Latest editorial
A soldier from the Kurdish Women's Protection Units (YPJ)
[Kurdishstruggle/Creative Commons]
COMMUNISTS marked the 70th anniversary of the Kurdistan Women’s League yesterday, blaming Iraqi Kurdistan’s government for a sharp rise in femicide in the region.
The establishment of the women’s section of the Kurdistan Communist Party-Iraq was hailed as a major step in the struggle to transform a predominantly patriarchal society.
In Slemani, the party paid tribute to “all the brave women who have struggled in the past” against injustice and inequality.
Women’s fight against violence and legal erosion is central to building a democratic and just Iraq, says Dr SALMA SAADAWI
The civilian toll climbs past 1,000 as women, children and families are struck in their homes, schools and public spaces – a stark illustration of the human cost of war. AZAR SEPEHR emphasises that the future of Iran is solely determinable by the people of that country and them alone
