Emergency Committee for Rojava

Building solidarity with the women-led revolution in Rojava / NE Syria. We demand political recognition for AANES and an end to Turkey's occupation. Join us!

[Emergency Committee for Rojava @defendrojava]

Join us May 30th for the launch of our 📚Summer Study Group Series 📚 The Colonization of Kurdistan: History, Political Economy, and Gender, which we are co-hosting with our friends @CityKurds and the Kurdish Gender Studies Network.

RSVP:
https://t.co/3WwG4ONkig

[Kongra Star Women's Movement Rojava @starrcongress]

The Rojava Center for Strategic Studies (NRLS) will host a panel discussion on “The Status of Women and Their Future in Rojava,” addressing women’s participation in military, political, and civil institutions, their achievements, and legal rights. 📅 June 3, 2026 | 🕗 8 PM (Zoom)

[The Amargi @the_amargi]

Meghan Bodette of the Kurdish Peace Institute says a recent agreement in northeastern Syria stopped mass displacement, but civil and political rights, especially for women, remain at risk.

Full interview here: https://t.co/JgKv6Ed1z6
Interview by @elifxeyal

[Emergency Committee for Rojava @defendrojava]

We are all YPJ

[FREEDOM for ÖCALAN 🕊️ @Vigil4Ocalan]

★ #WeAreAllYPJ ★
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[Rojava Information Center @RojavaIC]

A new piece in @thenewregion by @vvanwilgenburg quoted RIC researcher Ghassan Bazo concerning recent elections in North and East Syria (NES):

"Even after recent unity talks many core disagreements remain unresolved."

Read the full article here:
https://t.co/tGAxXKPHH7

[Meghan Bodette @_____mjb]

Yesterday, Kurds held demonstrations against the exclusion of the YPJ from the Syrian army.

Many women I've spoken to fear that this signals the start of a broader effort to remove women from the public sphere altogether.

[YPJ Information & Documentation Office @YPJ_Info]

"Whether they accept us or not - our people accept us!"

YPJ spokesperson Ruksen Mohammed speaking at the demonstration today in Heseke.

#WeAreAllYPJ

[إبو riah @_R14h3bu]

In Qamishlo and Hasakah, thousands of people, led by women, took to the streets to show support for the YPJ!

The YPJ, which fought for years against the barbarity of ISIS, a scourge on the whole world, is the pride of humanity.

@YPJDefense

[Emergency Committee for Rojava @defendrojava]

May 31st is a global day of action in #solidarity with Rojava's Women's Protection Units (YPJ)
#WeAreAllYPJ
https://t.co/npzhK4xOG1

[The Amargi @the_amargi]

Devlet Bahçeli has led MHP since 1997. His party called for Öcalan's execution and killed every peace process it could.
Now he's reshaping Turkish politics in ways nobody saw coming.
Journalist Ezgi Başaran explains who he really is.
https://t.co/LTkhw2kWRF
🎙️ @elifxeyal

[The Amargi @the_amargi]

Viyan Devrim, a Kurdish fighter from Qamishlo, says change once felt impossible. "As a woman, it was almost like a fantasy regarding the things we couldn't do." Years later, facing a government that refuses to recognize the YPJ, she says: "We are here and we will remain.

[Emergency Committee for Rojava @defendrojava]

📢Don't forget to join us *THIS SATURDAY* for our next study group session on the colonization of Kurdistan.
RSVP below...

[Emergency Committee for Rojava @defendrojava]

Join us May 30th for the launch of our 📚Summer Study Group Series 📚 The Colonization of Kurdistan: History, Political Economy, and Gender, which we are co-hosting with our friends @CityKurds and the Kurdish Gender Studies Network.

RSVP:
https://t.co/3WwG4ONkig

[Aliza Marcus @AlizaMarcus]

More condemnation from PYD /Rojava officials of the election held in Kurdish areas of Syria (voting was indirect via a type of electoral college, seems it gave PYD &backers little to no chance of winning seats)

[Meghan Bodette @_____mjb]

This election shows what a small group of predominantly men over age 40 who were chosen by the government think about each other. That isn't really representative of the views of any community or party at all.

[Meghan Bodette @_____mjb]

Only one woman -- a Kurdish ENKS candidate -- will go to parliament to represent northeast Syria, out of eight seats across Qamishlo, Hasakah and Kobane.

Under the DAANES, women made up no less than 40% of deliberative bodies by law.

What a loss.

[Rojava Information Center @RojavaIC]

[THREAD]

1/ Today, a number Kurdish political parties gathered to voice concerns over the “Syrian People’s Assembly elections,” questioning whether the process reflects inclusive political representation.

[The Amargi @the_amargi]

Turkey’s Kurdish peace initiative is entering a more structured phase, with public confirmation of state talks with the PKK leadership and new institutional proposals from nationalist leader Devlet Bahceli. ✍️ @serpgnes
https://t.co/9Q5KMBm0rM

[The New Region @thenewregion]

Senior Rojava official Elham Ahmed said that studying the Kurdish language for only two hours per week as an elective module, in keeping with Syrian education ministry guidelines, is "not right," stressing "Kurds should study their mother tongue," Rojava-based media reported on Sunday

[The Amargi @the_amargi]

#New: What does Öcalan’s “democratic integration” really mean?
Joost Jongerden writes on Öcalan’s call to move beyond armed struggle, the limits of Turkey’s “terror-free Turkey” framing, & the Kurdish search for democratic politics beyond the nation-state.
https://t.co/x7TWuPpudb

[Meghan Bodette @_____mjb]

Bad news on YPJ integration. Also, this is a nonsensical claim. There's no Syrian law restricting military posts to men, and the Constitutional Declaration guarantees equality before the law and state institutions. So why would women need a separate legal framework?