{"id":17546,"date":"2019-03-08T12:32:34","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T12:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=17546"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:57:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:57:10","slug":"rojava-womens-day-solidarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=17546","title":{"rendered":"‘Beacon of light’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On International Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s day Unite has expressed solidarity with the women of Rojava in Northern Syria, who are living under the threat of constant danger and invasion.<\/p>\n

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Rojava is a bastion of progressive values in a country torn apart by a vicious dictatorship, religious extremists and the self-interested meddling of geo-political brokers.<\/p>\n

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It came into existence to prevent the civil war engulfing the communities of north east Syria after the Assad regime lost control of the country.<\/p>\n

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Rojava is home to a Kurdish population whose inspirational women not only have been key in the fight against the barbarism of Isis, they have also been instrumental in building\u00c2\u00a0a society with women’s rights and equalities at its core.<\/p>\n

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The most recent example<\/a> of Rojava taking the lead in women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rights in a region known for brutal patriarchy is a female only community established by the women of the Kurdish-run administration for the survivors of Yazidi genocide committed by ISIS.<\/p>\n

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Is it a sad fact that the progress made throughout Rojava in forming a haven from the subjugation and conflict that is currently the norm within Syria stands on a knife edge and will continue to do so until the war ends.<\/p>\n

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Nothing is certain, especially within the maelstrom of duplicitous alliances and international power-plays that dominate the bloodbath that is Syrian national politics as and, as pressingly, Turkey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ongoing threats to invade Rojava.<\/p>\n

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Many women in Rojava feel cut off from the outside world and worry that their voices will be drowned out by the competing interests of the global and regional powers currently setting Syria\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future course.<\/p>\n

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Unite international officer Clare Baker hailed the women of Rojava.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe women of Rojava in northern Syria have built a grassroots democratic structure, which puts front and centre equality and women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s rights,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she said.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt is an extraordinary revolution that is a beacon of light not only in the region but to us in the trade union movement and of the left. On International Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day it is important to stand in solidarity with the women of Rojava as well as the YPJ who have fought the barbarism of ISIS and fascist forces.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAs Abdullah \u0102\u2013calan, the Kurdish leader and inspiration for the women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s revolution, writes – \u00e2\u20ac\u0098A society can never be free without women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s liberation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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Unite has renewed its call for \u0102\u2013calan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s immediate release\u00c2\u00a0this year, which marks the 20th<\/sup> year of his imprisonment by the oppressive Turkish government.<\/p>\n

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His continued detention in solitary confinement is all the more pertinent today on International Women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Day, because it is \u0102\u2013calan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s feminist writings<\/a> that form the basis of the women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s revolution in Rojava.<\/p>\n

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Today, Unite also stands in solidarity with the incredibly brave Leyla G\u0102\u013dven, the HDP MP in Turkey on hunger strike<\/a> to end \u0102\u2013calan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s isolation.<\/p>\n

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Find out more about the Freedom for \u0102\u2013calan campaign, of which Unite is a founding member, here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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