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• YPJ: We dedicate the Raqqa victory to Öcalan and all the women 

  YPJ Commander Nesrin Abdullah said; “YPJ has been a hope for all the women of Syria during the Raqqa campaign, defending women from Kurdish, Arabian and other nations and all religions and planting seeds of brotherhood among peoples.”
• The University of Rojava starts Jineology programme 

  The University of Rojava in Qamishlo starts Jineology (Women Studies) programme for the upcoming semester that starts on October 16.
• Kurdish female guerrillas challenge the Turkish army in Barzan 

  The intensity of the actions by female guerrilla forces YJA Star proves the AKP’s propaganda against Kurdish guerrillas wrong. We witnessed how desperate Turkish soldiers were against female guerrillas in Barzan region (*).
• YJŞ forces rescue another family from ISIS in Raqqa 

  Shengal’s Women’s Defense Units YJŞ who have been involved in the operation to liberate Raqqa rescued another family from ISIS gangs.
• "Êzidî women are taking vengeance with the Leader’s philosophy" 

  The YJŞ Command has condemned the international conspiracy against Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan enacted on October 9, 1998.
• 27 women from Deir ez-Zor join SDF 

  39 female fighters completed their military training in Martyr Ruken Academy and deployed to their units. 27 of them are from Deir ez-Zor.
• First female fighters of Idlib 

  Jaysh al-Thuwar (The Army of Revolutionaries) will form the first woman military unit in Idlib. The group will be led by Dr Nadya Hasan, one of the first female fighters in the region.
• Woman prisoners of PKK and PAJK to resist against prison uniforms 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners in Gebze Women’s Prison declared that they will resist against the proposed prison uniform policy by Erdoğan regime.
• Women defy the cycling ban in Mariwan 

  The head of the Islamic Republic of Iran who boasts of challenging the world is cudgelling his brains over a group of women riding bicycles in Mariwan city recently. Defying the ban, women launched a bicycle activity called "Green Tuesday".
• Joint declaration from 100 women’s organizations for freedom 

  Women are uniting against the laws the AKP government of Turkey tries to pass. About 100 LGBT+ and women’s organizations have put their signature under a joint declaration saying, “These laws cannot just be passed for an equal and free life”.
• 42 female fighters join the ranks of Manbij Military Council 

  42 female fighters have completed the Martyr Amara Jarablus training cycle in the Martyr Roksana Academy and joined the ranks of Manbij Military Council.
• Meetings on Jineology continue in Argentine 

  The Women's Committee in Solidarity with Kurdistan in Argentine has organized a series of events titled "A new paradigm for our freedom: Jineology" on September 20 to introduce Jineology, science of women advocated by Abdullah Öcalan.
• Demonstration for justice for Sakine, Fidan and Leyla in Paris 

  Dozens of women joined the weekly demo demanding justice for three Kurdish revolutionaries Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez who were murdered in French capital Paris in 2013.
• HDP presents report on ‘Women's Rights Violations in Turkey’ 

  HDP Parliamentary Group Deputy Filiz Kerestecioğlu presented a report titled "Women's Rights Violations in Turkey" on Monday at the meeting of the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
• Thousands of women protest feminicide and violence in Mexico 

  In Mexico thousands of women took to the streets to protest against feminicide. According to official figures 5 women get killed in Mexico every day, and 60% of women suffers violence.
• Freed from ISIS, Koçerin is fighting for the women of Deir ez-Zor 

  Koçerin was rescued from ISIS and then joined the ranks of the YPJ, and now she is part of the Operation Cizire Storm. Koçerin says she took a step out of a dark world into the light, and calls on all women to join the ranks of the YPJ.
• YPJ fighter in Deir ez-Zor: We will avenge all our martyrs 

  Nazlıcan Fırat, one of the YPJ fighters in the Operation Cizire Storm, stated: "Regardless of how massive their attacks against us might be, and regardless of how grave we might get injured, we will avenge all of our martyred comrades."
• YPJ/YJŞ flags wave proudly in Raqqa as revenge for all women 

  Raqqa was the so-called capital of ISIS. When the YPJ took a leading position in the Operation to Liberate Raqqa, they vowed to avenge the women fell victim to massacres. Now flags of the YPJ and YJŞ are fluttering in the wind in Raqqa's city centre.
• Female fighters plant flags in Raqqa center 

  Female fighrers of the YJŞ and YPJ in the Raqqa operation have planted their flags together in the city center. Fighters say Raqqa will soon be fully liberated.
• YPJ fighters: We will liberate the women of Deir ez-Zor, too 

  YPJ fighters in the Operation Cizire Storm said: “We are fighting for not only the women of Deir ez-Zor, but for the freedom of women anywhere they face enslavement.”
• “It is a sacred duty for the YPJ to defend and free all women” 

  Women's Defense Units (YPJ) is participating actively in the Operation Cizire Storm with its fighters leading the offensive for the liberation of Deir ez-Zor from ISIS.
• Jailed Co-mayor of Lice transported to Van with her sick child 

  Lice Co-mayor Rezan Zuğurli, who was jailed on August 17, was transferred from Amed to Van T Type Prison. Zuğurli's one-year-old sick baby was also taken to Van in a high security prisoner transfer vehicle.
• "YPJ is playing a leading role in Raqqa" 

  YPJ fighter Sarîna Bêrîtan spoke about the role of the women in the Operation to Liberate Raqqa and said: "In Raqqa, the YPJ has undertaken the role of leading the society". Bêrîtan stated that they want to fortify this leading position of theirs.
• 68 female prisoners in Bayburt Type M Prison suffer torture 

  Nudem Duran, held in Bayburt Type M Closed Prison, told her family in a visit that herself and other female prisoners are subjected to violence and torture.
• Sumac harvesting in Qandil brings the women together 

  The harvest of sumac in the villages of the Qandil region is bringing all women together.