23.04.2025

Female Marketer Rukiye Balkış: If given the opportunity, women can do any job

Jiyan Women's Neighborhood Market, established in 2013 in the Bağlar district of Diyarbakır with the aim of increasing women's participation in economic life, has become both a space of solidarity and a place of resistance over the years. Only women were allowed to work at the market opened in Bağcılar Neighborhood, while priority was given to women who were victims of violence and low-income. This market, which opened with over 200 stalls, quickly became a source of income for many women.
22.04.2025

The story of 27 years of longing: Delîl Dîlanar

Before Delîl Dîlanar became known for the beauty of her voice, she was just a wedding guest. The Kurdish song she sang at a wedding in Muş was a turning point in her life. After this song, Dîlanar was forced to leave the land where she was born and raised due to oppression, but her real musical journey was just beginning.