Kurdistan-Interview with Stera Abdu
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This episode stands in solidarity with the world-wide KOBANÊ-WEEK (2nd-8th of November)! The Kurdish city Kobanê is geographically prescribed at the Syrian border to Turkey. Kobanês liberation of the IS militias on feburary 2015 by the Kurdish defend units (YPG ao.) became a symbol of the Kurdish revolution and resistance. A revolution, that stands for an ecological, feministic and radical democratic society, living and fighting collectively for an alternative system, resisting the ongoing extermination of Kurdish culture and land by Turkish and other invasion forces. Everyday focuses on a different struggle, today is the day of women's liberation. The revolution in Kurdistan is a REVOLUTION OF WOMEN. Stera Abdu is an activist from Rojava . She is part of the women's movement "Congressar" and works for the international campaign "Women defend Rojava". In the interview she gives a rough overview of the (Turkish) occupation and geographic context, organisation and cooperations in and outside of Rojava. Further on she talks about the position of women in Kurdistan, how colonialism and misogyny are connected and the importance of feministic education.
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