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How equal are men and women in kurdish societies?

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They are equal but not as in Western countries. There are some areas where life is disaster for women. The women have all the rights as on men, there are some exceptions of course but the difference is not significant anymore. read more

In Turkey the Kurdish women's rights are much better than in other parts of the Kurdistan, because Turkish laws are the most equal to the women compared to other Muslim countries. Due to the conflict between PKK and Turkey, Turkey has left the Kurdish areas poor and tried to control them on all the possible methods. read more

Ridiculing a rich culture that produced the remarkable dresses that Kurdish men now wear as a protest and rejecting women as human beings of equal worth speaks volumes of the sexist, misogynist and chauvinistic fascist mentality of the Iranian regime. read more

Kurdish women in the Eastern region of Kurdistan are not only fighting against the Islamic regime that oppresses all women living under the harsh government of Iran but they are also working towards equality within their own Kurdish society by becoming more involved in politics and activism. read more