This chapter explores the gender negotiations of Dersimi women in social and political life to shed light on the complex interplay of family, gender, and activism in both local and transnational spaces. Taking multiple factors into consideration, including religion, ethnicity, and history, it aims to understand how women navigate and negotiate their gender roles in family and community spaces; how these practices are transmitted and reproduced; and how gender norms are formed in contested regions where constant state violence shapes the cultural and political spheres, including alternative spaces of rights, claims, and performances of citizenship. Drawing on interviews with Dersimi women in Dersim, Istanbul, and London, the chapter deals with the diverse dynamics that shape the construction and transmission of gender perceptions and practices among Alevi Kurds. The narratives of women consistently reveal an ongoing struggle against patriarchal norms and gender inequalities within familial, social, and political spheres. However, their involvement in various forms of activism, which creates a new social context for women, catalyzes transformative change, forcing more equitable and inclusive relationships both inside and outside the family.