One of the highlights of the Redécouvrir Françoise d’Eaubonne symposium, held on November 16, 17 and 18, 2022 at the Université de Caen and the Institut Mémoires de l’Édition Contemporaine, was the conference Imaginer le monde demain avec Françoise d’Eaubonne, presented by Vincent, matrimoine dégoupilleur.

“Imagining tomorrow’s world and building ecofeminist coalitions was Françoise’s dream: to see women take power, not to reproduce it in a mirror image of patriarchy, in a system of domination in reverse, but to destroy it, and she wished to see the advent of “non-power to women so that the planet can green up for all”. This requires coalitions on a planetary scale”.

On this occasion, Pauline Langlois and Sarah Marcha from the Centre de Jineolojî in Brussels introduced us to Jineolojî. What is Jineolojî, the “science of women”? The term is made up of the Kurdish word “jin”, meaning woman, which shares its root with the word for life, “jiyan”, and the word “loji”, which comes from the Greek, “logos” meaning discourse, reason, science. The Centre’s website gives a more elaborate presentation, highlighting that :

“Jineolojî aims to bring out social dynamics and engrave them in the spirit of the times. In a revolutionary perspective, it aims to undertake society, without categorization, so that it serves its own dynamics. She believes in the ability of women to freely decide what to do, who to be and how to live in this society.

Pauline Langlois and Sarah Marcha explained the science of women and life developed by the Kurdish women’s movement since 2011, and its connection with Françoise d’Eaubonne.

The video of the conference is available on the Centre’s website. (Translated with www.DeepL)