First Women Economy Conference started in North Syria
150 delegates from Rojava-North Syria are taking part in the 1st conference of Women Economy in Rojava-North Syria.
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Women’s Economy Spreads from Rojava to Aleppo
Kongreya Star continues supporting the women’s economy in Aleppo and creating appropriate jobs for women, by starting small projects to allow them to become self-sufficient and improve their own economy by themselves. Women in Aleppo have been suffering from the crisis for six long years; the war has caused a lot of poverty. They have been through harsh circumstances
The Basic Principle of the Economy in Rojava: Involve Everyone in Production
The basic principle of the economic policies of the Assad regime in Rojava was to keep the people poor and deprived in order to maintain their dependence. The Jazira [Cizîrê / Cezîre] and Kobanî [Kobanê] cantons served as the breadbasket of Syria. Before the revolution, forty percent of the wheat consumed in the country came from Rojava, and agriculture is
Greenhouses for Autonomy in Van, North Kurdistan
In the village Norkox (Yolaşan) near Payîzava (Gürpınar) in the eastern Turkish province Van [Wan], Metin Demir and Nadir Abdullah started an agrarian initiative for the local population. Usually, the locals travelled every year to western Turkey for seasonal work, but now there is a local alternative: collective greenhouses have been opened. Vegetables, cucumbers, aubergine and
Liberated Manbij is Healing its Wounds
Manbij has been liberated from ISIS, but is economically wounded. The Economic Committee of the Democratic Administration of Manbij is working on new projects to develop the local economy on a more stable foundation.
Sarhad Farm: a New Livestock Co-op in Derik
Sarhad Farm is the second biggest livestock-breeding project in Derik. The project is expected to be launched within one month, and it will be owned by a co-operative society with 400 members.
Launch of Fourth Economic Project in Jandairis
The Centre for Economic Development in Jandairis [Jindires / Cindarisa / Cindirêsê] has launched its fourth economic project in the area, after the project of planting vegetables in the village of Muhammadia. The Centre for Economic Development in Jandairis had a meeting in its headquarters for the participants in the economic project. The meeting started with a minute
Women’s Cooperative in Bakur / Southeast Turkey Handed Over to Erdoğan’s Daughter as Part of Ongoing Repression
The Xevasor Women’s Cooperative opened by DBP’s Gürpınar Municipality was handed over by the appointed trustee to KADEM where President Erdoğan’s daughter Sümeyye Erdoğan is vice president. A trustee had been appointed after DBP’s Gürpınar Co-mayors Yıldız Çetin and Zeki Yıldız were removed from office on February 3, 2017. Trustee Gürpınar District Governor Osman Doğramacı
“Participating Woman’s Cooperative Society” Begins Harvest in Kobane
Members of The Participating Woman’s Cooperative Society in Kobanî Canton [Kantona Kobaniyê] have begun harvesting the crops of wheat and barley that they planted at the start of last winter. Many of the members of Kongreya Star, The Movement for A Democratic Society [TEV DEM] and other women from Kobani have gathered in the village of Kasbishek, to
Maya Shop: an example of Rojava’s autonomous women’s economy
QAMISHLO – The women who are building the autonomous economy in Rojava develop their work in Maya shop day by day. Communal life has continued to be built in Qamishlo [Qamişlo / Qamishli / Al-Qamishli], city of Cizîr [Jazira / Cizîrê / Cezîre] Canton in Rojava. In Maya Shop, which was founded in 2011 in Qamishlo, the women have
Women Create Autonomous Economy in Rojava
TIRBESPIYÊ – Rojava women, who work in the greenhouse, said that they have begun the first harvest in their greenhouse and that they would expand their planting protects by mentioning their projects on autonomous economy. The Greenhouse Project began in September 2016 in the Tirbespiye [Tirbespî / Al-Qahtaniyah] city of Jazira Canton [Kantona Cizîrê / Cezîre] in Rojava. Successful results
A Cooperative Society Solves Şeddadê Bread Crisis
The Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Sheddadi [Şeddadê / Al-Shaddadah] opened a bakery and formed a cooperative society to run it in an effort to solve the crisis of bread shortage in the region. The production rate of the bakery is 3,000 bags of bread per day. There are 48 members participating in the project so far. Lack of
