The Women’s Assembly of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party issued a written statement condemning the ...

Families whose children joined the PKK (Kurdish Workers Party), hold their images as they sit in front of the headquarters of the Equality and Democracy (DEM) Party after the PKK announced its ...

Some varieties of Kurdish, such as Sorani, are written in the Sorani alphabet, an Arabic-derived script, while the Kurmanji ...

“There are 2,000 Dagestani women without children in the Al-Hawl and Roj camps, which are under Kurdish control in Syria,” said L., a Dagestani woman recently rescued from Al-Hawl, a sprawling ...

The Culture and Tourism Ministry has blocked the theatrical release of Rojbash, a film that tells the story of a group of Kurdish stage actors reuniting after 25 years.

The women’s assault was staged to appear as if they were Arab women being abused by Kurdish captors, according to witnesses. A recording of the assault was then posted on social media as propaganda.

Four women have been charged with armed rebellion against the state in Iran in recent months. Three of the women have been accused of having ties with opposition Kurdish groups based outside Iran.

Academies and foundations to further women's rights and as many as 27 centers to help women facing domestic violence or financial hardship have opened in Kurdish Syria since 2014.

Nubohar Mustafa is proud of what her leaders and fellow activists have done for Kurdish women in northern Syria.

Meet the Female Peshmerga Fighters Taking on ISIS The female members of the Kurdish peshmerga Zeravani unit, say they are the fighters ISIS fears the most.