We will welcome International Women’s Day with the motto, “We defend life against femicide, we defend freedom against isolation”, said TJA activist Zelal Bilgin. TJA will kick off its activities for women’s day in Şırnak and İdil on February 26.

Amed- Free Women’s Movement (TJA) will welcome the International Women’s Day with the motto, “We defend life against femicide, we defend freedom against isolation” this year. TJA will kick off its activities for women’s day in Şırnak and İdil on February 26. Then, the women will organize demonstrations, marches, meetings with women, seminars, panels, and painting exhibitions in many cities, particularly in Diyarbakır, İstanbul, Adana, Urfa, Mardin and Batman.

“We will draw attention to violence against women”

TJA activist Zelal Bilgin talked to our news agency about the activities of the TJA on International Women’s Day, March 8, “As women, we welcome the International Women’s Day this year while the violence against women is increasing. As women using their self-defense have been arrested, men inflicting violence against women have been released. Our program for the women’s day is full of activities and protests about violence against women, economic pressures, and unemployment.”

Women will come together in cities

Stating that women will say, “Justice for Women” in the cities Bilgin said, “Women from all regions will come together in Şırnak and Siirt on February 26. In these cities, policies such as harassment, rape, and discredit of the family are implemented, particularly by military personnel. We will focus on these special war policies. Then, we will kick off our activities for International Women’s Day in Diyarbakır on March 1. The problems faced by female prisoners are getting worse day by day. We will organize our activities about prisons in order to draw attention to female prisoners’ problems.”

They will visit village by village, district by district

Underlining that they aim to visit village by village, district by district against the formed femicide, Zelal Bilgin said they wanted to raise awareness in the region. “We aim to come together with women by organizing activities. Recently, one or two women are killed every day. We see this as gendercide. Gendercide has reached an unprecedented level. The ruling party has taken no step to stop gendercide. We have prepared a program to visit village by village and district by district. We will try to raise awareness of women in villages and cities. Violence against women increases day by day. The struggle of women’s organizations has been targeted by being terrorized. We will spend the week of March 8 organizing our activities against gendercide, violence against women, and poverty.”