Researcher talking about women's revolutions: We need to mobilize women's awareness and organization

The popular uprising that erupted in Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) and Iran, following the killing of the Kurdish young woman, Gina Amini, in mid-September of last year, at the hands of the Iranian state’s morality police, under the pretext of not adhering to the conditions of the veil, an important turning point in the history of a country ruled by a totalitarian regime. .

Women participated with momentum in the wave of the uprising, which adopted the slogan "Jin, Jiyan, Azadî" (Women, Life, Freedom), as a main slogan in events and activities calling for an end to the violations against women in Rojhilat and Iran by the Iranian state authorities. More than 300 people, including at least 41 children, have been killed in the brutal crackdown, according to Amnesty International.

"The issue of women is an issue of society"

Director of the Center for Gender Studies and Sudanese researcher, Neamat Koko, believed that the main basis for revolutions and women's movements around the world is that the issue of women is considered the issue of society, and that women cannot achieve themselves and contribute to change and rely on them with their aspirations, opinions and goals without linking their daily struggle to the struggle of peoples For freedom, peace and justice.

She pointed to another main pillar of the women's revolution, or as she described it as the "feminist movement", "which is linking this movement with the idea of comprehensive change," adding, "That is why we motivate revolution and change, that is, without the revolution bringing about any complete change, women cannot feel she feels that there is a return to this revolution, and therefore what is required is that we link this struggle, the goals of the movement, and women's issues with the issues of society and change the structure and institutions that perpetuate this persecution and discrimination.

She emphasized addressing "fundamental issues that are very closely related to women's issues," noting that these issues are related to "freedoms, democracy, democratization, and building democratic institutions," and that they are "linked to an integrated development project, whose strategic goal is to achieve equality, and it is not possible to talk about equality unless between men and women apart from social equality.

"The women's movement in Iran was inevitable."

Neamat considered the uprising that Iran is witnessing as a "natural scene", as Neamat said, "Women in Iran have no options but to mobilize their forces and restore their historical role in the path of change in Iran."

She explains: "What is happening in Iran was expected, and the women's movement in Iran had to happen. In my opinion, women in Iran have regained their position once again. The scene is not that women in Iran revolted against injustice and against state violence, but rather they regained their revolutionary position, Now, its march will continue as long as it sees on the horizon state violence manifested in all its levels, whether it is at the level of laws, culture, or the political level, or at the level of the state's religious hegemony.

Regional variants

Neamat pointed out that the common link of what the regions of north-eastern Syria, Iran, Africa and others are witnessing is that these regions are located "in mobile societies, responding to regional and international changes that are very closely related to the conditions of women," and she said: "We have drawn the social map of the revolution in the North African region And the Middle East, including Iran and Syria, we find that women are at the forefront of the revolution due to the huge amount of injustice and oppression that they suffered from, and therefore the idea seemed clear that without comprehensive cultural and social change and a change in the political structure, women’s aspirations and rights cannot be achieved in life as a human being and as a citizen."

She emphasized that women in all revolutions were in the front ranks, including Sudan and Iran, because they "took it upon themselves to preserve their historical rights that they possess," explaining that "historically, if we notice, women's movements were based on elites, but the revolutions in the social map in the Middle East completely reflected this concept, and women from all social classes were at the forefront of the revolution, because this determines their future, their destiny and their rights, and they took the initiative to take away their rights.”

Neamat drew attention to the experience of women in the Autonomous Administration, and how the "leadership academies" paved the way for women's capabilities with their awareness and interest in their cause and the cause of the Kurdish people, saying: "The Kurdish issue, if it is not resolved, the issue of women will not be resolved, and if women do not become free in their society, they will not be able to speak." About a free society, and therefore this is a level of awareness, which I see as very advanced and typical of how the Kurdish women's movement was able to start from the bases and create a women's movement with clear demands related to the issues of the Kurdish revolution and their movement in the region.

T/ Satt.

ANHA