BAHARİN LEHİB

Kabul- The “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi (Women, Life, Freedom)” uprising that started in Iran and Rojhelat Kurdistan following the killing of Kurdish woman Jina Mahsa Amini by Iran’s so-called “morality police” on September 16, 2022, has left its first year behind.

Although the Iranian regime tries to quell the protests by killing, executing, torturing and arresting people, people still take to the streets to demand freedom. The uprising has been echoing all around the world. The women, who are most excited about the uprising and express their solidarity with the women of Iran and Rojhelat Kurdistan, are Afghan women.

‘They should raise their voices’

Since the Taliban takeover on August 15, 2021, Afghan women have been expressing at every opportunity that they do not want an oppressive system and they have been resisting the Taliban. Afghan women’s rights defender Shamla is one of Afghan women resisting the Taliban. Speaking about the first anniversary of the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” uprising, she said:

 “As Afghan women, we understand the suffering and resistance of our Iranian and Kurdish sisters better than anyone else in the world. Women know very well that the only way to protect themselves from religious fundamentalists is to struggle and resist. Therefore, they should raise their voices.”