AMED - Caroline Förster, one of the internationalist young people who came to Amed, drew attention to the struggle of Kurdish women and said: "The struggle here is an example for the internationalist women's struggle."

 

Internationalist young people who came to Turkey to attend the congress of the Green and Left Future Party (Green Left Party) in Ankara on October 15 are visiting Kurdish institutions in Istanbul and Amed(Diyarbakır). The team consists of approximately 15 people and includes women from France, Italy and Germany. Internationalist young women Caroline Förster and Fran Cesca Fabozzi talked about how the Kurdish women's struggle affected European women.

 

'KURDISH WOMEN ARE FIGHTING AGAINST PATRIARCHY'

 

Caroline Förster from Germany stated that the Kurdish women's movement has an important place in the world women's struggle. Förster said: "Although the conditions of struggle are different, the Kurdish women's movement, like the internationalist women's movement, is struggling against patriarchy. Kurdish women find the co-presidency model very important. It is important to produce solutions from a women's perspective with this model."

 

Referring to the slogan "jin, jiyan, azadi", which is a philosophy in the Kurdish women's struggle, Förster said: "This slogan is very important. It is a slogan that calls for the freedom of women all over the world. It has been a slogan that has been widely voiced in recent years. Many women have joined the women's struggle carried out here with this slogan spreading around the world. It is very important for women to fight for their freedom. The struggle here is an example for the internationalist women's struggle. We can expand this struggle all over the world."

 

'IT WOULD BE INCOMPLETE TO LIMIT THE STRUGGLE TO GEOGRAPHY'

 

Italian internationalist women Francesca Fabozzi said that political circles in Italy were discussing Democratic Confederalism and the Rojava Revolution, and that this created sensitivity in her towards the Kurdish movement. Fabozzi said: "It would be a deficiency to limit the struggle of the Kurdish women's movement to geography because this struggle will determine the course of the struggle all over the world. When we know the unique struggle of each country, our awareness of ourselves increases and our women's struggle becomes stronger."

 

Stating that what she learned about the Kurdish women's struggle raised awareness in her, Fabozzi said: “As an internationalist, I also feel the responsibility to do something. I think everyone should feel this responsibility. As we chant the slogan of Kurdish women, 'jin, jiyan, azadi', we look into each other's eyes and feel the power of struggle within us."

 

'THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO REACH THOSE WHO THINK DIFFERENTLY'

 

Fabozzi continued: "The most important thing for me is to reach out not only to those who think the same as us, but also to those who think differently. To communicate and interact with women from all walks of life. We are all faced with the danger of capitalism and liberalism. As all women, we must fight together against these."

 

MA / Müjdat Can