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• Narges Mohammadi: Iran wants women to step back 

  Nobel Peace Prize winner and political prisoner Narges Mohammadi said that the Iranian state wants to make women who support freedom step back with executions and take revenge for the 'Jin Jiyan Azadi' resistance.
• 'Rojava Kurdish Women's Initiative' to work for a democratic, multicultural, egalitarian Syria 

  A group of women in Northern and Eastern Syria said that they have established the 'Rojava Kurdish Women's Initiative' with the aim of taking an active role in the construction of a democratic, multicultural, egalitarian and free Syria.
• YJK-S: We will take to the streets to defend the women’s revolution 

  Kurdish women living in Switzerland are preparing to take to the streets to protest the attacks by the Turkish state.
• Women march to Kobane border in protest at attacks on Rojava 

  Following the "We Defend the Rojava Women's Revolution" forum in Suruç, women marched to the border with Kobanê and expressed their determination to defend the life built there at great cost.
• Men killed at least 378 women in 2024 

  According to the bianet monitoring report, in 2024, men killed 378 women.
• TEV-DEM calls for international action for Pakshan Azizi sentenced to death in Iran 

  Pakshan Azizi was sentenced to death on July 23, 2024 and has been held in Evin prison in Tehran since August 4, 2024. The death penalty handed down to her was upheld last week.
• Sakine Cansız: A symbol of resistance and determination 

  The women guerrillas who followed in the steps of Martyr Sara stand as symbols of resistance and determination against the attacks by the Turkish state.
• Halide Türkoğlu: We will continue to struggle  

  Halide Türkoğlu said that the Paris Massacre was part of the AKP-MHP government's plan to suppress the Kurdish movement.
• KBDH: Resisting women will win! 

  In a statement marking the anniversary of the Paris Massacre, the KBDH saluted the struggle of the women who were murdered in Paris and emphasized that resisting will win.
• YJA Star: We will continue the struggle of Sara, Rojbîn and Ronahî  

  On the 12th anniversary of the Paris massacre, the YJA Star Central Headquarters Command issued a statement vowing to continue the struggle of martyrs Sara, Rojbîn and Ronahî.
• Kongra Star: Women in North-East Syria will not back down from their legitimate struggle for freedom 

  Kongra Star commemorated Zenubiya Women's Community executive Kerem Ehmed El Sheheb El Hemed who was martyred in a Turkish attack, saying: “Women in North-East Syria will not give back down from their legitimate struggle for freedom and dignity."
• Twelve years ago, Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez were brutally murdered in Paris 

  On 9 January 2013, Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez were brutally murdered in Paris. They were hit in a place they considered safe, the office Doğan was going to every day to carry out do her meticulous, diplomatic work.
• YPJ fighter martyred in Turkish drone attack in Sirrin 

  “We will walk steadfastly on the path of the martyrs with the will of organized free women,” the YPJ said, vowing to realize the dreams of their martyrs with glorious victory.
• Death sentence against Kurdish activist Pakshan Azizi imprisoned in Iran upheld 

  A social worker, women’s rights activist, and a prominent figure in the fight against gender and ethnic discrimination, Pakshan Azizi was particularly notable for her struggle for the rights of Kurdish women.
• YPJ welcomes the message of support from Sahrawi women from southern Algeria 

  YPJ extends their warmest regards to all those participating in solidarity movements with the women’s revolution in northeastern Syria.
• Zeynab Jalalian: Freedom for Leader Abdullah Öcalan means freedom for all of us! 

  Prisoner Zeynab Jalalian said: "I invite you to fulfill your human duty by participating in the campaign for the physical freedom of Leader Abdullah Öcalan. His freedom will undoubtedly be the freedom of all of us, especially the struggling woman."
• Workshop in Heseke: “Every woman whose heart beats for freedom should fight and defend her country” 

  The Women's Consultation Workshop in Hesekê continues.
• Women's Consultation Workshop in Hesekê calls for unity for a free, equal and democratic Syria 

  The Women's Consultation Workshop is taking place in Hesekê under the slogan ‘We will build a democratic Syria through the unity of women’.
• 31 women executed in Iran in 2024 

  In 2024, two years after the start of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising, the Islamic Republic recorded the highest annual number of executions of women in the last 17 years.
• YPJ: We are committed to making the dreams of our fallen comrades and our people a reality 

  Paying tribute to two fallen fighters, YPJ said they would continue to honor their martyrs and pledged to persist in their struggle for the freedom of the homeland.
• We Will Stop Femicide Platform: At least 394 women were murdered in 2024 

  The "We Will Stop Femicide Platform" said that at least 394 women were murdered in 2024.
• YPJ announces the martyrdom of three fighters 

  YPJ fighters Berfin Cem, Ahîn Delkash, and Silav Ocalan, while standing on the frontlines of resistance against the attacks of the Turkish occupation state, have joined the ranks of the immortal.
• YPJ: We will triumph on the path of our martyrs 

  YPJ remembers the fighters who have selflessly given their lives to crown the rightful struggle of the peoples of North and East Syria with victory, renewing their pledge of commitment to victory.
• ROJIN: We will continue to be the voice of women 

  The Kurdistan Women Journalists' Union (ROJIN) condemned the closure of Kompanya Gizingî Berbeyan Media Production and said, "We will continue to be the voice of women in South Kurdistan and Iraq."
• YPJ fighter martyred in the battle of Qereqozax 

  Announcing the martyrdom of one of their fighters, YPJ reaffirmed their commitment to the pledge made to their martyrs: “Our resistance will continue in the fight for freedom.”