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The women of Kurdistan stand in solidarity with the women of Ireland – and call for a Yes vote to Repeal the 8th
Kurdish resistance fighters talk to ROSA GILBERT about how international solidarity bolsters women’s struggle against capitalism and patriarchy
Commanders in the International Freedom Battalion, Imira (left) and Bilhak (right), Showing solidarity with Irish women

AS Ireland prepares for its referendum tomorrow on the constitutional amendment prohibiting free, safe, legal abortion, women and health workers in Rojava have expressed their solidarity with Irish women’s right to choose. 

With the exception of the Vatican state and Malta, Ireland has the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe and exceeds Saudi Arabia and Qatar in its restrictions on women’s rights to basic reproductive health. 

Since Syria has similar restrictions to Ireland, I interviewed a number of activists, revolutionaries and healthcare workers in Rojava, the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Syria, where abortion is now accessible thanks to the revolution.

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