The word Jineolojî is composed of the Kurdish words jin and lojî, which mean woman and science. Since the word for woman is closely connected to the words jîn/jiyan, meaning to live/life, it is translate as the science of women and life.
The journey of this new science began in Kurdistan in 2011. Since then, countless discussions, debates and research projects have been carried out within it’s framework. This is how the foundations of Jineolojî were laid.
Abdullah Öcalan was the one who first used the term in his book Sociology of Freedom, published in 2008. He writes:
“I believe that a movement for women’s liberation, equality and democracy represents the key to solving our social problems, and such a movement must be based on a women’s science, known in Kurdish as Jineolojî.”