Explosion at Silvan dam wounds 13 workers
12:10 21/04/2015An explosion at a dam in Northern Kurdistan has at least 13 of the 30 workers at the Silvan Dam. The workers have been transported to the hospital. Two are seriously wounded.
Catalan women struggling against economic crisis,following Kobanê
11:07 21/04/2015Catalan feminists Maria Rodó and Marta Jorba, of the Gatamaula feminist collective, say that as they struggle against capitalism and patriarchy in the Catalan countries, they are among many Catalan ...
100 years later, Armenian women's cries echo – 3
10:08 21/04/2015Zabel Yesayan was one of the Ottoman Empire's and the Armenian community's first feminists. Zabel, who witnessed firsthand the massacre of Armenians and herself escaped being rounded up on the ...
HDP women open women's election offices
12:42 20/04/2015With the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) aiming to challenge the reign of the sexist AKP in Turkey's June election, HDP women have been opening all-women's election headquarters across the country.
100 years later, Armenian women's cries echo – 2
12:36 20/04/2015The Armenian genocide of 1915, approaching its 100th anniversary in just four days, was a genocide with deep psychological impacts on the Armenian community.
Qamişlo women launch two communes
12:25 20/04/2015Women in the Rojava city of Qamişlo celebrated the opening of two women's communes in the city.
Saudi Arabia executes another domestic worker
13:09 19/04/2015Saudi Arabia executed the second Indonesian domestic worker in one week, it has emerged. Karni Binti Medi Tarsim was executed on Thursday in the Saudi city of Yanbu.
100 years later, Armenian women's cries echo - 1 - RESEARCH
13:06 19/04/2015As the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian genocide approaches, the Turkish government continues its policy of denial—but the story of women who survived the genocide remain. JINHA's series on ...
NGOs accuse state of violations in case of Siirt girls abducted by police officers
11:37 18/04/2015Two missing girls in the Northern Kurdish province of Siirt have been found held captive in the home of police officers, reports journalist Bahar Kılıçgedik of the newspaper "Taraf." Local NGOs ...
Women remember Viyan Amara as a teacher and a fighter
11:00 18/04/2015For hundreds of young women in Rojava, the death of Viyan Amara was a turning point. The fighter, who came to Rojava to defend the revolution that started there in 2013, lost her life on February 26, ...
Daesh attacks displace 100,000 in Anbar Province
10:18 18/04/2015As the Iraqi army and Daesh continue fighting in Anbar Province of Iraq, 100,000 people were forced to abandon their homes in just two days, according to Iraqi officials.
Kurdish women to build solidarity at 2016 Nepal women's conference
10:06 18/04/2015With the Second World Women's Conference called for 2016 in Kathmandu, Nepal, Kurdish women say they are preparing to work for the attendance of all women in the Middle East at the conference. The ...
16-year-old Sıla on hunger strike in Istanbul prison
09:48 18/04/201516-year-old SılaAbalay has gone on a hunger strike in Bakırköy Women's and Children's Prison. Sıla, on hunger strike since April 2, is reported to be suffering health problems.
Women's Asayiş issues call for women to join Rojava defense forces
09:24 18/04/2015Women peacekeeping forces in TilTemir have issued a call for all young women in Rojava to join the self-defense struggle as YPG/YPJ forces continue giving heavy blows to Daesh in TilTemir.
Nearly 4,000 human rights violations in 3 months in Kurdistan
09:22 18/04/2015The Human Rights Association reports 3,711 violations of rights in North Kurdistan region in the first three months of 2015.
Soma mine hearings reveal inadequate safety measures
09:22 18/04/2015In the trial of those responsible for workplace neglect that resulted in the massacre of 301 workers in the Soma mine, defendants' testimonies have revealed that the mine did not comply with safety ...
Rojava heroine Viyan Amara was 'unlike other children,' recalls family
12:34 16/04/2015YPJ fighter Viyan Amara, who lost her life defending the Rojava revolution in 2013, became an early icon of women's resistance against Daesh attacks on the Rojava revolution. Her parents spoke about ...
YPG Commander Cemil: new stage of YPG/YPJ operations successful
11:59 16/04/2015YPG/YPJ forces say that the operation they have launched against Daesh over the last week to liberate villages in Kobanê canton, which YPG/YPJ fighters are calling the "Revenge Operation," is ...
Woman denounces antidemocratic banks at ECB conference
11:16 16/04/201521-year-old Josephine Witt leaped on top of the table at the European Central Bank press conference in Frankfurt yesterday, crying "end dictatorship" and raining confetti and copies of her manifesto ...
Domestic workers' organizing to take to Parliament with HDP
14:51 15/04/2015Serpil Kemalbay, running for Turkey's Parliament in Istanbul, says she will be taking her woman's movement approach to organizing to the Parliament. "We're coming to bring down the sexist division of ...