Limited number of participants, with registration. We would particularly like to invite women to take part in the workshop.
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?
Rehan Temo is a women’s rights and environmental activist who has been active in the women’s movement in North and East Syria since the beginning of the revolution. She was born in 1994 in the city of Gir kelegê (Al-Muabbada) and studied economics. She was initially active in the youth movement, and from 2013 she worked in the Mala Jin in Gir kelegê. She has been active in the women’s movement Kongra Star since 2014, being a coordinating member until 2017 and subsequently speaker in Gir kelegê. From 2017, she participated in the establishment of the the education committee of Kongra Star and then worked in that field for five years. She plays an important role in the establishment of women’s academies and in the education of women and society, in order to free the mentality from the influence of capitalism and the patriarchy. Since 2021, she has been one of the founding members of the Kongra Star ecology committee. She has been working in the Kongra Star committee for democratic relations and alliances since 2023.
