Letter to 18 countries: Recognise the Yazidi genocide
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TAJÊ sent a letter to 18 countries for the recognition of the 3 August 2014 edict as genocide.
TAJÊ sent a letter to 18 countries for the recognition of the 3 August 2014 edict as genocide.
DEM Party Women’s Assembly Spokesperson Halide Türkoğlu emphasized that women will lead efforts in the newly proposed parliamentary commission based on their experiences in peacebuilding. “By expanding our organization and raising the women’s struggle, we will build a free and equal life,” she said.
Members of the Free Women's Movement (TJA) emphasized the significance of women leading the recent weapon-burning ceremony in Şikefta Casenê, saying, “We must unite and fight through organization without letting patriarchal mindsets or states divide us.”
Tara Hussein, a member of the Kurdish Women's Union Platform, said, “We will hold our conference and then our ‘Kurdish Women's National Congress’. Women from all four parts of Kurdistan are working together for national unity.”
Women from Kurdistan and many cities in Turkey gathered in Ankara for the “Peace March”. However, the women's march is being prevented by the police.
According to MKG's June Violations of Rights Violations Against Women Journalists Report, 7 women journalists were detained and 2 were arrested.
Rûken Nexede, a member of KJAR, said that women in Iran are preparing for the struggle for freedom with the philosophy of ‘Jin Jiyan Azadî’ and that they are being targeted by the regime because they defend free women and a democratic Iran and are fighting for it.
The Women's Initiative I Need Peace will march to the Parliament in many cities to convey their demands regarding the process. Initiative member Fatma Koçyiğit stated that they will struggle for the socialisation of peace.
On the 4th day of the Tatvan Culture and Art Festival, organised by Tetwan (Tatvan) Municipality with the 16-day motto "We Weave the Path of Peace with Art", activities for women were held.
"Women, Nature and Culture Festival" continues on its second day with various activities in Gimgim (Varto) district of Mûş (Muş).
At least 1 thousand 280 women have been murdered in the 4 years since the Istanbul Convention was cancelled by the Presidential order. Stating that the government is trying to eliminate women's gains one by one, Women's Defence Network member Rüya Kurtuluş said, "The Istanbul Convention is ours and we will not give it up."
Reacting to the attacks against women and their achievements, Berfin Gökkan, a member of Yaşamevi Women's Solidarity Association, demanded that women be involved in the new process.
Stating that the cause of violence and murders against women is the state's policy of impunity, women in Licê said: "They put them in one door and release them from the other. This vicious cycle repeats the crime."
Hanife Budak, wife of Mustafa Budak who lost his life in the October 10 Train Station Massacre, highlighted the importance of the peace process and called on women, especially the Peace Mothers, to visit İmralı and meet with Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
The Kurdish Women’s Union Platform held its 3rd conference in Amed (Diyarbakır) under the slogan “With the unity of Kurdish women, toward national unity. The two-day conference, attended by 110 delegates, emphasized the leading role of women in preserving the Kurdish language and culture, advancing national unity, and building peace. A new secretariat was established to coordinate the work of a “women’s alliance.”