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• Women protest law which will clear child abusers 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Urfa Provincial Women's Council and Free Women's Movement (TJA) activists reacted to the regulation that will grant amnesty to child rapists.
• Webinar on the History of Kurdish Women's Movement 

  Second appointment on Sunday with the webinars organised by the Kurdish Women’s Movement.
• Women in Deir ez-Zor organize in communes 

  In the town of al-Kasrah in Deir ez-Zor, women from the Şehîd Mihened Ilêwî commune lead the struggle against the patriarchal mentality and social legacy of the ISIS.
• Kurdish women in Bielefeld protest racism  

  Kurdish women took on the streets against racism and sexism in Bielefeld, Germany.
• Women take to the streets as HDP campaign continues 

  As part of the campaign "Women's struggle is everywhere!" launched by the HDP Women's Council in Ankara on Monday, women took to the streets in numerous cities in Turkey and northern Kurdistan.
• Open letter calls for UN action against Turkey’s crimes in Afrin 

  Appeal for international action against the war crimes of the Turkish state against Kurdish women in occupied territories of northern Syria.
• YJA Star guerrillas: Our legacy will lead us to victory 

  "As YJA Star guerrillas, we are fighting against the oppression system, and we will continue to fight against the torture of our people, the Turkish state, and its never ending war."
• Turkish state and mercenaries target women in Afrin 

  Since March 2018, some 1,654 crimes against women in Afrin have been recorded.
• KNK calls for the release of Zeynab Jalalian 

  The Women's Commission of the Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) calls for the release of Zeynab Jalalian from Iranian custody. The political prisoner is infected with COVID-19.
• HDP Women's Council campaign begins today in Ankara 

  The campaign against the attacks on the women's movement will include actions against labour exploitation, war, isolation, violence, child abuse, patriarchal rule, gender injustice, poverty, discrimination, racism, nationalism and hate speech.
• Young woman abducted by Turkey’s mercenaries found dead 

  The Turkish army and allied jihadist proxies continue committing crimes against humanity amidst a worldwide silence legitimizing their occupation operation in North-East Syria in violation of international law.
• HDP Women's Council launches campaign 

  The HDP's Women's Council is launching a month-long campaign with street actions, events and assemblies. In addition, the international exchange with women politicians and women's organisations is set to be intensified.
• Women in Kobanê march for HDP deputies Güven and Farisoğulları 

  Women in Kobanê held a march to protest the detention of HDP deputies Leyla Güven and Musa Farisoğulları.
• Women protesting for Leyla Güven detained in Istanbul 

  Turkish police take brutal action against those taking to the streets today to protest against the removal of parliamentary membership of two HDP MPs and one CHP MP on Thursday.
• Kongra Star in solidarity with Leyla Güven: Resistance is life 

  "This fascism cannot break the voice and the will that shout “resistance is life!," said Kongra Star, expressing their support for the struggle of women in the person of Leyla Güven.
• TJK-E calls on people to join actions on 6 June to protest coup 

  The TJK-E called on people to join actions organised on 6 June to protest the new political coup in Turkey.
• Woman from Uzbekistan murdered in Istanbul 

  The foreign woman living in Istanbul was killed by her husband.
• Women from Raqqa protest against crimes of occupation forces 

  Hundreds of women have taken to the streets in Raqqa in protest against crimes against women in the Turkish-occupied areas of northern Syria.
• At least 51 women murdered in Turkey during pandemic 

  119 women have been murdered in Turkey since the beginning of the year, while 66 others died under suspicious circumstances.
• "Attacks on women in Afrin will be responded with self-defence" 

  In occupied Afrin women are abducted and tortured. The Kurdish women's movement in Europe calls for self-defence and condemned the rapist mentality born by the occupation forces.
• 5 injured as invaders open fire on civilians in Manbij 

  Following a case of sexual harassment by Turkish militiamen, a riot broke out in a village near Manbij. The people set fire to a military checkpoint and the Islamists reacted by shooting into the crowd.
• Thousands from Afrin and Shehba march against Turkish invasion 

  Protests continue across North-East Syria against the torture of women held captive in Afrin.
• Demonstration for women held prisoner by militias in Afrin 

  In occupied Afrin, women are held prisoner and tortured by Turkish-backed jihadists. Women expelled from Afrin have today demonstrated in front of the UNHCR headquarters in Qamishlo and demanded immediate action.
• 21 women murdered in Turkey in May 

  According to the ‘We Will Stop Femicide’ Platform, 21 women have been murdered in Turkey in the month of May.
• Rosa Women's Association members hold press conference 

  “We declare that we are behind every work we have done since the day we opened," said the Rosa Women's Association which was targeted by a political genocide operation recently.