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• Women of North-East Syria rally in solidarity with the YPJ 

  In many cities in northern Syria, women have taken to the streets to demonstrate their support for the YPJ and to protest against violence against women.
• Women Defend Rojava platform founded in Vienna 

  A "Women Defend Rojava" platform has been founded in the Austrian capital. The activists want to support the women's revolution in Rojava and defend their values.
• Two awards for late murdered Kurdish politician Hevrin Xelef  

  Two awards were given in Italy to the late Kurdish woman politician Hevrin Xelef, who was brutally murdered by Turkish state-linked mercenaries.
• Panel of Rojava Women's Revolution in Toulouse 

  TJK-F organized a panel on the Rojava women's revolution at the Democratic Kurdish Community Center in Toulouse.
• Kongra Star: Effects of Turkish invasion on women and children 

  The Kongra Star Statistics and Research Committee visited the wounded or the families of those women who lost their life as a result of the Turkish invasion to establish more in depth information about the situation of civilian women and children.
• 1,200 women subjected to violence in occupied Afrin 

  Afrin Human Rights Organisation reports that 1,200 cases of abduction, rape, sexual violence and murder of women by Turkish-backed militias have been reported to them since the occupation of the canton in March 2018.
• WDR Barcelona: Invasion in N. Syria is also patriarchal violence 

  Women from different backgrounds gathered in Barcelona to mark November 25 under the motto "feminist self-organization against sexist violence".
• Clara Zetkin monument decorated with YPJ flag 

  Kurdish Youth Leipzig decorated the Clara Zetkin monument with a YPJ flag to honour the women's rights activist and show solidarity with the resistance in Rojava.
• 54 women murdered in North Kurdistan in one year 

  The Human Rights Association has said that 54 women were killed in one year in Northern Kurdistan. The report noted that women were also subjected to violence and rape by the police.
• Women in Sweden took to the street to demand the end of violence 

  Women took to the streets in Stockholm, Öreboro, Linköping, Motala and Norköping, condemning patriarchal violence.
• Women marched in Amed and Dersim 

  Women in Northern Kurdistan were in the areas to mark 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
• Women in Taksim: Not One Less 

  Thousands of women joined the march organised in Taksim by the 25 November Women's Platform. The women said loud and clear: "We cannot tolerate to lose another person".
• Women take to the streets across North and East Syria 

  Numerous women rallied across North and East Syria to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
• Protests against feminicide banned in Northern Kurdistan 

  While people all over the world are taking to the streets today to send out a message against violence against women, all public activities have been banned in Kurdish cities in Turkey.
• YPJ: We struggle in the way of our martyrs and Mirabel sisters 

  “We come to the 25th of November in a historical time of struggle. Once again history repeats itself, in the stories of our comrades Hevrîn, Dayika Eqîde and Amara,” said the YPJ.
• Jinwar: May our resistance be a milestone in history 

  In memory of the women who gave their lives in the struggle for a free life without violence, the inhabitants of the women's village Jinwar in Northern Syria made a declaration marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
• KCDK-E calls for joint resistance against violence against women 

  KCDK-E greeted the resisting women on the occasion of 25 November and pointed out that the Turkish state and ISIS mentality is a threat to women.
• YJAD and FEDA: Let's unite against the male mentality! 

  YJAD and FEDA called "on all women, especially Alevi women to unite in a common voice".
• Women of the village of Avşîn organised 25 November action 

  Women in the village of Avşîn in Elegez (Armenia) held a press conference to mark 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
• 'Our struggle will continue until we stop women murders' 

  The We'll stop Women Murders Platform and Women's Assemblies organized an action and march in Kadıköy İskele Square to mark 25 November, International Day of for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
• Brussels and the Hague became purple 

  Thousands of women marched to mark 25 November in the Belgian capital Brussels while a seminar was held in the Hague, the Netherlands.
• Istanbul police detain 7 people distributing leaflets for 25 Nov. 

  Six of the seven detainees are women.
• War Veterans Federation appeals on women to join 25 Nov. demos 

  The Federation of War Veterans of Northern and Eastern Syria called for active participation in the events to take place on 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in the spirit of Hevrîn, Amara and Avesta.
• Kongra-Star and women’s movements on the 25th November 

  “Women’s resistance is the struggle for love of freedom.”
• Women’s workshop in Qamishlo: Silence kills! 

  A workshop against violence against women is taking place in the Qamishlo city today. The event is organised by the Women's Coordination of the Autonomous Administration in the Cizire region and is attended by women lawyers and human rights activists.