Being a disabled child in the blockade on Cizre
12:39 22/09/2015Mercan Baydemir is a mother of a disabled child. Her daughter made her different from other citizens who struggled to survive in the blockade on Cizre. Mercan talked about experiences with her ...
Police attack Kurdish school in Yüksekova
12:24 22/09/2015Members of a special police team attacked Dayika Uveyş Elementary School (Dibistana Seretayî a Dayika Uveyş), which was opened to give education in Kurdish children’s native language.
Women’s action continues in Hasırlı neighborhood
09:51 22/09/2015In the district of Sur, in Diyarbakır, Turkey, intensive attacks against local people are ongoing. A group of women are keeping watch in the neighborhood until the attacks end.
Sit-in ongoing in Sason for jailed anti-war activists
17:39 21/09/2015As 27 protestors jailed for an anti-war action testified in court, their fellow activists held a sit-in for their freedom outside the courthouse in Sason, Turkey.
Women of Adana cycle for car-free city
17:38 21/09/2015Women came together in Uğur Mumcu Square in Adana, Turkey to cycle for International Car-Free Day.
In Serêkaniyê, Women’s Asayiş is the solution
16:34 21/09/2015The Women’s Asayiş (security forces) Center is continuing its work on women’s problems in the Rojava city of Serêkaniyê. The women have solved 100 of the 150 cases brought to them and stated ...
Women activists arrive in Cizre in solidarity
15:23 21/09/2015Hundreds of women’s movement activists have reached the besieged Kurdish city of Cizre. The women will hold three days of solidarity activites with the women and children of Cizre.
Syrian refugee women in Turkey hope for better lives
15:04 21/09/2015Thousands of refugees, most displaced by the war in Syria, spent days at Istanbul’s Esenler Bus Station last week. Refugee women shared their stories with JINHA as they waited for a chance to take ...
Women in Hamburg set sail for peace
14:20 21/09/2015Women are taking a boat trip in Hamburg for peace and democratic autonomy, led by Rojbin Women’s Assembly
Margaret Owen: ‘A piece of cloth is saving people’s lives’
13:54 21/09/2015Civil rights lawyer Margaret Owen conducted an examination in the city of Cizre. She was shocked by what she saw.
Kurdish town’s first female shopkeeper calls for women’s independence
16:11 19/09/2015When Aygül Gencer opened her sewing supplies shop, she became the first female shopkeeper in her town. Aygül says that she hopes to see women develop their potential and make themselves independent ...
Protestors start sit-in against Turkish military repression
15:07 19/09/2015Protestors have started a sit-in at the military post where Turkish soldiers have detained 83 activists attempting to stop clashes in the largely Kurdish district of Sason.
Turkish police raid women’s center
15:04 19/09/2015Turkish police have raided a women’s center and health center in the largely Kurdish city of Diyarbakır at dawn today.
Turkish parties downplay women candidates in upcoming election
14:37 19/09/2015Turkey’s political parties have released their Parliamentary candidate lists ahead of Turkey’s November 1 election. Women are once again underrepresented in the lists, but the Peoples’ ...
YDG-K punishes man who abused wife
13:29 19/09/2015The group Union of Patriotic Revolutionary Young Women (YDG-K) has punished a man who abused his wife in the Turkish city of Adana after he ignored their warning.
JINHA reporter receives award for exposing family sexual abuse
15:01 18/09/2015JINHA reporter Handan Tufan has received an award for her coverage of women survivors of intrafamilial sexual violence in Turkey.
Italian lawyers report rights violations in Cizre
13:43 18/09/2015Italian legal observers in the Kurdish town of Cizre reported that the nine-day blockade of the city caused damage comparable to that in the nearly-razed city of Kobanê.
Kurdish women to police: ‘don’t be pawns in their game’
13:32 18/09/2015Last night, police special operations teams blockaded the neighborhood of Xaçort in the largely Kurdish city of Van. Neighborhood women stood up to police armored vehicles, calling on the officers ...
Peace Mothers end sit-in
13:23 18/09/2015Yesterday evening, the anti-war group the Peace Mothers ended a sit-in outside of the AKP’s Istanbul headquarters. THe women called for an end to the escalating war in Turkey.
Italian feminists march for Kurdish women
13:22 18/09/2015Feminists marched in solidarity with Kurdish women in the city of Turin, Italy.