Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality City Theatre staged the play “Jîn” as part of events marking 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

Activities organised by the Department of Women and Family Services for 25 November are continuing. Within this scope, the Metropolitan Municipality City Theatre (DBŞT) performed the play “Jîn” at the Çand Amed Culture and Congress Centre.

Transport support was provided by the municipalities for women wishing to attend the event. Around 250 women watched the play, including those who receive services from women’s life centres affiliated to the Department of Women and Family Services and from solidarity centres run by central and outlying district municipalities. A film screening was organised at the same time for children who came with their mothers.

The play “Jîn”, which uses body language to tell the story of women’s struggles and ways of coping with grief, was followed with great interest. At times visibly moved, the audience frequently applauded and expressed their support with traditional ululations. The performers received a standing ovation at the end of the play.

‘Our belief in a free tomorrow is immense’

Following the performance, Özden Gürbüz Sümer, Head of the Department of Women and Family Services, thanked the actors for a performance which, on such an important day, reminded women of a future free from violence. Emphasising that a life without violence in the face of male-dominated power structures can only be achieved by coming together, strengthening solidarity and expanding the struggle, Gürbüz Sümer said:

“Today many of our district municipalities have carried out important work to ensure participation in our programme. The fact that such activities are carried out jointly and in a spirit of solidarity is undoubtedly very valuable. Our belief in a free tomorrow is immense.”

Drawing attention to the ongoing femicides, Gürbüz Sümer added:

“Our determination to further strengthen our struggle and our organising, more than ever before, in order to prevent new killings will continue.”