Women in NE Syria guard wheat crops against possible fires

Hussein, along with other women, stands and watches over the crops on the main road between the city of Qamishli, northeast Syria, and Hasakah and prevents anyone from approaching or throwing cigarette stubs or things that might cause a fire in the farmlands.

Kongra Star releases short documentary about HPC-Jin: “We are our strength”

Kongra Star released a short documentary about the HPC-Jin (Civil Women Protection Units).

The democratic system of communes and councils in North East Syria

The society we strive for, is an ethical-political society, which means a society in which all people are involved and organized, and the ethical values of the society are being protected. We see this as a main mechanism against power regimes like capitalism and patriarchy which work to dissolve society and create a system of individuals without the glue of societal values.

Model organization for all women: Kongra Star [parts 7 and 8] Self Defence

Part 7:  “HPC-JIN defends the reality, existence, and rights of women” “Women and children have defended their lands since the beginning of humanity. Today, the members of the HPC-JIN defend their society and lands,” said Hediye Abdullah, the executive of the Women’s Social Defense Units (HPC-JIN). The Democratic Nation System in NE Syria has brought

HPC – Grassroots Democratic Self-Defense Forces of Society

The Social Defense Forces (HPC) have been an important expression of radical democratic self-organization in Rojava and northern Syria since 2015. They are the democratic counter-model to state security forces.

700 Women Defend Agricultural Lands in the Cizire Region

In the Cizire region of northeastern Syria, 700 women from the autonomously organized women's structures of the Social Defense Forces are involved in patrols to protect against arson.