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• TJA activist Leyla Aşkan taken into custody in Tatvan 

  Tevgera Jinên Azad (TJA) activist Leyla Aşkan was detained at the entrance to Tatvan.
• March in Lavrio against murder of women 

  A march against women murders was held in Lavrio, where a Kurdish refugee woman from Rojava, Evin Ekrem Ali, was brutally killed by her husband.
• Kurdish refugee murdered by husband commemorated in Lavrio 

  Evin Ekrem Ali, a Kurdish refugee woman from Rojava, who was murdered by her husband in Lavrio, was commemorated by hundreds of people.
• Woman killed by husband in police station housing refugees 

  Evin Ekrem Ali, from Qamishlo, came to Greece with her family about 2 years ago. She had 4 children. 
• Sexual violence perpetrated by occupation forces in Serêkaniyê 

  Thirty cases of sexual violence against women by the occupation forces in Serêkaniyê have been documented. The number of unreported cases is said to be much higher.
• Village guard murders his wife in Bingöl 

  Fatma Tümen was murdered in the Northern Kurdistan province of Bingöl by the man she was married to. Ahmet Tümen worked as a paramilitary village guard for the Turkish state.
• Assyrian women against the occupation – A report from Til Temir 

  The northern Syrian district of Til Temir is the target of the invasion troops. It is an outstanding example of the peaceful coexistence of all ethnic and religious identities in the region.
• Congress of young women in Darmstadt concluded 

  At a congress with participants from various European countries, the problems of young women in capitalist modernity were discussed in Darmstadt. The event was concluded with music and dancing.
• Europe-wide congress of young women underway in Germany 

  A Europe-wide congress of young women has begun in Darmstadt. The motto of the event is: "Don't be fooled, the way to freedom is through resistance."
• Miscarriages and maternal health risks amid Turkish invasion 

  Due to the ongoing attacks by jihadist mercenaries and Turkish invading troops, the danger of miscarriages in northern Syria is increasing, warns the women's movement Kongreya Star and the Women Defend Rojava Information Committee.
• Taşdemir: More determined in our struggle against isolation 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Women's Conference met on 18-19 January ahead of the 4th Ordinary Congress, scheduled for February 23.
• Women's Foundation in Rojava expands its field of activity 

  Five years ago the women's foundation WJAR was founded in Rojava. Now the name has been changed and the field of activity has been extended to the whole of northern and eastern Syria.
• Human chain in Amed to protest murders of women 

  Women got together in Amed and organised a human chain against murders of women. The actions was promoted by DAKAP.
• Young women go to congress 

  Kurdish and internationalist young women will organize a congress on 25 January in Darmstadt, Germany.
• Murdered Kurdish women remembered in Toronto 

  Memorial for the six Kurdish women revolutionaries murdered by Turkey in Paris and Silopi.
• Women in Amed publish report on missing student Gülistan Doku 

  Amed Women's Network Against Violence compiled a report on missing university student Gülistan Doku.
• Women ask: "Where is Gülistan Doku?" 

  Free Young Women organized an action in Kadıköy demanding what happened to university student Gülistan Doku, who suspiciously disappeared in Dersim.
• TJK-E calls on women to join demos against attacks on Shengal 

  The TJK-E called on women to take to the streets on Saturday 18 January in Europe and to protest the Turkish army attacks against Shengal.
• Political prisoner who ended her life buried in Mardin 

  Political prisoner Nurcan Bakır has been buried at her birthplace in the Northern Kurdish province of Mardin. After 28 years in jail, she took her own life yesterday in a Turkish prison in protest against the prison conditions.
• Women celebrate 15th anniversary of Kongreya Star  

  This year marks the 15th anniversary of Kongreya Star. Celebrations are planned with a variety of events in different cities.
• Women's Coordination holds its annual meeting in Raqqa 

  The participants stressed that despite all difficulties, women were leading the transformation in civil and military institutions.
• Two sisters run a carpentry workshop in Raqqa 

  In Raqqa two sisters have broken the social norm and opened a carpentry workshop. They now work with eight employees. The business is doing well.
• “We will defend our land and defeat fascism and occupation” 

  Kongra Star celebrated the anniversary of the organisation by saluting all revolutionary women and those struggling, seeking freedom, resisting and defending.
• Ill prisoner jailed for 28 years ends her life 

  Ill prisoner Nurcan Bakır, who was transferred to another prison after her participation in the hunger strike against the isolation of Öcalan, has ended her life.
• Police take woman into custody in Istanbul 

  A woman has been taken into custody in Istanbul, as a result of an operation which led to the arrest of 5 other women in Ankara.