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Women are Building and Improving the Communal Economy in North Syria

This is an translation from an Arabic article by Ahin Barakat and Najir Barakat that first appeared on Hawar News on 16 June, 2017.

Many members who participated in The First Conference of Women’s Economy in North Syria mentioned that women are increasingly participating in economic life, building and improving the communal economy, which in...

This Four-Woman Dairy Cooperative in North Syria Works Together Like a Family

Co-operative Economy in Rojava

This is a translation of an article written in Arabic that first appeared on Hawar News on 26 July, 2017.

Four women are working like a family in a dairy cooperative in Qamishlo [Qamişlo / Qamishli / Al-Qamishli], to develop the communal economy. Since the beginning of the Rojava Revolution, people have made big...

The Rojava Revolution: The Revolution of Economic Achievements and Return to Communal Economy

Co-operative Economy in Rojava

This is a translation of an Aabic article by Birvan Hamy that first appeared on Ronahi on 19 July 2017.

What distinguishes the Rojava Revolution from some other revolutions are the difference in the mentality; the mindset, and the Self Administration that has been working since its onset to satisfy the...

Bakur: The Fate of Women’s Projects is Unclear

Co-operative Economy in Bakur

This is a translation of a report published in Turkish by Evrensel, 7 February 2017.

Following the top-down appointment of an administration in the municipality of Nusaybin, Mardin, the future of the ‘Women’s Labour Market’, a project named ‘Jiyana bê sînor’ (Life without limits) is uncertain....

Construction Work Continues in Jinwar, the first Women’s Village in the Middle East

Co-operative Economy in Rojava

This report was previously published in English on Gazete Şûjîn, 12 July 2017. It has been edited here to improve readability.

DIRBÊSIYÊ- Construction work continues in Jinwar, the first women’s village in the Middle East. In every new construction in the village, women’s hope for freedom increases. Rojava women, who began their journey...

Communes form the Foundation of Rojava’s Federal System

Co-operative Economy in Rojava

Syria, Rojava, Til Temir, commune, cooperation

This article by Sorgul Şêxo first appeared on Gazete Şûjin, 18th July, 2017. It has been edited here to improve readability.

TIL TEMIR – In Rojava, historical developments in military, political and social areas are taking place. In Rojava, where a new life is being built led by women, communes are being...

Report from the First Women’s Economy Conference of North Syria

Co-ops in Rojava

This is a translation of an Arabic article that first appeared on Hawar news on the 19th of June 2017.

The First Women’s Economy Conference of North Syria made it’s final statement, which included a number of important decisions. The statement was announced in front of Kongreya Star’s headquarters in the...

Communal Economy in Rojava Formed by Women’s Effort

Co-operative Economy in Rojava

Rojava, Syria, Kurdistan, women, jineology, cooperatives, solidarity

This article was first published on Şûjin 20th December, 2016. It has been lightly edited to make it easier to read.

QAMISHLO – In Rojava, women, who are the pioneers of life, are making significant achievements in the field of economy. While many cooperatives have been opened with projects built by Kongreya...

Women’s Projects Forced Under Turkish State Administration

Co-operative Economy in Bakur

cooperatives, coops, Turkey, oppression, women, Bakur, Kurdistan

This post was published by ISKU Informationsstelle Kurdistan e.V. in German on 26th May, 2017.

Bakur [North Kurdistan / East Turkey] – After Yıldız Çetin and Zeki Yıldız, the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) co-Mayors of Payîzawa (Gürpınar), were, like many of their colleagues, removed from office...

Women in Rojava to hold first “North Syria Women’s Economy Conference”

Co-ops in Rojava

Rojava, Syria, Kurdistan, economy, cooperatives, coops

This is a translation of a report by Welat Deniz which originally appeared in Turkish on Active News Agency, 9th June, 2017.

The Women’s Economy Committee is setting a new precedent by convening the North Syria Women’s Economy Conference. Mediya Serxwebûn talks about how the number of cooperatives in Rojava has reached 50,...

Women’s Economy Spreads from Rojava to Aleppo

Women

This is a translation of an Arabic article by Silva Mustafa that first appeared on Hawar News, 5th June, 2017

Kongreya Star continues supporting the women’s economy in Aleppo and creating appropriate jobs for women, by starting small projects to allow them to become self-sufficient and improve their own economy by themselves. Women...

Women’s Cooperative in Bakur / Southeast Turkey Handed Over to Erdoğan’s Daughter as Part of Ongoing Repression

Co-ops in Bakur

Kurdistan, Bakur, Turkey, co-operatives, cooperatives, co-operative, cooperative, co-op, co-ops, cooperative economy, Kurdish, women, oppression

This report appeared first on ANF, 26th May, 2017

The Xevasor Women’s Cooperative opened by DBP’s Gürpınar Municipality was handed over by the appointed trustee to KADEM where President Erdoğan’s daughter Sümeyye Erdoğan is vice president. A trustee had been...

Women are Building and Improving the Communal Economy in North Syria

This Four-Woman Dairy Cooperative in North Syria Works Together Like a Family

The Rojava Revolution: The Revolution of Economic Achievements and Return to Communal Economy

Bakur: The Fate of Women’s Projects is Unclear

Construction Work Continues in Jinwar, the first Women’s Village in the Middle East

Communes form the Foundation of Rojava’s Federal System

Report from the First Women’s Economy Conference of North Syria

Communal Economy in Rojava Formed by Women’s Effort

Women’s Projects Forced Under Turkish State Administration

Women in Rojava to hold first “North Syria Women’s Economy Conference”

Women’s Economy Spreads from Rojava to Aleppo

Women’s Cooperative in Bakur / Southeast Turkey Handed Over to Erdoğan’s Daughter as Part of Ongoing Repression

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