“As women, we carry the community, and we also lead the fight for change” In the Bonteheuwel neighborhood of Cape town in South Africa, Bonteheuwel Development Forum (BDF), a women-led community organization, takes up the social challenges, and answer with community self organization. Interview with Henriette Abrahams, BDF Chairperson, and with Claudine and Salaama, BDF…
Four years have passed since the founding of the ADM. Since March 2022, we have aimed to share the ideas and experiences of the Kurdistan Freedom Movement, along with its paradigm of democratic modernity. We have sought to build bridges between various struggles around the world, initiating joint discussions with activists, academics, and anti-systemic and…
The first quarter of the 21st century is now behind us. The tradition of civilisation based on power remains in place. War and conflict continue to be the most talked about reality, threatening the future of humanity. We are living under the conditions of a Third World War. Violence and power strugges, often resulting from…
Interview with Cejna Alwoz, member of the Kurdistan Women’s Movement, on the history of links between the Kurdistan Women‘s movement and the movements in Abya Yala, and her perspective on the 2026 women’s conference. The ties between the Kurdistan Liberation Movement and the movements of Abya Yala—those of women, indigenous peoples, and youth—are very strong….
We will flourish because war cannot destroy our roots.From Abya Yala to Kurdistan, women’s struggle against the destruction of life Women’s Conference. Bogotá, ColombiaFebruary 11-15, 2026 https://womenweavingfuture.org/abya-yala/conferecia-2026 Key themes: Workshop topics: Artistic-cultural program. Spaces for children. Make the 2026 Women’s Conference possible: From Abya Yala to Kurdistan, we are weaving the future If you believe…
Şehîd Lêgerîn (Alîna Sanchez), an Argentinian physician, joined the Kurdish movement and gave her life for the revolution. She played a significant part in fostering connections between the struggles in Kurdistan and South America. She contributed to building the healthcare system in Rojava, among many other things, and her legacy lives on to this day….
Are we in a world war? Maybe the question should be, in a world system that thrives on environmental destruction and genocide, how can we say that we are not? The Kurdish Freedom Movement has stated that WWIII started after the fall of the soviet union in the early 1990’s. Today everyone from the Pope…
In December of 2022 a woman with silver jewellery on her forehead and chest, black and white decorative dress and a voice full of memory and strength, addressed the 800 or so women in the aula. The speech was given during the Women Weaving Future international conference in Berlin. It was a historically important event…
What led up to the protests “If we lose contact with the flotilla for 20 minutes, we will block all of Europe,” said the port workers in Genoa at a rally in support of the Sumud flotilla. For many Italian collectives that we have spoken to during our visit to Italy, this marked a turning…
In Madagascar, the same forces that helped put the current president Rajoelina in power are now turning against him and joining the protesters in the latest wave of demonstrations. The protesters have been demonstrating due to a collapsed electricity system and overall systemic instability. In Italy, one million people marched in support of Gaza, also…
