Editing Gender equality (section)

====Political gender equality====
Two recent movements in countries with large Kurdish populations have implemented political gender equality. One has been the Kurdish movement in southeastern Turkey led by the [[Democratic Regions Party]] (DBP) and the [[Peoples' Democratic Party (Turkey)|Peoples' Democratic Party]] (HDP),<!-- The apostrophe is correctly placed. The party is pro-minority, and the name is also translated as Democratic Party of the People{{uu|s}} --> from 2006 or before.
The mayorships of 2 metropolitan areas and 97 towns{{citation needed|date=January 2018|reason= The citation was to [[2014 Turkish local elections]]. See [[WP:CIRC]] and [[Talk:Gender equality#new section Political Gender Equality|Political Gender Equality]].}} are led jointly by a man and a woman, both called co-mayors. Party offices are also led by a man and a woman. Local councils were formed, which also had to be co-presided over by a man and a woman together. However, in November 2016 the Turkish government cracked down on the HDP, jailing ten of its members of Parliament, including the party's male and female co-leaders.<ref name=Nordland>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/world/middleeast/turkey-kurds-womens-rights.html |title=Crackdown in Turkey Threatens a Haven of Gender Equality Built by Kurds |last=Nordland |first=Rod |date=2016-12-07 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2018-01-23 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2019-02-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227131020/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/world/middleeast/turkey-kurds-womens-rights.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

A movement in northern Syria, also Kurdish, has been led by the [[Democratic Union Party (Syria)|Democratic Union Party]] (PYD).<ref name=Mogelson>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/06/dark-victory-in-raqqa|title=Dark Victory in Raqqa|last=Mogelson|first=Luke|date=2017-10-30|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=2018-01-23|issn=0028-792X|archive-date=2018-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414174302/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/11/06/dark-victory-in-raqqa|url-status=live}}</ref> In northern Syria all villages, towns and cities governed by the PYD were co-governed by a man and a woman. Local councils were formed where each sex had to have 40% representation, and minorities also had to be represented.<ref name=Mogelson />