"For a year, Yazidi women have been portrayed by the media as helpless
rape victims. Ignored is the fact that the women have armed themselves
and now mobilize to defend their community and build democratic
autonomy. As one Yazidi fighter said, “this is a revolution. The
atmosphere of Rojava has reached Shengal.”"
Having suffered a traumatic
genocide, Yazidi women on Mount Sinjar mobilize their autonomous armed
and political resistance with the PKK’s philosophy.
genocide, Yazidi women on Mount Sinjar mobilize their autonomous armed
and political resistance with the PKK’s philosophy.
