Women for Justice e. V., the Interkulturelle Werkstatt e. V. and the Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Hamburg have been organising a series of events in Hamburg since August 2024 under the title “Ten years after the genocide against the Ezidis | Remembering – Coming to terms – Consequences”. The event formats were diverse: Exhibitions, lectures, film screenings and discussion events.

The Hamburg series will be concluded on 30 June 2025 with the placing of commemorative plaques on the trees at 4.30 pm and a public event on the topic of “Culture of remembrance and diversity” at 6 pm. Preparations for this event are ongoing.

All dates and the idea behind the series of events can be viewed here.

Picture: Ute Coujad

As part of the “1 Tree 4 Sinjar” campaign, further actions are planned by Women for Justice e.V. and FC St. Pauli in spring 2025.

Among other things, the two trees that were planted at the Millerntor Stadium in November 2024 will be supplemented by a memorial stone.

In addition, seedlings and flower seeds are to be given away to fans at a St. Pauli match day in and around the stadium to commemorate those missing from the genocide in Sinjar in 2024 and to honour the memory of those murdered.

Further information and exact dates will follow.

On 4 April, as part of the “1 Tree 4 Sinjar” campaign, tree seedlings will be handed over to four different institutions in Hamburg, which will plant them in their outdoor areas in memory of the murdered but also the still missing Yazidis (Ezidis).

All dates and the idea behind the series of events can be viewed here.

On 3 May, as part of the cooperation with 1. FC St. Pauli regarding the “1 Tree 4 Sinjar” campaign, poppy seeds will be given away at the home game to draw attention to the genocide of the Yazidis (Ezidis).

The beginning of the New Year in Yazidi (Ezidi) culture is in April and this is also the time of the poppy blossom in the Sinjar region. Preparations are currently underway for this fantastic gift campaign.

All dates and the idea behind the series of events can be viewed here.

As Women for Justice e.V., we are continuing to work on the digitalisation of our travelling exhibition “ÜBERLeben”. So far, all interviews have already been recorded as audio recordings by a large number of different women.

In co-operation with a Yezidi folklore artist, the selection and recording of an appropriate musical accompaniment was carried out. To this end, a project entitled “Culture connects – musical stories” took place, in which participants had the opportunity to deal with the genocide-feminicide in an artistic and cultural way and to express their feelings.

The post-production and editing of all recordings has also been completed. We now want to combine sound and image by April and complete the digitisation of the exhibition.

In recent weeks and months, Women for Justice e.V. has held various discussions with political actors and embassies on the current situation of the Yazidis (Ezidis) in Syria and Iraq. We have also jointly analysed the significance of current events for the Sinjar region. Among other things, an exchange took place with the Syrian Ezidi Association.

The active members of Women for Justice e. V. meet regularly to discuss plans and preparations for the current year. In a concentrated atmosphere, creative new ideas are always spun and plans that have already been started are continued.

We are full of enthusiasm and motivation for our plans for 2025 and are very much looking forward to working with our diverse project partners and all the people we meet through our activities.

We understand meetings with female survivors as the basis of all our work. We have been meeting female survivors from Sinjar (Şengal) both as inviduals and in groups. Besides social care and legal advice, we try to find out methods to enable Yazidi (Ezidi) survivors to make their own decisions in life here in Germany.