politics

14:54

The KDP’s betrayal paves the way for the Turkish state to occupy the territories of the Kurdistan Region, said Şaziye Ibrahîm, member of the Social Justice Council of Afrin-Shahba. “Those who resist betrayal and occupation will prevail.”

10:08

Women have played a crucial role in peacemaking, mediation and conciliation efforts in Libya. Despite their efforts, they face discriminatory policies and need support to strengthen their political participation.

09:46

Filiz Budak, Co-chair of the People’s Assembly in Makhmour, warns that the Turkish attacks on the Kurdistan Region pose a threat and says the attacks can be prevented by revolutionary people’s struggle.

10:49

Former Iraqi Member of Parliament Rezan Sheikh Dler says that political parties in Iraq prevent legal regulations for women from being approved at the parliament although women hold 97 seats in Iraq's 329-member parliament.

09:16

Women politicians call on all women in Syria to “solve the Syrian crisis and build the future of Syria together.”

14:24

DEM Party Women’s Council Spokesperson Halide Türkoğlu has requested a Parliamentary investigation into the killing of three Kurdish women politicians in Silopi on January 4, 2016.

14:03

The People’s Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) has announced that it will field candidates in many cities in the upcoming local elections.

14:23

The People’s Equality and Democracy Party (DEM) has applied to the Sub-Commission of the Parliamentary Human Rights Commission to hold an emergency meeting for visiting Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in Imrali prison.

08:56

The elections for provincial councils will be held in Iraq on December 18. “Each Yazidi should vote for their own will,” said TAJÊ member Ferîde Şengalî.

12:50

Ayşegül Doğan, Spokesperson of the People’s Equality and Democracy Party, announced that the new acronym of the party is “DEM”.

13:03

HEDEP MPs attended the talks on the budget of Turkey’s Ministry of Interior at the Turkish parliament by placing red carnations on the desks and wearing white head scarves around their necks to protest the attacks on Saturday Mothers.

09:18

“During the revolution, women from north to south supported each other. This unity of women will defeat the invaders,” said Rîhan Loqo, Spokesperson of Kongra Star.

12:51

“The unity of people will ruin the plans of invaders,” said Zelox Bekir, Co-chair of Afrin-Shehba Canton Education and Training Board, commenting on the ongoing Turkish attacks on North and East Syria and the plans in the Middle East.

12:18

“We consider the international silence against the Turkish attacks on North and East Syria as a cooperation with the crimes committed by the Turkish state,” said Ahîn Siwêd, deputy co-chair of the Jazira Region Executive Council.

11:28

Leyla Arzû Îlhan, member of the İştar Assembly in the Makhmour refugee camp, emphasizes that those who saved humanity from ISIS now face Turkish attacks and draws attention to the silence against the genocidal attacks of the Turkish state.

12:53

Islam Abu Sarar, member of the Union of Palestinian Women's Committees, says women are excluded from politics in Palestine while they are actually the solution themselves.

09:52

“The conspiracy in Deir ez-Zor was frustrated thanks to the system based on democracy formed by the AANES. The unity of people won in Deir ez-Zor.” Said Ayşe Hîso, member of the Democratic Union Party (PYD).

11:09

Aiming to build a democratic and free Syria, the Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) keeps working without taking sides with either the Damascus government or the opposition because it believes in a political solution for the Syrian crisis.

09:44

Commenting on the meeting between Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and the authorities of the Kurdistan Region, Rîhan Loqo said, “The current process requires unity. The Kurdish people must react to the betrayal of the KDP.”

13:28

Palestinian political activist Mona Abu Shaban says that Palestinian women face discrimination in politics and that they are still underrepresented on electoral lists despite a 30% quota for women.