HDP Deputy cuts off her hair in solidarity with woman against male violence
Turkey’s pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) lawmaker Oya Ersoy cut off her hair in solidarity with all women around the world who lost their lives because of male violence and the ones resisting it.
“We want equality and freedom in Iran, Turkey and everywhere and we chant; woman, life, freedom,” Ersoy said during a press briefing she held in the parliament on Wednesday.
Erkek egemenliğine karşı nasıl yaşayacağımıza biz karar veririz!
— Oya Ersoy (@OyaErsoy) October 5, 2022
Mahsa Amini, Nika, Nagehan Akarsel, İlksen Tüzün ve erkek devlet şiddetiyle katledilen tüm kadınlar için...
İran'da, Türkiye'de tüm dünyada özgürlük istiyoruz!
Jin Jiyan Azadi!
Kadın Yaşam Özgürlük!#MahsaAmini pic.twitter.com/WYoEsqW5d0
Thousands took to the streets in Iran protesting 22-year-old Mahsa Amini’s suspicious death following her arrest for allegedly violating Iran’s hijab law last month. Spreading to as many as 80 cities, women were at the forefront of the demonstrations, waving and burning their headscarves and cutting off their hair. Iranian authorities escalated a violent crackdown on the protestors, killing dozens and arresting many more. According to Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO), at least 154 protestors, including nine children have been killed by Iranian security forces during the demonstrations.
During her speech, Ersoy also expressed solidarity for those women in Turkey who had been “killed by state violence,” that she identified as another type of male violence.
“We are the ones who decide how we live against male domination,” she said.
Women all around the world are showing solidarity with Iranian women by cutting off their hair.
On a latest occasion, Abir Al-Sahlani, an Iraqi-born Swedish member of the European Parliament cut off her hair during a speech in the EU assembly on late Tuesday, Reuters reported.
"Until Iran is free, our fury will be bigger than the oppressors. Until the women of Iran are free, we are going to stand with you," she said.
Dozens of French actresses, including Juliette Binoche, also shared videos of cutting locks of their hair on Instagram.
