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• Kidnapped Yazidi woman found in Hol Camp back to Yazidi House 

  The Hol Camp Administration has handed over to the Yazidi House Council in the Canton of Cizre, a young woman from Shengal who had been kidnapped by ISIS.
• Woman murdered in Amed 

  A woman named Deniz K. was murdered in Yenişehir, Amed.
• Women's conference ended with call for unity 

  The final declaration of the United Kurdish Women's Platform conference states that "colonialism and genocide won't end without unity".
• At least 2,600 Yazidi women and children still missing 

  Chairman of the German Central Council of Yazidis, Irfan Ortaç, said that there are at least still two thousand 600 Yazidi women and children missing.
• Jinwar photo exhibition and colloquium in Barcelona 

  The exhibition will remain in Catalonia and will be available for installation in other spaces, both indoors and outdoors.
• Murders of women increased in 2019 

  Male violence against women increases every year.
• Buldan: No intimidation but resistance 

  HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan delivered the opening speech at the Women's Assembly Meeting at the party's headquarters.
• "In the guerrilla movement I found my determination" 

  YJA STAR guerrilla Rojyar Fırat Çektar, said that every woman in the guerrilla found her will and learned to fight all the difficulties, no matter what.
• KBDH salutes the "Las Tesis" movement 

  The Women's United Revolutionary Movement has published a statement greeting the global feminist movement "Las Tesis".
• Activists in London protested violence against women 

  'You'll never walk alone' was the message sent on Saturday by different women organisations.
• Kurdish women joined Las Tesis performance in Stuttgart 

  Kurdish women and women from other nationalities performed Chilean feminist group Las Tesis in Stuttgart.
• "Las Tesis": Fighters in Rojava publish video 

  Fighters of the KKB/KÖG in Rojava released a video showing the performance of "Las Tesis", which has become a symbol of the worldwide struggle against the culture of rape.
• Gender equality: Training for men in Aleppo 

  More than thirty men are taking part in a training course on gender equality in Aleppo. The educational program is offered by the women's umbrella organization Kongreya Star.
• Women's conference underway in Amed 

  Women from the HDP met at a conference in Amed with the slogan “We insist on freedom, and we are committed to the struggle”.
• Report on patriarchal violence presented in Amed 

  Women's organisations have published a report on recorded cases of male violence against women in Amed. In the last five months 838 women affected by violence have contacted the "Network Against Violence".
• HDP Women's Assembly member Zeynep Boğa taken into custody 

  HDP Women's Assembly and party assembly member Zeynep Boğa was taken into custody.
• Women in Istanbul performed "Las Tesis" against violence 

  Women came together in Besiktas, Istanbul, to protest male-state violence with a dance performance.
• HDP Women's Council: 305 women killed in Turkey in eleven months 

  The women's council of the HDP Amed provincial branch has announced the number of feminicides in the past eleven months. The organisation speaks of a "serious human rights crisis".
• Kurdish women rally in Brussels against invasion and violence 

  The demonstrators protest against the Turkish invasion of Rojava and call on international institutions to fulfill their responsibilities against Turkey’s occupation.
• Yazidi women: Turkish state targets free women 

  Yazidi women called upon human rights organisations and women’s organisations to voice their reactions against the Turkish state’s war crimes.
• TJK-E calls on women to demonstrate on 11 December in Brussels 

  TJK-E issued a call today to invite everyone to meet in Brussels on Wednesday 11 December.
• Sinn Féin introduced legislation on domestic violence paid leave 

  Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD and Workers Rights Spokesperson Maurice Quinlivan TD have introduced legislation to provide for a statutory entitlement to domestic violence paid leave.
• Two Yazidi women freed from ISIS on their way to Shengal 

  Two Yazidi women who were freed from ISIS in Northern Syria are returning to their homeland Shengal.
• YJA Star Guerrillas: Self-defense is not just with weapons 

  YJA Star guerrillas drew attention to the importance of self-defense for women and said that "self-defense is not just carried out with weapons."
• 39 women murdered in November, 430 since January in Turkey 

  According to the November report of the Platform to Stop Murders of Women, 39 women were murdered in Turkey in a month. In the first 11 months of the year, at least 430 women were killed by men.