Mother’s Day – While flowers, gratitude, and appreciation take center stage, one reality often remains invisible: violence against women – up to and including femicide and matricide.
Those who truly want to honor mothers must protect women. Appreciation requires more than one day. It requires safety, respect, and change.
No flowers without change.
The escalation of the armed conflict between Iran and the US and Israel particularly affects Kurdish women: female fighters from opposition parties in camps in northern Iraq (Bashur), political prisoners in Iranian prisons, and civilians in Rojhilat, the Iranian part of Kurdistan. The pattern is not new, but the war has given it renewed urgency and increased brutality.
Dieser Artikel klärt über den Genozid an der Bevölkerung von Dêrsim von 1937/1938 auf. Er analysiert den historischen Hintergrund des Verbrechens und zeigt insbesondere die Gewalt gegen Frauen auf. Bitte lies mit Bedacht.
Research shows that mothers and fathers who kill their children follow fundamentally different patterns. Maternal filicides occur predominantly shortly after birth, often in the context of poverty, isolation, and mental illness. Paternal filicides, by contrast, more often involve older children and are almost always linked to separation, intimate partner violence, or an attempt to regain control.
The YPJ are part of the Syrian Democratic Forces (QSD/SDF) and gained international recognition during the fight against the so-called Islamic State (IS). For tens of thousands of women in Northern and Eastern Syria, the YPJ are far more than a militia. They embody a political project that has enabled women’s protection, self-determination, and social participation. Today, the threats to the YPJ are multifaceted.
Çarşema Serê Nîsanê – one of the oldest and most sacred festivals in human history. It is not merely a New Year’s celebration. It is a moment when, according to Yazidi belief, creation was completed, and the spiritual and natural worlds came closest to each other.
