Self-Defense Means Political Autonomy! The Women’s Movement of Kurdistan Envisioning and Pursuing New Paths for Radical Democratic Autonomy

Dilar Dirik ()
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Dilar Dirik: International Representation of the Kurdish Women’s Movement

Development, 2017, vol. 60, issue 1, 74-79

Abstract: Abstract The Kurdish women’s movement is involved in an active militant struggle against ultra-patriarchal groups such as ISIS, but also in the process of mobilizing a popular movement for feminist social justice, change, and autonomous self-determination. This article describes the ideological and organizational principles of the women’s movement and argues that political consciousness and autonomy resulted in the elaboration of a radical freedom concept in Kurdistan.

Keywords: Kurdish women; Political autonomy; ISIS; Self-defence; State violence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1057/s41301-017-0136-3

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