Jineology
Sign in to savethumb|275x275px|Asia Ramazan Antar (1998–2016) was a feminist and a [[Women's Protection Units (YPJ) fighter]] Jineology () is a form of feminism and of gender equality that was advocated by Abdullah Öcalan, the representative leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the broader Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) umbrella. From the background of honor-based religious and tribal rules that confine women in Middle East societies, Öcalan said that "a country can't be free unless the women are free", and that the level of women's freedom determines the level of freedom in society at large.
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- History
- Definition and ideology
- Jineology in practice
- Criticism
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
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thumb|275x275px|Asia Ramazan Antar (1998–2016) was a feminist and a [[Women's Protection Units (YPJ) fighter]] Jineology () is a form of feminism and of gender equality that was advocated by Abdullah Öcalan, the representative leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the broader Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) umbrella. From the background of honor-based religious and tribal rules that confine women in Middle East societies, Öcalan said that "a country can't be free unless the women are free", and that the level of women's freedom determines the level of freedom in society at large.
Jineology is a component of democratic confederalism, a philosophy underpinning the governance of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (also known as Rojava).