Category: Kurdistan
Kurdish women call on women around the world to come together to build a radical movement for women’s liberation

The government of Rojava is democratic and decentralized, with residential communes and local councils giving people autonomy and control over decisions that affect their lives
The families behind curtains like these, in camps, or in repurposed or unfinished buildings, have for the time a desperately welcomed measure of security
Chaos, violence, and authoritarian rule reign in Turkey. Is there any opening for the Kurdish liberation movement?
A talk on the transformation of women’s roles in Rojava as a result of the formation of women’s academies and the revolution’s encouragement of women to become equal participants in all spheres of life

When working in Iraqi Kurdistan, I was struck by the prevalence of regressive attitudes, including racism and sexism
Full of admiration, but not without critique: Janet Biehl shares some of her ideas on the Rojava revolution after her recent visits to the region

As a result of these new principles of justice, and new alternative conflict resolution commitments, women and girls are not automatically blamed
Rejecting the victim narrative, PKK-supported refugee camps in Kurdistan have taken control of their fates by creating their own autonomous system
The new women’s science of jineolojî and the revolutionary transformation of education in Rojava, western Kurdistan