Çay at the Womensfront: Recent Episodes
Çay at the Womensfront
In the heart of Europe, in the so called city of love, a feminicide against Kurdish revolutionaries happened for the second time. On Dec. 23rd 2022, three Kurdish friends have been shot in Paris and lost their lives. One of …
What is going on in the free mountains of Kurdistan? Kurdistan and it’s people are going through the most difficult time in their history right now. In eastern Kurdistan the people, led by brave young women, are relentlessly fighting in …
Here in Rojava we are currently facing the biggest military attack since a long time! Turkey is attacking the region with war planes, drones and artillery. How this new war started, what happened so far, how we experience these attacks …
“If anyone in Iran hears my voice, I tell them to close their wounds and continue until they reach freedom. And if someone outside of Iran hears my voice, I request you to be the voice of the Iranian people, …
JIN JIYAN AZADI is being shouted on the streets of Rojhelat and Iran from young women and all the other parts of society and it’s echoing all over the world. What is the real meaning of this slogan? How are …
What makes the revolution in Rojava so successful and growing for over 10 years now, is the power of the society, the power of the people. But what does that actually mean? What is the strategy behind and how does …
The access to water in Rojava and NE Syria is becoming more and more limited. The severe drought that has been lasting for over two years is connected to the global ecological situation and the Turkish state cutting the water supply to the region. Water is a source of life and as such it is one of the most direct ways to attack the society. The water is being used as a method of war. A friend joined us to …
WE ARE AT WAR and the revolution in Rojava and it’s people are being attacked every day economically, ecologically and psychologically. But also military attacks of the Turkish state, which have always been part of the warfare against the revolution here, are becoming more and more common and intense. The cities til Rifaat, Ain Issa, and the Region Shehba are targeted by artillery and drone attacks on a regular basis. During the last days the Turkish state is escalating it’s …
Getting to know ourselves – “Xwebûn” (kurdish – being yourself), is a concept of the Kurdish Women’s movement aiming at getting to know yourself. It means entering a process with ourselves and our surroundings in which we start to answer questions of who we really are and how we want to live. We were joined by two women friends, Bruna and Zeryan, who talked about their own process, struggles and their perspectives of putting it into practice. Becoming your actual …
This year the 19th of July marks the 10th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution! For this special occasion we were joined by Kurdish and internationalist women to discuss the challenges and achievements of the revolution so far. Why this revolution is a women’s revolution and many other topics are covered in this last episode of the second season. We are dedicating this episodes to all the friends that have given love, effort, dedication and their lives to build up this …
Most of us already saw lots of pictures of the women fighters of YPJ portrayed in the media all around the world. But what is behind these pictures? What is YPJ, the all-women-army in Rojava? There is much more to it than just armed women! We are discussing this and more with an internationalist women who joined the YPJ. She shares insights into everyday life in the YPJ, talks about her motivation to join the force, the ideology behind women’s armed resistance and the importance of education within the YPJ. Guest: Berçem from Czech Republic, member of YPJ International
Jineolojî changes the way we see women and our struggle but also the way we perceive knowledge. Where does the knowledge come from? What is science, what is considered scientific knowledge, who does science serve? We discuss this in relation to Jineolojî – science of women of the Kurdish women’s movement. Jineolojî helps us to go deeper in our struggle, our understanding, our connections and knowing ourselves. To understand our history and the history of women’s struggles around the world in order to understand ourselves and our resistance to resist stronger. This episode will support us on the path of …
The success of the revolutionary women in Rojava is linked a lot to their determination and militancy. Reaching this means fighting liberalism. The term liberalism seems to be confused a lot. After many discussions with friends here in Rojava we started to get a deeper understanding of what it is and how it is connected to every single one of us. How we think, how we struggle, how we approach revolution is all connected to how much we are influenced by liberalism. With Ruken and Berwar we are discussing how we are personally affected by liberalism and how we struggle …
Every revolution's engine is the youth with it's spirit to radically change things. We realized that giving importance to the vanguard role of the youth, is one of the secrets of the Rojava Revolution. But the youth identity is rarely talked about. Who is young? What is the role of the youth in society and revolution? And what is special about being a woman and being young at the same time? These and other questions we are discussing with the young women from the Internationalist Youth Commune.
Our guests: Bruna from Catalonia and Helin from England - members of the Internationalist Youth Commune of Rojava