Free Kurdish Women’s Festival in London on 28, 29 and 30 June
* Once more Roj Women will be celebrating a year of Kurdish women’s struggles.
* On 28, 29 and 30 June London will host the 10th Kurdish Women’s Festival by Roj Women with a programme full of discussions, music and sisterhood.
There are various reasons why Roj Women keeps putting every effort to organise this festival for the past 10 years. First of all it is a great networking event for many Kurdish women, a time to connect and socialise but also to find out about activities and services they can access, and to feel they are not alone in their private (but common) struggles, including domestic violence, isolation and parenting difficulties.
Not just women, but the Kurdish community overall benefits from the event, having access to debates with key (female) political figures as well as to culture activities (music, dance, and other art forms). Along with Newroz celebrations, this is a major Kurdish event in London.
Beyond the usefulness for the actual participants, the festival fulfils a role for the Kurdish women's movement, giving it visibility in the UK and showing that we are active and internationally connected, that we offer services but that we are also political and demand change and transformation.
For Roj Women the festival is a bastion of our identity and one we hope we'll manage to sustain over the years despite the financial difficulties we are facing.
Visit Roj Women's blog for the full programme: http://rojwomen.com/2013/06/19/free-kurdish-womens-festival-in-london-coming-up-soon/
For more information email rojwomen@gmail.com
-- Roj Women's Association
31-33, Dalston Lane. London, E8 3DF
www.rojwomen.com <http://www.rojwomen.com>
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