Turkey must act to move peace process forward, says Kurdish activist Tuncel
Former political prisoner Sebahat Tuncel has warned that disarmament alone is not enough to achieve lasting peace in Turkey, saying ...
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The anniversary of a brutal women massacre: Yazidis call for justice
The Free Êzidî Women’s Movement (TAJÊ) has formally appealed to the United Nations and the Iraqi government for the identification ...
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How far can Rojava swim against the imperialist tide? Last week in Kurdish news
As followers of Medya News may have noticed, I spent last week in Kurdistan as part of a delegation led ...
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No progress for women in Damascus, amid warnings of ‘façade appointments’
Political leaders in North and East Syria have condemned the Damascus government for instrumentalising women as a cover to satisfy ...
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Kurdish women march in Turkey’s Diyarbakır demanding inclusive peace, democratic reform
Thousands of women took to the streets of Diyarbakır (Amed) in southeast Turkey on Sunday, in a mass demonstration calling ...
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Gender segregation imposed at Damascus hospital
The transitional government in Syria, led by Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has introduced a policy separating the workspaces of male ...
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Women’s rights missing from new Syrian draft constitution, says Kurdish official
A senior official from the Women’s Committee of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) has criticised a ...
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Sharifeh Mohammadi speaks out from prison after second death sentence
Iranian activist Sharifeh Mohammadi, sentenced to death for a second time in February, has issued a letter from prison describing ...
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Pro-Kurdish DEM Party condemns trustee rule, demands gender justice at Council of Europe
A delegation from Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) delivered urgent messages regarding democratic backsliding and women’s ...
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Displaced women in northeastern Syria prepare to mark International Women’s Day
On the eve of 8 March, International Women’s Day, displaced women in northeastern Syria (Rojava) have voiced their struggle for ...
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