Thread by @CommuneInt

Some days ago we visited a local Commune in Derîk & spoke about the institution of "Mala Jin", the Women's Houses and their works.
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Mala Jin provides a place where women can turn for help, support, referral, advice and protection. The first women's shelter was opened in Qamişlo in 2011, after years of preparatory work by the Women's Movement in the underground.
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The women who work there on a voluntary basis described to us the case of a woman who had been beaten by her husband and had come to the women's house recently in search of a solution.
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She stayed in MalaJin while members of the women's movement confronted her husband. Intensive talks with him took place over a longer period of time, aimed at creating awareness of his misconduct. At her own request, the youngwoman returned to her home after this intervention
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Apparently, she still comes to Mala Jin regularly to talk to other women about her daily life. Her husband is reasonable, she said. There have been no physical assaults since then.
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While mediation&reconciliation is their most visible work, Mala Jin also organizes educations for both women& men. These trainings help raise awareness around the negative social consequences of various practices on society, such as underage marriage & aim at empowering women
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Despite all the difficulties, despite the war and the embargo, the women's movement always managed to take pragmatic steps to improve the situation of women, to educate, empower & organize them. Now these achievements are again threatened by a Turkish invasion. #RiseUp4Rojava
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Further read about the concept of Mala Jin:
womendefendrojava.net/en/2022/02/03/…
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