Documentary Tells the story of Jinwar, the Women’s Village in Syria
The documentary collective Şopdarên rojê ya çandê have made a short film about Jinwar, the free women’s village in Rojava.
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How North and East Syria’s Co-operatives and Autonomous Structures Handle a Pandemic
North and East Syria faces serious challenges in the fight against COVID-19. 600,000 IDPs and refugees live in camps across the region, their situation already precarious without a pandemic. Ongoing attacks by Turkish forces, Turkey-backed militias, and ISIS complicate the security situation and threaten essential civilian infrastructure like water lines. According to the Rojava Information Center,
Maintenance teams continue its work to re-pump water to al-Hasakah city
The co-chair of the Water Directorate in al-Hasakah canton, Suzdar Ahmed confirmed that the maintenance teams are continuing their work until the water is pumped to the city of al-Hasakah, as well as the completion of maintenance of the damage left by the Turkish occupation’s assault on the electricity network in the city of Tel Tamr.
Make Rojava Green Again Picture Gallery February-April 2020
After the first snow since four years in February, spring has come to Rojava and we are happy that we could start again our ecological work at the internationalist commune. In the last months we were not able to do practical work because of the war, so there‘s a lot to do. In the last
Communal Co-operative Production by Families in Sheikh Maqsoud
Despite the attacks and threats, the people of Rojava and Northern Syria continue to build their communalist social model.
“There is nothing which is healing more than freedom” – Şîfa Jin new healing center in Jinwar
Şîfa Jin is a health and healing center for women and children based on natural and modern medicine and has been a fundamental part of the village since the beginning of the construction of JINWAR.
Plans to provide water in southern countryside of Hasakah
The Municipality of Al-Arisha, in cooperation with the Water Directorate in Al-Hasakeh, activated a mini drinking water station, and contracted with tanks to transport water from the wells to cover the needs of the people of the region.
HDP mayor faces terrorism charges over ‘planting green beans’
A court in Turkey’s southeastern Mardin province has pushed forward with terrorism charges against a dismissed mayor from the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) over her municipality’s support for women’s cooperatives, which were planting green beans
“The economy is the soul of all society… this is why they target it.”
Leyla Saruxan, co-chair of Heseke’s Economy Committee for the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria talks about the effect of the war on the economy and the links between economy and society.
Water Directorate Begins Alternative Project for Alouk Water Station in Hasakah
The Directorate of Water in Al-Hasakeh canton clarified that Hama project would be the alternative to the Alouk Station, and it would enter service after 29 days with a profusion of 13 cubic meters per hour.
Communes meet the needs of the people of Shehba
Shehba is the region where hundreds of thousands of people displaced from Afrin live and their primary needs are met by the commune to which each house is connected.
Co-operatives Strengthen Women in Rojava
The Kurdish umbrella organisation Kongreya Star supports various cooperatives in Rojava in which women work autonomously and thus stand up for themselves and the community at the same time. There are now 16 new cooperatives in Cizîrê despite the war.
