomously organised in all areas of life. Like cells, which form the entire human body, up to the tissue,
100,000 olive trees planted in Raqqa
Last March, a reforestation campaign was launched in the northern Syrian town of Raqqa, which had been destroyed by the ISIS terror regime. Since then, around 100,000 olive trees have been planted throughout the city.
Fawza Youssef: Alternative Economic Plans, Development Projects Must be Found to Meet Economic Challenges
Fawza Youssef’s statements came during her participation in the annual meeting of Qamishlo Canton Council for 2019 held in Aram Tikran Hall for Culture and Art in Rumailan town. In her speech, Fawza Youssef touched on the overall current situation in the region, focusing in particular on the economic conditions in light of the depreciation
Two sisters run a carpentry workshop in Raqqa
In Raqqa two sisters have broken the social norm and opened a carpentry workshop. They now work with eight employees. The business is doing well.
Turkey Turns Off Water to Hesekê
The Turkish army stormed the Elok waterworks east of Serêkaniyê, chased away the workers and shut down the plant. The plant represents one of the most important water supply lines for the canton of Hesekê.
Eye clinic in Qamishlo officially opened
In Qamishlo the department of ophthalmology in the heart and eye clinic was opened with the participation of the population.
Last call for Hasankeyf as Ilisu Dam slowly engulfs it
Last call to try and stop the destruction of the 12,000 years old site.
“Better a hard life in camp than the Turkish occupation”
Almost 7,000 people now live in the Washokani camp, which was built for displaced persons from the Turkish occupation zone. For most of them the difficult conditions are the same. “In any case it is better than a life under occupation”, they say.
