Jineology

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Jineology ( Kurdish (Kurmancî) : jineolojî ), the "science of women", also known as " Kurdish feminism ", is a form of feminism developed by the leader of the Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Öcalan and its umbrella organization Koma Civakên Kurdistan ( KCK), is advocated. It is also one of the political principles in the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria ("Rojava").

Basic assumptions

Öcalan said that a country is only free if women are free, and that the degree of freedom of women also defines the degree of freedom in society. The PKK 's Women's Liberation Ideology sees Jineology as a fundamental scientific term that closes the gaps that current social sciences could not close. Jineology would be developed on the principle that without the freedom of women a society cannot call itself free.

Word origin

In Kurdish , the word jin means "woman", but it also has the root jiyan , which means "life". The word was first used by Öcalan in his book Sociology of Freedom.

Political practice, consequences

Asia Ramazan Antar , Kurdish feminist and YPJ fighter

The quota of women in the Kurdish militia YPG who fight against the Islamic State (IS), against the Turkish armed forces and against the FSA supported by Turkey in the conflict over Rojava is 40%. Women fight both with men in the People's Defense Units (YPG) and in their own Women's Defense Units (YPJ). At the YPJ women study the political theories of Öcalan, on whose ideology the group is based. There is also political gender equality, which in practice means that the municipal councils in the PYD-controlled areas in Syria are at least 40% women and that all leadership positions in politics, universities, the police and the military are held by one Man as well as a woman.

In Turkey, the political parties HDP and BDP practice this political equality between the sexes. Both parties have a husband and wife as co-chairs.

Jineology is one of the courses offered at the Kongreya Star Women's Academy. Jineology is taught in Kurdish community centers in Turkey and Syria, where women are taught about women's liberation and self-defense (in relation to honor killings , rape and domestic violence ), and where female victims of domestic violence are helped. Jineology has been included in the curriculum of the high schools in Afrin and Kobane. A two-year course in Jineology can be taken at Rojava University.

The Kurdish Jineology Committee is a committee by and for women that was founded by the PKK. The aim is to create democracy, socialism, ecology and feminism.

Jineology's goal of abolishing religious rules that oppress women is a source of controversy in conservative parts of northern Syria.

Fonts

  • Abdullah Öcalan: Liberating life: Women's Revolution. Cologne, Germany: International Initiative Edition, 2013. ISBN 978-3-941012-82-0 . ( online (PDF) )
  • Abdullah Öcalan: Killing the Male.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b c d e Benedetta Argentieri: These female Kurdish soldiers wear their femininity with pride , Quartz (publication) . July 30, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2016. 
  3. ↑ a b c d e Benedetta Argentieri: One group battling Islamic State has a secret weapon - female fighters , Reuters . February 3, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2016. 
  4. ↑ Benedetta Argentieri: Women vs. the Islamic State: The Kurds have a secret weapon against brutal jihadists - female fighters , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . February 8, 2015. Accessed November 26, 2016. 
  5. ↑ Meral Düzgün: Jineology: The Kurdish Women's Movement . In: Duke University Press (Ed.): Journal of Middle East Women's Studies . 12, No. 2, July 2016, p. 284.
  6. ↑ Anna Lau, Erdelan Baran, Melanie Sirinathsingh: A Kurdish response to climate change . openDemocracy . November 18, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  7. ↑ Jineolojî Committee Europe: Jineolojî . Ed .: Mezopotamien Verlag und Vertriebs GmbH. 1st edition. 2018, ISBN 978-3-945326-73-2 , pp. 3 .
  8. ↑ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-ria-turkey-rebels/fsa-commander-says-25000-syrian-rebels-back-turkish-force-in-syria-idUSKBN1FA0OK
  9. ↑ Luke Mogelson: Dark Victory in Raqqa (s) . In: The New Yorker , October 30, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2018. 
  10. ↑ Petra Ramsauer, Rakka: Visibility in the Utopia of the Syrian Kurds | NZZ on Sunday . In: NZZ am Sonntag . 
  11. ^ Rod Nordland: Crackdown in Turkey Threatens a Haven of Gender Equality Built by Kurds (en-US) . In: The New York Times , December 7, 2016. Retrieved January 29, 2018. 
  12. ^ A b Lucy Clarke-Billings: The Women Leading a Social Revolution in Syria's Rojava . In: Newsweek , October 6, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016. 
  13. ↑ a b Jineolojî Academy: Education and research to expand the concept of freedom - JINEOLOJI. Retrieved on July 27, 2018 (Swiss Standard German).
  14. ↑ Charlotte Maria Sáenz: Women Up in Arms: Zapatistas and Rojava Kurds Embrace a New Gender Politics . In: The WorldPost , The Huffington Post , March 18, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2016. 
  15. ↑ Syrian Kurds tackle conscription, underage marriages and polygamy . In: ARA News . November 15, 2016. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 30, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / aranews.net