Statement of YPJ International for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Oppressed Genders, 25 November, 2018

Kurdistan Solidarity Network

The Time is Now!

Today on the 25th of November, once again Women and oppressed genders all over the world are flooding the streets signifying with their different colors and bodies the end of an already too long patriarchal history. The time is now, we are not just demanding the immediate end of the world wide war against women, but we are ready to attack at the core of the system by creating a new free life.

For thousands of years we have been taught to be quiet, we have been taught that the only legitimate violence is that of the patriarchal state in all it’s different faces: police forces, army, borders and prison, family, church, medical and mental health institutions, labour system, school and so on. But we understand that a power that uses violence to oppress and repress the people can never be legitimate. We also recognize that…

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