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• 5th Festival in memory of Ivana Hoffmann held in Germany 

  The fifth edition of the festival dedicated to German internationalist Ivana Hoffman was held in Duisburg city of Germany.
• Women move to the highlands for summer in Van 

  When the temperatures in Van rise, people move with their cattle to the highlands. Despite state prohibitions, the women preserve their culture.
• Zilan and Anna Women's Festival kicks off in London 

  The 16th annual Zilan Women's Festival, held traditionally in London, will begin today and will end on Sunday.
• Italian feminists visit Manbij Women's Council 

  A feminist delegation from Italy visited the women's council in the North Syrian city of Manbij.
• Women in Shengal speak out against child marriage 

  In Iraq and South Kurdistan there has been an increase in sexual assault against women and children, killings of women and suicide. 
• Success of the third Rojbîn Women's Festival  

  The message underlined the importance of this festival which "gives women an opportunity to share their political, cultural, political and social messages."
• PAJK Coordination member: Women are the subjects of struggle 

  "Öcalan did not postpone the question of women like Lenin or Marx, or dealt with it superficially. He defined women as subjects of struggle and always gave them a leadership role."
• Literacy course for women in Raqqa 

  The course will be attended by 90 women and last six months.
• Third Fidan Doğan (Rojbin) Women's Festival kicks off in Paris 

  Today, the Fidan Doğan (Rojbin) Women's Festival will be held in Paris.
• Leyla Güven: We are fighting for our future 

  DTK co-chair and HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven sent a video message to the International Zilan Women’s Festival and said: “Isolation was broken by those sacrificing their life.”
• Women protest against male violence in Amed 

  In Amed, women took to the streets to protest against male violence. Several women have been murdered in the Kurdish metropolis in recent weeks.
• Another social leader killed in Colombia 

  The Fundación Social Cordoberxia denounced the murder of social leader María Del Pilar Hurtado Montaño, 34, in Tierralta, Córdoba (Colombia).
• 15th Zilan Women Festival in Leverkusen 

  The 15th Zilan Women Festival will be held today at the Arena Hall in Leverkusen, Germany.
• White headscarves mothers: Let's ensure the freedom of Öcalan 

  White headscarves mothers said that “now our struggle is to ensure the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and honorable peace.”
• British woman came to Amed to learn Kurdish 

  Cvane, who came to Amed in 2015 and loved the city, returned again this year to learn Kurdish.
• Zilan Women Festival will be held on Saturday 

  The 15th Zilan Women Festival will begin on Saturday 22 June at the Arena Hall in Leverkusen, Germany.
• “Sara’s struggle is the struggle of the women of the world” 

  The 6th Sakine Cansiz Women’s Festival concluded with women chanting slogans of resistance and freedom. Throughout the festival, women stressed that the joint struggle must be increased.
• “We want to draw our strength from ourselves” 

  The spokeswoman for the women's movement in Sheikh Maqsoud talked to ANF about the establishment of the Women's Assembly of Northern and Eastern Syria, saying; "Let's get our strength out of ourselves, out of our resistance and become stronger as women."
• New alphabetisation course for women in Raqqa 

  A new alphabetisation course for women opened in the neighborhood of Teyar in Raqqa.
• Şema Ednan: We'll resist Turkish attacks in South Kurdistan 

  Şema Ednan, a member of Tevgera Azad Association, which operates in Southern Kurdistan, said that they won’t remain silent and will oppose Turkish occupation.
• “Öcalan holds the key to the issues in the Middle East” 

  Raqqa Women’s Administration members called on international human rights organizations to fulfill their responsibilities to ensure freedom for Öcalan.
• TJA: Nesrin Sotudeh must be released now 

  Free Women’s Movement (Tevgera Jinen Azad - TJA) said human rights defender and lawyer Nesrin Sotudeh imprisoned in Iran must be released immediately.
• Activists in Biel dedicated a street to Sakine Cansız  

  Sakine Cansız was dedicated a street by activists in the Swiss town of Biel.
• “Women’s struggle entered a new phase” 

  Kongreya Star Coordination Member Heyfa Erebo said the women’s struggle entered a new phase with the Northern and Eastern Syrian Women’s Assembly Founding Congress.
• Kurdish women joined the strike in Switzerland 

  Demonstrations have been held in Basel, Luzern, Bern, Zurich and many other Swiss cities.