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A women's revolution is taking place in Northern and Eastern Syria. But what does that actually mean?
Since 2011, a grassroots democratic project has been developing in Northern and Eastern Syria, ideologically rooted in the Kurdish freedom movement. Its guiding principle is the concept of Democratic Confederalism, which is based on gender equality, grassroots democracy and ecology. This process of social transformation is also referred to as a women's revolution. But what does this entail? The editorial collective conducted interviews with women who answer this question from their own perspectives and describe how the women's revolution is being put into practice. Central to their accounts is resistance as a lived experience, not only against military attacks on the region, but also against patriarchal structures within society. They report on organising in councils, building an alternative economy and why autonomous feminist organising is necessary to achieve this. In addition to providing a historical overview of the Kurdish women's movement and its ideological foundations, the book highlights the importance of feminist organising for a global perspective on social change.
The Editors
The editorial collective travelled from Germany to the regions of Northern and Eastern Syria in the winter of 2018/19 as a feminist delegation of the campaign "Gemeinsam Kämpfen" (Fighting Together), in order to gain a better understanding of what a women's revolution can mean.
