According to the report by Kurdistan’s Human Rights Network, three female Kurdish activists from East Kurdistan are still under detention by intelligence agents of the Iranian regime. ‘Iran Rah Peykar’ is a civic activist from Meriwan. Iranian regime’s intelligence agents detained Rah Peykar since 14th of May 2019 in Meriwan. […]
No to the oppression, sexism, and compulsory veiling of women. These are the slogans that Iranian women chanted against male-dominated mentality across Iran. Today is the 25th of November, the anniversary of “struggle against violence towards women”. The Islamic Republic of Iran’s system facilitated further oppression, injustice, and attacks on women, […]
After nearly a decade behind bars, prisoner of conscience Zeynab Jalalian (Zeyneb Celaliyan) has developed intestinal problems, yet the authorities continue to deny her specialist treatment, her father told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI). “She is suffering from intestinal issues, but there is no specialist in […]
Free Women Society of Eastern Kurdistan (KJAR) Executive Council Member Gulan Fehîm spoke to ANF about the problems women are dealing with in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan. Fehîm pointed out that the Iranian state is waging an ideological war against women and stressed that Iran deems any probable change in […]
Amnesty International launched a campaign demanding urgent medical care for Kurdish woman Zeynab Jalalian (in Kurdish: Zeyneb Celaliyan) who is serving a life sentence, is severely ill and requires specialized medical care outside prison. Iranian Kurdish woman Zeynab Jalalian, serving a life sentence, is severely ill and requires specialized medical […]
YJA Star guerrilla Nûda Karker from Rojhelat (eastern Kurdistan), stated that in the PKK, which is a women’s movement at the same time, a wholly realized person with identity and will emerges and rebuilds life, aware of herself and knowing herself. Karker said she was very lucky to have been […]
A conference on despotism and violence against women in eastern Kurdistan (Rojhelat) and Iran was held in Stockholm, Sweden, by Rojhelat Women´s Federation, RONAK. On Saturday, May 20 2017, RONAK organized a conference in Stockhom, Sweden, in collaboration with Kurdish Mothers in Sweden. The purpose of this conference was to […]
Evîndar Rênas is a member of the Kurdish women’s movement that during the interview with the News Agency of ANF before the Iran’s presidential election mentioned the position of women in Iran, and demanded the women who defend women’s rights and equality in the municipal councils must be supported. Evîndar […]
Kurdish political prisoner Zeyneb Celaliyan has been refusing to take medication for 53 days in order to protest the inhumane practices in prison. It has been learned that Kurdish political prisoner Zeyneb Celaliyan, who is imprisoned in the town of Xoy in East Kurdistan’s Urmia state, has been refusing to […]
Imprisoned HDP female MPs send messages for March 8, International Women’s Day. HDP Co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ, HDP MPs Besime Konca, Çağlar Demirel, Selma Irmak, Meral Danış Beştaş and Gülser Yıldırım sent their messages from prisons on International Women’s Day. Imprisoned HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party) female MPs send messages for March […]
In Sine a city of the Rojhelat (Eastern Kurdistan), women celebrated March 8, International Women’s Day and said, “We also say ‘NO’ to Erdoğan’s dictatorship.” Women from Sine gathered for March 8, International Women’s Day and issued a press statement. Noting that the Kurdish people live under the oppression of […]
To the Phoenixes of My Country 1 By Farzad Kamangar 2 Hello, my precious, today is Women’s Day, the day that I always long for. On this day, instead of your kind hands, my thoughts are decorated with a narcissus flower more chaotic than your tresses. It has been two […]
Saturday, March 4, Kurdish women gathered in Stockholm to inaugurate the new organization called RONAK, which stands for Rojhelat Womens National Association in Sweden. RONAK members held their very first Congress and the main subject was women’s situation in eastern Kurdistan (Rojhelat) and in Iran, but above all, how the […]
Religious extremists have continued to attack solo female artists in Kermashan (Kirmaşan) as the head of Qom Seminary Teachers Society (QSTS) has been demanding more restraints on “such unlawful acts” in a public letter to local governor. Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported that on 29 January of this year […]
Women’s Defense Units-YPJ fighter Zenobia Viyan who has been taking part in the war in Aleppo ongoing for 6 years spoke to ANF. Viyan stated that there has been a great display of resistance despite the strict embargo and siege in Aleppo for 6 years and that women have been […]
Feleknas Uca, the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Amed (Diyarbakir) in Bakur (Turkey’s southeast), has been awarded the 7th Clara Zetkin Woman’s Prize by Germany’s Left Party, Die Linke. Uca will accept the prize in Berlin on 3 March. Die Linke has been granting the prize to politically and socially […]
Iranian security forces arrested Kurdish women’s right activist Farzaneh Jalali on 23 February in Kirmaşan and transferred her to an unknown location. According to Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) sources, Jalali was contacted by the local notary office that asked her to go to their office, and the Iranian security […]
Women’s Defense Units (YPJ) of Rojava, issued a written message and a video to mark the November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and said that with the struggle inherited from Mirabal sisters, Zilan’s, Sakine’s and Arin’s, there is a relentless fight against violence of all […]
Amnesty International: Kurdish female political prisoner (Zeynab Jalalian) is on the verge of blindness. Amnesty International in a statement on 19 October, stressed that Zeynab Jalalian who is serving life imprisonment following an unfair trial is on the verge of losing eyesight. Judicial Officials are denying her access to specialized […]
The congress was held from 12th of September to 14th of September. Members and committees of all delegations took part in the congress. The congress was held in memory of martyrs Bêrîvan Hêja and Zîlan Serdeşt and began with a moment of silence for all the martyrs. After a minute […]
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