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Twelve years ago, a women’s revolution started in Rojava – North and East Syria. In this revolution, women are not only represented on all fronts, but are in fact the driving force of the revolution. The trailblazing role of women is firmly established in the model of society: from the co-chairing system, the gender quote and the women’s rights stipulated in law to the establishment of autonomous multi-ethnic women’s structures, organisations and institutions. These achievements can only be guaranteed by also achieving a mental revolution – that is being developed with Jineology, the science of women. The workshop will introduce the confederate women’s structures and their achievements, explain the role of Jineology and ask: what is the significance of these experiences for international women’s struggles and how can we combine our struggles?
The origin of the word „Jineolojî“ comes from the Kurdish words Jin/Jîn (woman/life), and the Greek word Logos
(science, lojî in Kurdish). It is the science of women and of life as a whole, working towards the development of a democratic and ecological society centred on the liberation of women. Developed by the Kurdish women's liberation movement, Jineolojî has gradually spread throughout the Middle East and Europe. Today, hundreds of women from different cultures and backgrounds are united around this new science and are organising together to carry out their research, action and educational projects.
Founded in 2017 in Brussels, the Jineolojî Center is a center for research in the human and social sciences developed collectively on the basis of the knowledge and experiences of women from Kurdistan and around the world. The Jineolojî Center's projects aim to promote the foundations of this new science and to enrich it through the work of its members throughout Europe, in connection with a wide network of local associations and collectives struggling for women's rights and liberation. Rather than studying women's lives and cultures from an 'outsider's' perspective, Jineolojî invites women from different communities to research and (re)write their history, and to define their concerns and interests so that they can act together. The members of the Jineolojî Center organize and take part in exhibitions, seminars, training courses and workshops, as well as writing and publishing articles and books, based on the sharing of knowledge, meetings and debates. The research, analysis and educational work carried out by the center aims to inform women and society so that they can take action against violence and the patriarchal system, while leading a struggle for social transformation.
Sarah Marcha is a member of the Jineolojî Center of Brussels since 2017. Born in 1988 in the north of France, after five years of higher education in the fine arts, she developed her artistic and research work around social issues. She took part in various projects of the Andrea Wolf Institute in the Autonomous Administration of Northern and Eastern Syria, between 2018 and 2021.
