Perspectives on Healthcare in Rojava
Channel: Edinburgh Anarchist Feminist Bookfair
Date: 2020-07-18

Part of the Edinburgh Anarchist Feminist Bookfair 2020.
https://edinburghafb.org/

Heval Merrivan is the doctor at Jinwar (the women's village)
Heval Gûneş is a combat medic, currently based in Jinwar.
Şevger is Scottish nurse who is working with the local health structures in Rojava.

The questions they have been asked to consider are:

How are the principles of women's liberation, ecology and democratic confederalism being integrated with health in Rojava?

In Europe, a good healthcare system is seen as one of the plus points of having a centralised state.  How does a non-state healthcare model look in Rojava?

There has been outrage in the UK recently over how the healthcare system ignored women suffering from vaginal meshes and certain drugs. Is care women-centered in Rojava and if so how?

What are the main challenges you face in healthcare in Rojava?

What does healthcare look like on the front lines?

How has COVID-19 been in Rojava and has the response differed from that of a capitalist state?

Does healthcare in Rojava differ from regime controlled parts of Syria?

Does natural medicine and physiotherapy play much of a role in health in Rojava?

What are the future plans for health in Rojava?

How can people outside Rojava best support health projects or specifically women's movement projects?