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. . WOMEN’S EQUALITY . . <\/p>\n

An article from Women Defend Rojava<\/a><\/p>\n

The first congress of the Regional Democratic Women\u2019s Coalition in the Middle East and North Africa (NADA) took place in Suleymaniya [Iraq] on May 15th, 16th, and 17th, 2025. Around 200 women from 19 different countries participated, including representatives from Kurdistan, Afghanistan, Palestine, Iran, and others.<\/p>\n

This congress was a strategic event for women and society in the Middle East and North Africa, as well as an important step toward building a global women\u2019s confederation. Below is the final declaration of the congress.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are currently undergoing a period of significant transformation, marked by dramatic changes in all areas and unfolding amid intense developments at both the regional and international levels. While unjust policies and practices have deepened the devastating impact of these transformations on women, they have also opened up new and significant opportunities.<\/p>\n

In this context, the NADA Alliance held its first post-foundation congress on May 15\u201317, 2025, in the city of Sulaymaniyah in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, under the slogan \u2018Towards a Democratic Society Based on Women\u2019s Revolution.\u2019 The congress brought together hundreds of women activists, organizations, and institutions from across the Middle East and North Africa (including Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Mauritania, Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, Turkey, Iran, Syria, and Afghanistan). The participation of women from Arab, Kurdish, Syriac, Assyrian, Armenian, Amazigh, Persian, Afghan, and Yazidi (\u00cazid\u00ee) communities represented the unity of women across the region\u2019s immense cultural diversity.<\/p>\n

The congress sessions focused on core theoretical issues related to the exclusion and injustice faced by women in the Middle East. The third world war currently unfolding in the region was described as a silent genocide against women: massacres, forced displacement, abduction, and the use of women as tools of war, as seen in the atrocities committed against Yazidi women in Shengal in 2014, or in the ongoing devastation in Palestine over the past year and a half. Similar atrocities are taking place in Sudan and Yemen. These brutal wars are not only the product of democracy-deprived nation-states, but also the result of global capitalism\u2019s alliance with local political-religious powers. These dynamics, compounded by patriarchal laws, constitutional frameworks, and regressive social values, have further marginalized women.<\/p>\n

The congress also addressed the historical legacy of women\u2019s resistance and their struggle to uphold this legacy amid today\u2019s crises. Women have never stepped back; on the contrary, they have forged a powerful connection between the matriarchal culture of the past and the goals of contemporary struggle. The women\u2019s revolutions in Rojava, Sudan, Yemen, and Tunisia, as well as the \u201cJin, Jiyan, Azad\u00ee\u201d (Woman, Life, Freedom) uprising in Iran and Eastern Kurdistan (Rojhilat), are vivid examples of this continuity. The congress emphasized that a society based on women\u2019s freedom must be built upon a shared life rooted in equality between men and women.<\/p>\n

Participants thoroughly evaluated the current state of the women\u2019s struggle, the challenges it faces, and the opportunities that lie ahead. The discussions emphasized the importance of seizing available resources and historical openings to strengthen efforts toward building peace and establishing a democratic society rooted in the women\u2019s revolution. It was also stressed that regional alliances among women must be reinforced, and the need for collective resistance against patriarchal and anti-woman neoliberal coalitions was highlighted. The congress further underlined that women must have access to legal, constitutional, and security-based protection and defense mechanisms, particularly in times of war and conflict.<\/p>\n

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Do women have a special role to play in the peace movement?<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The congress emphasized that in response to the political dynamics of the third world war, it is essential to develop a unified political struggle led by women and to build global women\u2019s networks that can carry forward the universal legacy of women. The NADA Alliance was highlighted as a driving force in continuing the passionate women\u2019s revolution under the slogan \u201cJin, Jiyan, Azad\u00ee\u201d.<\/p>\n

On the third day of the congress, participants reviewed the past activities of the NADA Alliance, defined its strategic objectives, and established seven specialized committees to implement the alliance\u2019s projects.<\/p>\n

Participants reached a consensus on the following points:<\/p>\n

\u2013 To strengthen the NADA Alliance as a comprehensive women\u2019s platform grounded in human rights, embracing the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Istanbul Convention, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, and relevant regional protocols.<\/p>\n

\u2013 To adopt the Rojava and North and East Syria Women\u2019s Revolution Document and the Charter of the Global Democratic Women\u2019s Confederation as core references of the NADA Alliance, thereby reinforcing international solidarity among women.<\/p>\n

\u2013 To enhance women\u2019s organization and resistance for a society based on freedom, a life shared in equality between women and men, democracy, and social justice.<\/p>\n

\u2013 To struggle for a democratic society and peace built on individual freedom, free from extremism, and from ethnic, religious, or sectarian divisions.<\/p>\n

\u2013 To support Abdullah \u00d6calan\u2019s Call for Peace and Democratic Society, which centers on women\u2019s freedom.<\/p>\n

\u2013 To demand the release of women prisoners held in the jails of occupying forces and authoritarian regimes.<\/p>\n

\u2013 To stand in solidarity with the resistance of Yazidi women and offer support for their struggle.<\/p>\n

\u2013 To provide both national and international support to women\u2019s resistance in the face of war, occupation, genocide, displacement, demographic engineering, and sexual violence occurring across the Middle East and North Africa, particularly in Palestine, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.<\/p>\n

\u2013 To establish networks among women\u2019s organizations, promote the sharing of ideas, visions, and experiences, and address women\u2019s issues as a transnational human cause.<\/p>\n

\u2013 To ensure women\u2019s active participation in political decision-making processes and to strengthen their intellectual and social capacities.<\/p>\n

\u2013 To expand the work of the NADA Alliance through its local committees in each country and to reinforce joint actions on both local and regional levels.<\/p>\n

\u2013 To build a women-centered, independent media that amplifies women\u2019s issues and counters the male-dominated media narrative that degrades women.<\/p>\n

Long live the free women\u2019s struggle in the Middle East and North Africa!<\/p>\n

Long live the women\u2019s revolution! (Woman, Life, Freedom \u2013 Jin, Jiyan, Azad\u00ee)<\/p>\n

Regional Democratic Women\u2019s Alliance (NADA Alliance)\u201d<\/p>\n

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