News Center- Three halls of the People’s House (French: Maison du Peuple) in Lausanne, Switzerland, have been named after three women.

A hall has been named after Jina Amini, who was killed by Iran’s so-called “morality police” in Tehran in 2022. Another hall has been named after Marielle Franco, a Brazilian politician, sociologist, feminist, socialist and human rights activist who was killed in 2018 and the third hall has been named after Liliane Valceschini, a trade unionist, women’s rights defender and one of the organizers of the Swiss Women's Strike of 1991.

Sevgi Koyuncu, member of the Lausanne Municipal Committee and the Lajin Women's Council in Lausanne made the opening speech, touching upon the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî" protests that sparked in Iran following the killing of Jina Amini and their impact in Iran and the world.

Women’s resistance in Rojava

The 40-year struggle history of Kurdish women and the women’s resistance in Rojava give spirit to the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî” slogan, Sevgi Koyuncu stressed in her speech. Sevgi Koyuncu also greeted the resistance of Pakhshan Azizi and Verisheh (Warisha) Moradi, two Kurdish women activists sentenced to death in Iran, and Soma Pourmohammadi, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for teaching Kurdish language in Iran. At the end of her speech, Sevgi Koyuncu chanted the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî” slogan.