A life in struggle in Rojava
12:17 05/08/2015In the Rojava city of Dêrik, the life of HusniyeÎsmaîlBehrem demonstrates the many ways that women have built the Rojava revolution.
10 days later, families retrieve detained bodies
10:34 05/08/2015After the Turkish state refused to allow the bodies of fallen Kurdish fighters to enter Turkey for 10 days, the bodies have now been surrendered to their families.
Women politicians investigate fire in Kurdistan
10:18 05/08/2015In Lice, Turkey, group of women politicians and activists have conducted an independent investigation into a forest fire suspected of being started intentionally by the state.
Men killed 19 women in Turkey in July
14:38 04/08/2015According to information gathered in the press, men killed 19 women in Turkey in the month of July.
In Turkey, men could pay their way out of gendered violence sentences
12:42 04/08/2015The Women's Equality Monitoring Group in Turkey has called for the immediate withdrawal of a draft law that would allow perpetrators to "bargain" for their freedom in the case of gendered and sexual ...
Women cry out for peace in Izmir
12:41 04/08/2015Peace Mothers in Izmir, Turkey have decried the war policies of the AKP.
Êzidî women: 'we won't allow another massacre' (7) - RESEARCH
12:39 04/08/2015After the massacre of the Êzidî people one year ago yesterday, women have taken action to help the captive women and to have those guilty tried in international courts.
Women march barefoot on anniversary of Shengal massacre
12:37 04/08/2015Yesterday, Êzidîs held a barefoot march to the holy city of Lalesh to condemn the Shengal genocide on its first anniversary.
Shengal residents in camps denounce genocide
12:36 04/08/2015Yesterday, on the first anniversary of the Daesh attack on Shengal, Shengal survivorsliving in refugee camps declared their opposition to the genocide with a march and a theatrical performance.
Women call UN to action on Turkish bombing
12:34 04/08/2015Kurdish women's organizations gathered outside the UN office in Hewler, in the Federal Kurdistan Region of Iraq, to call for UN action on the Turkish bombing of a civilian Kurdish village.
Êzidî women: 'we won't allow another massacre' (6) - RESEARCH
11:40 03/08/2015In the wake of the Daesh attack on the Êzidî city of Shengal, women surviving the massacre have joined the YPJ-Shengal--the recently formed defense unit composed entirely of Êzidî women, working ...
Shengal survivors left with no resource but social media
11:36 03/08/2015Today marks the third anniversary of the Daesh attack on the city of Shengal, in which around 7,000 women and children were taken captive. With no resources or support, the survivors of the massacre ...
Hîlava and Cala, voices of Kobanê
10:57 03/08/2015Hîlava and Cala Temo are two sisters from Kobanê. The sisters, living in a refugee camp in Turkey, say their biggest dream is to return home and continue their music classes.
Êzidî women: 'we won't allow another massacre' (5) - RESEARCH
10:33 03/08/2015When Daesh attacked the Êzidî city of Shengal one year ago, thousands of Êzidîs fled the massacre through a security corridor to the Rojava autonomous region in Syria. There, the Êzidîs settled ...
Families start indefinite sit-in to retrieve bodies at Turkey's border
10:01 03/08/2015For nine days, the Turkish government has denied permission for the bodies of fighters who died fighting Daesh to cross the border into the country. People at the border have begun an indefinite ...
Rising femicides linked to war in Kurdistan
09:57 03/08/2015With two women killed near the old city of Diyarbakır in one week, sociologists say increasing femicides are linked to war in Kurdistan.
'In spite of state terror, we keep hoping for peace'
12:18 02/08/2015Recently, the sight of special police teams armed with rifles at every corner in the city of Van, Turkey has become commonplace. Women in the city describe life under police siege.
Gender Violence Alert declared in Mexico
12:16 02/08/2015The Mexican government has declared a state of Gender Violence Alert in response to violence against women.
Historic acquittal for woman defending herself in Turkey
12:06 02/08/2015The acquittal of a woman, tried for killing her husband, on grounds of legitimate self-defense is being hailed as a historic step in Turkish law.
Turkey releases perpetrators, putting women victims at risk
11:50 02/08/2015Lawyers in Turkey warn that the state practice of trying perpetrators of crimes against women out of detention is dangerously widespread in Turkey.