Ecology and Jineolojî: Resistance, Resilience, and Renewal

Lecture 8 of the Rojava series promoted by Global University for Sustainability, the Civil Diplomacy Center in North East Syria, Synergia Co-operative Institute is now online.

​​​​​​​Many Jineolojî activities held in 2022

JINEOLOJI has intensified the pace of its work and activities for the year 2022, when about 10,000 women and men received training, and it held about 457 seminars and lectures on the reality of women and society alike.

Jineolojî: A women’s paradigm for social liberation

"By militancy we mean the true overcoming of the lifestyle and mentalities of the individualist capitalist system and the fight against patriarchy in all aspects of life through organization and active militancy that can lead a real social change. To end patriarchy, it is not enough to point out and oppose to the hegemonic system; we need a women's revolution to question and change the most deeply rooted patriarchal relations and mentalities."

After Ten Years of Developing the Science of Women: My Feelings about Jineolojî

Jineolojî, which we define as the science of women, life, society and as meaning, has been trying to intervene in the field of social sciences for more than a decade.

Kobanê University: From 32 students to international cooperation

The co-chair of Kobanê University, Şervan Mislim, said that the university, which began education in 2017 with two faculties and 32 students, has today opened dozens of faculties, has 1,600 students, and international academic relations.

Raqqa, the Resistance of Dignity

I still remember the first time I visited Raqqa. It was in June 2018. A few months earlier, in October 2017, the so-called Operation Wrath of Euphrates, which had entered its final phase in June of the same year, put an end to four years of Daesh darkness in the city it had proclaimed as

Defending Life: Resistance Means Peace and Afrin Means Home

What does true peace mean in these warlike times, and what does it have to do with home?

Defending life: Interview with Zenobia Women’s Gathering

There are walls in hearts, walls between people coming together, walls blocking connection and development just like the border between the Turkish and Syrian Nation state, that is separating peoples and cities that used to be one. These days we see how walls can be overcome, with people on both side of the border chanting

The Long Breath of Tabqa and Raqqa

Encounters with Women Between War and the Everyday Revolution.

Explainer: “Religion is the energy of liberation” – Islam in NES

Rojava Information Center interviewed figures and structures associated with Islam in North and East Syria. They included members of the Democratic Islam Congress and Delal Khelil from the Council of Religions and Beliefs, both structures which RIC previously interviewed in 2020. RIC also spoke to Sheikh Murshid Khaznawi, the son of Sufi Sheikh Maashouq Khaznawi, who was tortured and assassinated by the former Ba’ath government in 2005.

Jinwar – A women’s village full of change and hope in North and East Syria

Jinwar is home to many different women that have decided to join the community for a variety of different reasons. Something that unites all of them is their search for a free life in communality and the wish to learn, to strengthen and develop as women. Some of them have lost their husbands in the war, or others have freed themselves from domestic violence or forced marriage. There are also Yazidi women who have begun a new life here after they were liberated from the enslavement of ISIS.

The First National Conference for the Unity of Kurdish Women in Rojava

“With this conference, we are laying the foundation for a new history—the history of the unity of the Kurdish people, led by the vanguard of Kurdish women. Just as women in Rojava have been at the forefront in all fields, they are also leading the way in building a democratic Syria.” — Perwîn Yûsif (PYD)