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• Women in Hesekê open Inanna Textile Workshop as part of 8 March activities 

  The Inanna Textile Workshop opened in the neighborhood of Neşwa in Hesekê as part of the activities for 8 March.
• Jineoloji Academy organises conference on combating sexism in Vienna 

  The Jineoloji Academy will organize the "Conference on Combating Sexism" tomorrow Sunday, in Vienna to advance the struggle for women's freedom and social equality.
• Exhibition provides support to women returning from Hol Camp 

  An exhibition in Raqqa provided support for women who recently returned from Hol Camp.
• TJA launches International Women's Day events in Şırnak 

  Women from Botan organized an event for International Women's Day, protesting femicide and marching toward freedom.
• Growing support for KJAR's campaign 'No to Death, Yes to Free Life' in Latin America 

  The 'No to Death, Yes to Free Life' campaign launched internationally by KJAR has received great support in Latin American countries, especially in Argentina.
• Syrian Women's Council prepares for National Congress 

  The Women's Council is preparing to hold a National Women's Congress to ensure the protection of women's rights in Syria’s future.
• YJK-E holds fifth congress in Darmstadt 

  The Kurdish women's organization YJK-E discussed the current political situation and its own work at its fifth congress in Darmstadt.
• DEM Party's women co-mayors: We will be in the squares on 8 March! 

  DEM Party's women co-mayors vow to take to the streets on 8 March to strengthen their struggle for freedom.
• Zenubiya Women's Community calls for urgent action for the Kurdish women on death row in Iran 

  Zenubiya Women's Community called for urgent action for three Kurdish women sentenced to death by the Iranian regime.
• TAJÊ: Iraq is legitimizing the ISIS mentality of marrying off nine-year-old children 

  The Yazidi Women’s Freedom Movement (TAJÊ) expressed its opposition to a law amendment by the Iraqi parliament, as it is directed against women and society and legitimizes the ISIS ideology.
• REPAK calls for resistance against the ‘Personal Status Law’ approved in Iraq 

  Adoption of the ‘Personal Status Law’ will deepen sectarianism and further violate the unprotected rights of women and children, said REPAK and warned that Yazidi women are under the threat of a new ISIS genocide due to the Iraqi state’s policies.
• DEM Party Women's Assembly condemns the police attack against MP Newroz Uysal in Van 

  DEM Party Women's Assembly condemned the police attack against MP Newroz Uysal in Van, saying: “We will not submit to the fascist male power that tries to spread fear with the trustee coup and torture. We will never step back.”
• Iranian Writers' Association calls for annulment of death sentences for Warisha, Pakshan and Sharifa 

  The Iranian Writers' Association has called for the death sentences of Warisha Moradi, Pakshan Azizi and Sharifa Mohammadi to be annulled.
• KJK: The resistance in Van is the Kurdistan struggle for freedom  

  The KJK called on all of Kurdistan to resist for freedom against the trustee in Van.
• TJK-E calls for participation in Strasbourg march for Öcalan's freedom 

  The TJK-E has called on everyone to join the march which will take place in Strasbourg on 15 February under women's leadership, urging people to turn ‘Black Day’ into a ‘Day of Freedom.’
• Thousands of women protest the international conspiracy in Qamishlo 

  In Qamishlo, thousands of women marched to condemn the international conspiracy and demand the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Jineoloji workshop in Johannesburg 

  A workshop was organized in Johannesburg by the Jineoloji Academy. Many women's organizations and groups attended the meeting.
• Çiğdem Kılıçgün Uçar: Abdullah Öcalan produces solutions for the future of the country 

  TJA organized a march in Van under the slogan “Women are marching to freedom”. Police staged a brutal crackdown on the demonstrators and detained many by use of violence.
• 18 detained in police attack on women demonstrating for peace in Van - UPDATED 

  In Van, the police attacked a march organized by the Free Women's Movement (TJA) with the slogan “Women marching to freedom”. 18 people were violently taken into custody.
• Preparations for 8 March actions begin in Istanbul  

  The March 8 Women’s Platform held a press statement in front of Süreyya Opera House in Kadıköy to protest the overturning of the sentence of Pınar Gültekin’s murderer and to officially launch the preparations for International Women’s Day. A banner readin
• Qamishlo Women’s Congress publishes final declaration 

  The final declaration of the Women’s Congress in Qamishlo has been published. The declaration includes proposals related to political, legal, economic, social, educational, and academic matters.
• Co-mayor of Dersim sentenced to prison for speeches against usurpation of municipality 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide campaign against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continues unabated.
• KCDP: 33 women massacred in January 

  According to the report published by the KCDP, 33 women were murdered by men in January, while 32 women died under suspicious circumstances.
• Neslihan Şedal: Special war policies deepen women's poverty 

  The co-chair of the GABB, Neslihan Şedal, said that ongoing conflicts, special war policies, and the usurpation of municipalities by trustees have deepened women's poverty.
• Warisha Moradi: Iranian regime targets society, but people's resistance will prevail 

  Kurdish political prisoner Warisha Moradi, who has been sentenced to death in Iran, said: "They are trying to condemn the entire society to oppression and execution. But the truth is that resistance will ultimately prevail."