Qamishlo Women’s Congress publishes final declaration
The final declaration of the Women’s Congress in Qamishlo has been published. The declaration includes proposals related to political, legal, economic, social, educational, and academic matters.
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Green Tress Environmental Association Distributes Tree Saplings to the Schools of Tirbesbiye
On 22 February 2024, the Green Tress Environmental Association distributed tree seedlings to the schools of Tirbesbiye city as part of the project ‘Environmental School – Environmental Community’, and in memory of the martyr artist Mansour Karimian. The seeds were planted two years ago and have been cared for and watered since then, in coordination between the workers in the Odeh field and the Association.
‘Zenobia’s legacy challenges and encourages women to actively participate in building Syria’s future’ – interview
In an exclusive interview with Medya News, Khoud Al-Issa, spokesperson of the Zenobia Women’s Gathering in North and East Syria, outlines the current attacks against women in Syria and explains why the recent decision of the Syrian interim government to remove Queen Zenobia’s name from the national curriculum must be seen as an attempt to erase the history of Syrian women.
Communal work in Tirbespiyê gives results
The communes in Tirbespiyê work together with the municipalities to solve the problems of citizens such as water, electricity and agriculture.
Women’s Environmental Platform with Green trees Association participates in a volunteer day to collect tree seeds
With the aim of providing tree seeds to produce plants, the Women’s Environmental Platform and Kêzîyên Kesk [Green Tress] Association participated in a day of environmental volunteer work.
Van Municipality opens budget eatery to support residents
Van (Wan) Metropolitan Municipality has opened a new low-cost restaurant, Kent Lokantası, in İpekyolu (Rêya Armûşê) district’s Beşyol Park. The initiative aims to support residents struggling with the ongoing economic crisis in Turkey.
Kobane – after 10 years of liberation and current attacks and resistance
In the wake of the people’s uprisings against despotic regimes in North Africa and the MiddleEast, the protests against the Assad regime in Syria also began in spring 2011. The Kurds in Rojava (Western Kurdistan), who had been oppressed for decades by the nationalist policiesof the Ba’ath dictatorship, demanded both a fundamental democratisation of Syria and recognition of their political and cultural self-determination. On 19 July 2012, the people of Kobane urged the Syrian military and the state apparatus to withdraw from the city. This was the beginning of the Rojava Revolution.
Farmers in Zirgan: Protect our nature from the Turkish attacks
Farmers in the town of Zirgan (Abu Rasin) demand the end of the Turkish attacks because “Our food security is at risk. The ongoing Turkish attacks destroy biodiversity.”
‘A space specific to women’: Women’s library opens in Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır, Turkey
Kayapınar Municipality in Diyarbakır (Amed), Turkey, led by the Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party, has opened a new library, the Library of Women’s Works .
Interview: “We aim to ensure that women play a part in constructing the new constitution” – Mona Youssef, Syrian Women’s Council
Mona Youssef, administrator of the Jazira Canton office of the Syrian Women’s Council spoke to RIC about the recent developments in Syria, potential avenues for change and action in the current situation, and the work of the Syrian Women’s Council therein.
Stop the Turkish bombardment on the Tişrin Dam in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (Rojava) or it will collapse
The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, that includes the Kurdish populated areas of Rojava, has stated that the Tişrin Dam at the Euphrates River is on the verge of collapse due to the intense attacks by Turkish military and affiliated jihadist-terorist groups. The administration emphasized that the destruction of this massive water resource in its region, with a capacity of 1.9 billion cubic meters, threatens the biological life in a long stretch of the Euphrates valley that is ecologically the most diverse landscape in that region. It has called on the international community to stand in solidarity before this major destruction takes place.
Syria’s Afrin farmers face heavy levies amid intensified SNA restrictions
For the sixth consecutive year, farmers and residents in Afrin region, Northwest Syria, face heavy royalties and restrictions from Turkish-backed armed opposition factions, aka the Syrian National Army (SNA). These practices have intensified during this year’s olive harvest season, targeting local agriculture, trade, and resources, which form the backbone of Afrin’s economy.
