More than 80 percent of the fighters of the PKK and PJAK are women. During the war of liberation from daesh being fought today in Syria and in Iraq the formations of the two groups are at the forefront. The political idea behind the military political movement is that as long as there is only one people or one human being oppressed no one can be said to be free. For this reason, these women and men consider their struggle a struggle for freedom of all peoples and not just the Kurdish people. The PKK and PJAK are fighting today against Daesh and against the Syria, turkish and Iranian army. Their bases in the mountains of Qandil, between Iran and Iraq, are almost unattainable and constantly under attack. these women are studying and fighting for an idea of social revolution that affects all peoples. A society in which men and women are truly equal and complementary. These are their stories.
PKK and PJAK women
PKK and PJAK women
More than 80 percent of the fighters of the PKK and PJAK are women. During the war of liberation from daesh being fought today in Syria and in Iraq the formations of the two groups are at the forefront. The political idea behind the military political movement is that as long as there is only one people or one human being oppressed no one can be said to be free. For this reason, these women and men consider their struggle a struggle for freedom of all peoples and not just the Kurdish people. The PKK and PJAK are fighting today against Daesh and against the Syria, turkish and Iranian army. Their bases in the mountains of Qandil, between Iran and Iraq, are almost unattainable and constantly under attack. these women are studying and fighting for an idea of social revolution that affects all peoples. A society in which men and women are truly equal and complementary. These are their stories.
