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Week 3

The 17 October Protests, commonly referred to as the 17 October Revolution, are a series of protests in Lebanon that began after the Lebanese cabinet announced tax measures on 17 October 2019.

Week 6

From a legal point of view, the treaty gave the legislative power to France, alongside the control of military defense, foreign policy and jurisdiction. The Moorish government exercised authority solely in Moroccan or Islamic affairs.

FINAL PROJECT

Women’s revolution in Rojava
Rojava is famous for its attempt at overcoming gender inequality and improving women’s rights. In the Rojava Revolution, women’s participation has achieved a lot of media attention in recent years. A lot of Kurdish women bound their power, gathered their weapons, and served in the mobile company of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) on the front line in Syria. The revolution in Rojava is mainly caused by the underlying dominant ideology, namely a secular egalitarian ideology. Influenced by the ideology of Abdullah Öcalan, women have taken up their arms and have been fighting for a liberated Kurdistan. Ideologies that include an active fight for gender equality lead to the equal inclusion of women in military positions.

Within the Kurdish forces, and especially regarding its leadership tasks, there is an unprecedentedly high prevalence of female fighters. The YPJ is a unique case where women embody a substantial part of the overall military force. The traditional belief, that combat is a male-dominated area and women simply are victims of that fact, is thereby compromised.

Underlying ideologies
Main article: Democratic Confederalism

See also: Jineology

A strong political ideology, namely the Democratic Autonomy concept of Abdullah Öcalan, has had a major impact on female empowerment (Burç, 2020). Öcalan, political activist and founder of the PKK, has the belief that a society needs to make decisions with consent from all members (Öcalan, 2017b). A nation should be based on this kind of democracy, as well as ecology and women’s freedom (Öcalan, 2017b). Öcalan brought the concept of Democratic Confederalism to life, which encouraged a move away from patriarchal nationalism (Düzgün, 2016). Within this concept, feminism, specifically jineology (the science of women), is central to the social revolution taking place in Rojava. All YPG and YPJ fighters and Asayish have the study of jineology as part of their training, and it is also taught in community centers.

Women's houses [edit]
In every town and village under YPG control, a women's house is established. These are community centers run by women, providing services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and other forms of harm. These services include counseling, family mediation, legal support, and coordinating safe houses for women and children. Classes on economic independence and social empowerment programs are also held at women's houses.

Banning of child marriages and honor killings [edit]
Efforts are being made to reduce cases of underage marriage, polygamy and honor killings, both socially as well as through legislation forbidding these practices.

Women's leadership [edit]
Within the Kurdish forces, and especially regarding its leadership task, there is an unprecedented high prevalence of female fighters. A 40% gender quota is required of all councils in order for a vote to take place.