Rojava: the women who wove a revolution - 5 - RESEARCH
11:28 18/07/2015Asya Abdullah, the co-president of Rojava, says that women have not just taken part in the revolution in the region, but led it.
A life changed by the YPJ
09:35 18/07/2015Ebir Kemal Khelef thought her life was over when she learned that she was going to be married at 15. Then she found the YPJ.
Young black woman found dead in Texas cell after police brutality
13:00 17/07/2015In Texas, Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black woman and activist, was found dead in her cell after being brutally arrested.
On Eid, women of Kurdistan visit the children taken from them
12:42 17/07/2015On the first day of the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday, many Kurdish women have spent the day in graveyards, visiting the children taken from them by war.
Woman loses eye in acid attack in Turkey
12:29 17/07/2015In Turkey, Zehra Elber had lost her eye after her husband's calculated acid attack. Zehra says that the state ignored her repeated requests for help.
Rojava: the women who wove a revolution - 4 - RESEARCH
11:06 17/07/2015Since the beginning of the revolution in Rojava, one of the central projects led by women has been the formation of communes. According to women organizers, the commune system has been women's answer ...
Rojava: the women who wove a revolution - 3 - RESEARCH
10:49 17/07/2015Women have worked to answer the basic needs at the beginning of the Rojava revolution: health, work, violence against women.
Woman who killed abusive husband speaks from jail
12:57 16/07/2015Women's group lawyers have emerged from the first interview with Çilem Doğan, the woman who became a symbol of resistance after she killed her abusive husband in Adana, Turkey.
Rojava: the women who wove a revolution - 2 - RESEARCH
12:24 16/07/2015According to Bêrîvan Xalid, a director of the Rojava Culture Council, women have taken an active role everywhere in Rojava--from the front to cultural life.
Trans women start hunger strike in Turkish prison
11:49 16/07/2015Five trans women from Azerbaijan and Brazil have gone on hunger strike against their imprisonment in isolation from other women and LGBTI prisoners.
Rojava: the women who wove a revolution - 1 - RESEARCH
11:38 16/07/2015As Rojava prepares to celebrate three years of revolution, the events there have long since earned their moniker: a woman's revolution. This series by JINHA explores the model of women-led revolution ...
Rojava Film Commune promotes film against patriarchal capitalism
11:00 16/07/2015With the founding of the Rojava Film Commune, directors in Rojava say they will be building a cinematic alternative to patriarchal capitalism.
Peace Mothers organize for Rojava revolution
10:56 15/07/2015As the fourth anniversary of the Rojava revolution approaches, members of the Peace Mothers say they will do everything necessary to support the people of Rojava in the face of attacks.
In Kurdistan, the tradition of women's natural medicine lives on
10:13 15/07/2015In the Federal Kurdistan Region of Iraq, a mother and daughter continue the tradition of natural medicine practiced by women for generations.
A new model for women: Life Centers
09:46 15/07/2015In Northern Kurdistan, in Turkey, city governments are proposing a way to solve women's problems that goes beyond the shelter or the information line: Life Centers.
75-year-old woman defends a revolution
09:32 15/07/2015Every night, you can find Nazlî Bedîr, 75, out on the streets with her rifle. Her goal: to defend the advances of the Rojava revolution.
4 revolutionary women buried in one day in Turkey
09:03 15/07/2015Four women who lost their lives fighting against Daesh in Rojava were buried yesterday in Turkey.
Crowds protest rape at San Fermín Festival
13:14 14/07/2015After a woman was sexually assaulted at the San Fermín Festival in Spain, citizens took to the streets in protest.
Mother calls for justice for daughter who killed abusive husband
10:18 14/07/2015Emine Doğan, the mother of the woman who killed her abusive husband in Turkey's southern city of Adana, has called for a just outcome for her daughter Çilem.
11 YPJ/YPG fighters on the road to Northern Kurdistan
09:58 14/07/2015The bodies of 11 fighters in the YPG and YPJ defense forces have been borne across the border from Rojava to Southern Kurdistan. Their final destination is Northern Kurdistan (Turkey), where they ...