NEWS CENTER - In the panel on women's struggle on the second day of the Lausanne Conference, it was emphasized that the struggle of Kurdish women has reached the stage where they will lead the world.

 

The conference, which was held in the Beaulieu Congress Hall (Salle de Congrès de Beaulieu) in Lausanne, where the treaty was signed, continues on the second day of the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne, which divided Kurdistan into four parts, under the leadership of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK). On the second day of the conference, firstly, a panel on “Assessment of Colonialism from the Perspective of Kurdish Women” was held. In the panel moderated by Kurdê Omer and Seher Aydar, Münevver Azizoğlu from Bremen University and Nermin Osman, responsible for Women's Institutions in Silêmani, spoke.

 

'KURDISH WOMEN'S STRUGGLE IS HISTORIC'

 

Making a short speech at the panel, Seher Aydar said: "The unique struggle of Kurdish women is historical and has reached a stage where it will lead the women's struggle in the world, especially in the Middle East. In the results of the Treaty of Lausanne, the Kurdish people were exiled and made to emigrate. Their language and culture were banned, subjected to assimilation. A great genocide was carried out on Kurdish women. Women have been subjected to these policies throughout history.”

 

THE PHILOSOPHY OF 'JIN, JIYAN, AZADI' 

 

Underlining that Kurdistan was disintegrated with the treaty signed in Lausanne 100 years ago, but the people of Kurdistan never saw or accepted this treaty as legitimate, Panelist Münevver Azizoğlu said: "Kurdish women oppose this agreement with their project and paradigm. Kurdish women started a struggle against the Lausanne Treaty, which is also the massacre of women, with PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan's philosophy of "jin, jiyan, azadi".

 

Nermin Osman, one of the panelists, touched upon the effects of the problems created by the Treaty of Lausanne in Kurdistan and the Middle East on women. Giving examples from history, Nesrin Osman said that the identity problem of the Kurdish people in the states in which they were divided constitutes the tradition of Kurdish women's struggle. Osman explained the struggle of Kurdish women in the historical development of the language and culture of the Kurdish society by giving examples.