Hevgirtin Coop Distributes Six Monthly Dividends

This article first appeared in Arabic on Kurdipost, 12th July, 2016 The Hevgirtin Consumer Cooperative Society branch in Girkê Legê [Al-Muabbada] distributed six monthly dividends of 8,738,100 Syrian Pounds among 1,314 shareholders, and officials emphasised the growing number of shareholders. The Hevgirtin Consumer Cooperative Society branch in the Girkê Legê area began to distribute the six-monthly profits to shareholders. According to administrators in the

Dersim’s Natural Orchards Become Cooperatives

DERSİM – “Natural orchard” works have been carried out in order to become the natural farming and communal production widespread in Dersim. The works have been growing day by day with the participation of volunteers. Women have started a work to deliver the natural products to the people through cooperatives. “Natural orchard” project put into

Hevgirtin Shareholders Receive their Cuts

Management of the Hevgirtin cooperative began distributing dividends to its members today in Derik (Dêrik / Al-Malikiyah). The cost of one share stands at 6,500 Syrian pounds. Hevgirtin, one of the most successful experiments in Jazeera canton (Kantona Cizîrê‎ / Cezîre / Jazira Canton), aims to develop the communal economy and involve regular people in it. It has been able to

The Inauguration of the First Women-Managed Dairy Factory in Rojava

The subsidiary consumer co-operative of the Women’s Commission in Afrin canton inaugurated Brevan Dairy Factory amidst celebrations, with the cooperation of Siham Bary organisation. It was attended by many people from Afrin, representatives of the democratic self-governance in the canton and members of Siham Bary organisation. The celebrations started with speeches by the Vice President of the

The Social Economy in Rojava

Original source * Kurdish Question has edited this paper to make it more legible in the English language. If we are exerting some effort and diving into the study of the history of social and economic relations since the beginning of human societies in Mesopotamia, in the Middle East or in any other area on

Cooperatives: The Basis of Rojava’s Community-Led Economy

The local economy should be the most important part of the economy. The Centre for Economic Development is working on the development of community life and cooperative work through participation in economic, social and cooperative activities. It works on the foundation of social norms, the introduction of a free communal life and equality as the