Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
A mural in Vienna shows a Kurdish woman and the slogan of "Woman, Life, Freedom" (in Kurdish) A sign with the slogan written in Kurdish and English. Woman, Life, Freedom (Kurdish: Jin, Jiyan, Azadî, ژن، ژیان، ئازادی) is a slogan that originated within the women-led Kurdish movements.
Protests are raging in Iran after Mahsa Amini's death. Here's what to know about their rallying slogan and the 15,000 protesters who may face harsh punishments. Iranian Women Are Protesting, And ...
The slogan was popularized during women's marches in Turkey in 2006 in the Kurdish Freedom Movement, and reflects the idea of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, that "a country can't be free unless the women are free." [53] Kurds emphasize the Kurdish origin of the slogan, and its connection to Mahsa Amini's Kurdish first name—Jina. [53]
Better dead than Red – anti-Communist slogan; Black is beautiful – political slogan of a cultural movement that began in the 1960s by African Americans; Black Lives Matter – decentralized social movement that began in 2013 following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African American teen Trayvon Martin; popularized in the United States following 2014 protests in ...
Demonstrators hold up images of Mahsa Amini outside the Dom Cathedral in Cologne, Germany on Sept. 21, 2022. Amini, 22, died in custody after her arrest by Iran's morality police. ( Ying Tang ...
Protesters have gathered in central London to show solidarity with “the women’s revolution” in Iran sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death. Iranian-born women’s rights activist Maryam Namazie ...
The Iranian government hung up a giant billboard in Tehran showing about 50 prominent Iranian women with hijabs, under the slogan "women of my land". [132] However, within 24 hours, it was forced to take the billboard down due to complaints by the women in the poster or their relatives as they objected to being depicted as government supporters ...
Amini, 22, born in Iran's western province of Kurdistan, died in morality police custody in September last year after being arrested for allegedly flouting the Islamic Republic's mandatory dress code.