(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #248 - Kurdish women
"breaking Theory" and "jineoloji" (fr, it, pt) [machine translation]
If the Kurdish women's movement clearly wants to destroy patriarchy and refers to the
experiences of the feminist movement, strives to build an original theory, adapted to the
context of Kurdistan. ---- The Kurdish theory of women's liberation is called "theory of
rupture". Its main principles are: to act independently of man; rely on his own strength;
reveal his gender awareness; create own organizations to women. Women's liberation is
considered the foundation of the struggle for democracy, the condition sine qua non for
release of capitalism. ---- The arming of women is justified in the first place, for
self-defense against the system of male domination. Indeed, the rupture theory also
includes a draft "action of women for human transformation". ---- This means fighting
against man in mixed organizations and not leave him no choice but change.
Found an autonomous research
Jin means women in Kurdish. The jineoloji is the "woman of science." She wants to raise
gender awareness among women by their unique experiences at the center without state
subsidies and relying only on their own strength. The jineoloji wants to converge the
experiences of women of the world, rather than accept the Western-centered feminist theory
and suffer the androcentric research centers affiliated to the University and the State.
Against the University Academies women
The male hegemony in the scientific field has indeed too often leads to finding
pseudo-scientific alibis to the position of "second sex" given to women. Today the
University is thus one of the main representatives of patriarchy. We must challenge the
established truths and focus research and the writing of the history of woman by herself.
In this area too, is a genuine need for self-defense. That's why we were instituted "women
academies", which conduct their own research in all directions, including criticizing the
notions of aesthetics and beauty built the expense of women.
Arin Mirkan
Arin Mirkan is the collective pseudonym chosen by the editors of this article, the
Collective solidarity activists Kobanê women. This is a tribute to Arin Mirkan, YPG
fighter fell to Kobanê October 5, 2014.
http://alternativelibertaire.org/?Femmes-kurdes-Theorie-de-rupture
