Kongreya Star

Each congress has embraced the decision to fight for the freedom of leader Abdullah Öcalan, whose democratic confederalism has become the guiding principle for Rojava and the Kongreya Star movement.

"[5] The main talking points for the Third Congress were how to stop the spread of prostitution and drugs, amongst other oppressions faced by women.

[5] Understanding the importance of self-administration, the Congress decided to create assemblies and communes, as well as elect a 31-member body that would serve as Rojava's coordination.

"[5] The Sixth Congress was held from February 25 to 26, 2016, with the overarching theme of "To build a democratic nation in women's color.

While they have empirical courses, such as language classes, their main focuses is teaching the ideals of democratic confederalism.

[6] The committee has five departments focused on research, training educators which can provide courses with their respective lectures for the women to attend.

[6] The economy committees are responsible for supporting the commune's cooperatives, especially those that require using common agricultural lands.

"[6] Kongreya Star believes that when women are given a proper education, not only will they be able to begin to dismantle power structures in which men dominate, but also play a more active role in society.

As Kongreya Star believes "emancipation can only occur when one knows oneself and one's history,"[6] having an accurate education that focuses on understanding the past and cultural conflicts is essential for the further liberation of women.

[6] The educational goals of Kongreya Star are centered around understanding and dismantling current structures and institutions of power.

In the classes, there is an emphasis on teaching how these systems of dominance came to be and how societies before them, especially during the Neolithic, Mesolithic and Paleolithic eras, were configured.

Kongreya Star believes that "societies which existed before patriarchal and hierarchical systems became predominant were centered on women.

For example, they often look at alternative ways of understanding language development, such as focusing on the importance of oral history and the effects of women singing and talking to their children from birth.

— Arin Khalil, Women's Economy Committee in Qamishlo[8]Jineology ('the science of women' in Kurdish) is a type of academic study that focuses on feminist epistemology and the re-learning of science, which is typically written and taught from a male point of view.

Through a series of questionnaires, data is collected to be summarized in a report and dispersed throughout the region by way of panel discussions and lectures.

[10] With the objective of training instructors, the Department of Trainer Education "defines the fundamentals of training, prepares objectives, presents facts, and provides an effective intellectual challenge so that trainers can learn how to effectively educate others and achieve better results.

The department prepares lectures on "culture, human rights, health, social and economic empowerment, management, gender equality, women's leadership, women's psychology, how to raise children, child marriage, how to use the internet, community values, hygiene," and more.

"[11] The committee seeks to pursue collective economy in the communes that "takes in complimentary support," and to build women's self confidence so that they may combat capitalism.

[11] The Women's Economic Committee holds training courses in the communes, designed to show an alternative to capitalism, with the goal of giving women the ability to "understand their true economic identity, realize that they could play an important part in the society's economy, and give an ecological culture to the economy and society.

During their careers, Kurdish media personnel faced legal punishment, threats, and occasionally even death.

There is also Kuncika Malame: a forum for readers and followers to share feelings, poems, memories and stories, as well as a space for mothers to discuss handicrafts.

"[13][14] In December 2017, in a collaboration between the Jin News Agency and other women's media projects, a live broadcast of Star FM was started.

Nonetheless, popularity grew over time as women came to understand that the institutions were there to support them and defend their rights.

[15] In November 2011, the first conference of women's houses took place under the slogan "Justice is a sacred social value.

[15] Hundreds of problem solving committees have been created in all communes, and are responsible for training people on the regional and local court systems.