Our next reading group will focus on the Kurdish Women's Movement and Jineoloji.

We will read and watch the following:

1. Documentary about Sakine Cansiz (Sara), a co-founder of the PKK: My whole life was a struggle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA49qeTScu8&t=3823s

2. An interview with Necibe Queredaxi: Jineoloji: From women's struggle to social liberation https://roarmag.org/essays/jineology-kurdish-women-movement/

3. Chapter 2 from Handan Caglayan's book Women in the Kurdish Movement: Mothers, Comrades, Goddesses (the chapter's title: Narrating the Field, Narrating Life, 20 pages) https://mcusercontent.com/a192f265413e834da01a6cb4a/files/a6e93f8e-5949-4e82-9729-b0d19ee57151/C_aglayan._Mothers_Comrades_Goddesses._2020.pdf

Optional readings:

1. Dilar Dirik's article The Women's Revolution in Rojava: https://defendrojava.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a192f265413e834da01a6cb4a&id=99aab0433a&e=8fe1bd2221

2. A brochure of excerpts from Abdullah Ocalan's writings, titled Liberating Life: Woman's Revolution (you can focus on pp. 39-60 for this session, starting with the section "8. Women's situation in the Kurdish society"): http://www.freeocalan.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/liberating-Lifefinal.pdf

RSVP at info@defendrojava.org to get the Zoom Link to the session!

Solidarity,
ECR 

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