About the Exchange
The exchange session will highlight Kurdish women's historic and ongoing roles in ecological farming, land stewardship, and community resilience—particularly through the lens of ecofeminism and Jineolojî. From ancestral seed-saving practices to the creation of Jinwar, a women-led ecological village in Rojava, this session reflects on how Kurdish women resist colonialism, patriarchy, and ecological degradation by cultivating life, knowledge, and solidarity.
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About the SSE Practitioner
Halwest Karim is a Kurdish woman from the resilient mountains of Kurdistan and a genocide survivor of the Anfal campaign, She carry a lived history of displacement, resistance, and ecological destruction. She is currently pursuing a PhD focused on the ecological and gendered impacts of the Green Revolution through an ecofeminism perspective. With a background in economics and a deep commitment to environmental justice and women’s rights, Halwest is presently serving as president of the Azadbun Organization in Sulaimanyah, Kurdistan Region or South of Kurdistan—working to protect natural species and promote ecological awareness. Her work integrates Kurdish struggles with global movements, bridging personal history and collective futures through the language of Jinolojy and ecofeminism.
About the Organizer
The Solidarity Economy Working Group is one of the thematic groups that blossomed during the 2023 GTA Assembly in Kenya. Our group's purpose: Sharing experiences and considering what binds us to together/get to know localities and positionalities, especially in context of Solidarity Economies, along with developing relationships between initiatives, and collaborating. We want to engage in a visioning process, specifically visualizing what has been marginally visible.
