YJA Star Central Headquarters Command issued a statement to mark 8 March, International Working Women’s Day and said: “We are going through a process in which we have taken the strongest steps in our revolutionary struggle in line with the philosophy of life of 'Jin, Jiyan Azadî'. Rêber Apo's [Abdullah Öcalan] great free life action is a hope for all humanity, especially women, and has made women's struggle a source of strength for society. We salute 8 March, International Working Women's Day, with the resistance of the age, where resistance and women's solidarity hold society together.”

The statement continued: “The earthquake disaster that took place on 6 February caused great pain to our people and brought society and human nature to the brink of collapse. As YJA Star Free Women's Unions, we deeply feel the pain of our people, who are attached to their land with the deepest patriotic feelings, and we state that we will fulfil our historical responsibilities on the basis of building a new life. We know that our struggle for free women has the strength and faith to heal the wounds of society. As YJA Star, our women's freedom struggle and self-defense force, which is a new life model for all women and peoples, we salute both 8 March and our leading commanders, Raperîn Amed, Evîn Goyi, Rojbîn Dêrsîm, Peyman Bagok, Melsa Muş. We pay tribute to the martyrs united around the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi resistance.”

The statement added: “Our leader says that 'Difficulties create great people, we are a revolutionary people'. These words show the urgency of the human revolution that we can achieve by organizing in unity. The fact that the fascist state structures are at war with humanity, and that the AKP-MHP government caused the loss of thousands of people, will go down in history as the shame of the century. The AKP-MHP government, which wants to end the organized struggle of the peoples around the philosophy of free life, continues its murderous policies against our people in order to perpetuate their fascist system. Undoubtedly, there is no other chance for a life other than a revolutionary struggle for a people who are faced with massacres and disasters. The reason for the greatest disasters in history is the male state mentality, which brings society, especially women, to the brink of collapse.”

The statement said: “Our uninterrupted struggle of resistance, led by our YJA Star forces, against the fascist Turkish state, which attacked the Kurdistan mountains and freedom guerrillas with its genocidal policies, is advancing to victory in line with the Democratic Modernity Guerrillas. As YJA Star guerrillas and Leader Apo's self-sacrificing militants, we promise to ensure the freedom of all women, as well as the freedom of our Leader, against a murderous state mentality that attacks guerrilla positions in the face of the KCK's decision of inaction, tries to achieve results by using chemical weapons every day, and plunders the nature of Kurdistan.”

The statement underlined that “the male-dominated system is engaged in a war against social life. Yet, the free women's struggle continues to fulfil its historical responsibilities on the basis of building a new life. Our women's liberation movement, which developed under the leadership of YJA Star guerrillas, salutes 8 March with the spirit of resistance against the attacks of the invading Turkish state, with the determination to make the 21st century a women's century.

The slogan Jin, Jiyan and Azadî, is the spirit of this struggle in all four parts of Kurdistan, especially in Rojhilatê Kurdistan, in all areas where the earthquake was experienced, in all women who turned their anger into a determination to struggle, and in every individual seeking freedom.

We state that as YJA Star forces, we promised to protect the will of its people and the values of humanity in the mountains of Kurdistan, with the philosophy of life of Leader Apo. We will achieve victory for our people's voice, women's resistance, and a free life under all circumstances. We will win by fighting and making the 21st century the century of women.”