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• YJA Star guerrillas: April 4th is no ordinary day 

  On April 4, Abdullah Öcalan turns 71 years old. Fighters of the women's guerrilla army YJA-Star declare that this day is the birth of the determination to crush oppression and exploitation.
• TJK-E celebrates Öcalan's birthday 

  Let's celebrate Leader Öcalan's birthday with this determination and creative methods despite the existing quarantine conditions, KJK said.
• KJK calls on women to raise struggle on Öcalan's birthday 

  KJK called on Kurds and democratic forces to raise their struggle to break the isolation and bring down fascism on 4 April.
• 29 women killed by men in March 

  In the February report the Platform said that 22 women were murdered.
• 17-year-old Yazidi girl freed from ISIS captivity 

  A 17-year-old Yazidi girl, who was abducted from Shengal in 2014, has been freed from ISIS imprisonment in northeast Syria.
• Women's cooperative supplies Tirbespiyê with vegetables 

  A women's cooperative supplies the North Syrian city of Tirbespiyê with vegetables.
• Kongreya Star: The lives of women must be protected 

  In Kobanê a young woman committed suicide. The women's movement Kongreya Star blames the patriarchal mentality and demands that the lives of women be protected.
• Women welcome spring in Jinwar 

  In the women's village of Jinwar in northern Syria, the residents are preparing fields and gardens for the next growing season. In times of crisis it becomes clear how fundamental the possibility of self-sufficiency is.
• Letter from Kongra Star to the people and women in Italy 

  Kongra Star calls on all the people of the world to support the fight against this deadly virus, which poses a great threat to the existence of mankind.
• Triple feminicide in Colombia during COVID-19 quarantine 

  A man killed his partner, sister-in-law and mother-in-law in Cartagena (Colombia). Although the Metropolitan Police reported the crime as a homicide, the Mesa del Movimiento Social de las Mujeres argues that it was feminicide.
• Effects of the corona crisis on women 

  HDP politician Ayşe Acar Başaran warns of an increase in violence against women during the corona crisis and calls for protective measures for women.
• Turkish soldier murders girlfriend in Amed 

  In Amed, a woman has been shot dead by her boyfriend in her apartment. The culprit is a sergeant and he was detained.
• 'Comradeship overcomes all difficulties' 

  YJA STAR guerrillas said that the mountains had many difficulties but these difficulties are overcome through comradeship within the PKK.
• YPJ: Fight together - For freedom and dignity 

  "Newroz is the day the tyranny of Dehak was stabbed to death. This victory is our road map. It shows what we must do against the modern tyrants: fight together in solidarity against occupation, robbery and injustice.
• RoSara: Counselling and support for women by women 

  RoSara is an association founded by Kurdish women for women and it's active in Switzerland. The association has activated a hotline to deal with the coronavirus emergency and violence which may develop in a self-isolation environment.
• Self-defence: The answer to gender-based violence 

  Kongreya Star has published a brochure on self-defence in response to gender-based violence.
• YJA Star: We will continue Tekoşîn’s fight 

  YJA Star announced the death of commander Tekoşin Amanos. "The YJA-Star will take up the weapon of our friend Tekoşîn and continue the fight," the women's guerrilla army said.
• Women's cooperatives promote collective work 

  The women's cooperatives in Tirbespiyê in Northern Syria are working on building alternatives despite the permanent threat of war and have meanwhile become examples of collective forms of work.
• Alina Sanchez, a martyr of humanity 

  Latin American internationalist Alina Sanchez has lost her life in a traffic accident while going to Hasakah to attend meetings with NGOs working on health. Since 2011 she was part of the struggle for the liberation of the Kurdish people.
• Memorial for YPJ martyr Anna Campbell in London 

  A memorial will be held today in London, at the Kurdish Community Centre at 3 pm. 
• Cooperatives strengthen women in Rojava 

  The Kurdish umbrella organisation Kongreya Star supports various cooperatives in Rojava in which women work autonomously and thus stand up for themselves and the community at the same time. There are now 16 new cooperatives in Cizîrê despite the war.
• Besê Erzincan: Women will determine the direction 

  Besê Erzincan of the KJK says that it is not the crisis of the global hegemonic system that will determine future developments, but rather the organised, planned and goal-oriented intervention of women.
• A guerrilla fighter on her mother's trail 

  The parents of guerrilla fighter Roza Nûjîn, who comes from Eastern Kurdistan, used to be peshmerga in the Kurdish mountains in the border area between Iran and Iraq. Roza now wants to realize their unfinished dreams.
• Kurdish Women’s Movement joins Women's Day activities in Finland 

  In Finland around 20 women are murdered by their partners or husbands every year, while in total 71 % of women and girls living in Finland have been subjected to sexual harassment.
• Women fill the streets of Cologne  

  "With the struggle of Kurdish women, the slogan "Jin, Jiyan, Azadi" is no longer a slogan and has turned into a philosophy of life."