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• Plaza de Mayo mother from Argentina visits Guven in Amed 

  Plaza de Mayo mother Nora Cortiñas visited Leyla Guven, who has been on a hunger strike to protest the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Ocalan for 115 days.
• Women for Leyla met in Istanbul 

  HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven has been on hunger strike for 114 days demanding the end of the isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Women set up solidarity tent in Braunschweig 

  Protests against the isolation of Öcalan continue all around Europe.
• Women from Istanbul visited Leyla Güven on 113rd day of her fast 

  Feminist women from Istanbul came to Amed to visit Leyla Güven on hunger strike for 113 days.
• TJK-E call to join the march in Brussels on Wednesday  

  "We, Kurds, women and all democratic and freedom forces can be the answer if we raise our actions to write this historic resistance. This is the basis for the march to be held in Brussels. We urge everyone to join it."
• March 8 banners in the streets of Tabqa 

  As March 8 International Women's Day approaches, women in Tabqa hung banners in the city streets.
• Women in Raqqa organised 8 March activities 

  "We will follow Leyla Güven's resistance as a model and we will follow their path until we reach success.”
• Woman political prisoner on hunger strike beaten 

  Zozan Kutum has been on hunger strike since 20 December and is now weighing 40 kilos.
• North and East Syrian Women's Coordination for Leyla Güven 

  The women's organizations urged all women in the world, libertarian peoples, the UN and human rights organizations to act in response to the demands of the hunger strikers.
• Women paid solidarity visit to Leyla Güven 

  Stressing that Turkey is violating all laws, Leyla Güven pointed out that the demand of hunger strikers is actually that Turkey complies with its own laws.
• Kongra Star writes letter to Leyla Guven 

  “Together we are free women, together we are freedom-lovers, together we have a free live, and together we struggle for freedom.”
• Women journalists visited Leyla Güven 

  A group of women journalists visited Leyla Güven on day 108 of her hunger strike against isolation. The journalists reacted to the media general silence, saying that “remaining silent about this resistance is remaining silent to humanity.”
• Peace Mothers paid solidarity visit to Leyla Güven 

  “The whole world should know this: we mothers will not be silent."
• Tabqa women prepare 8 March program 

  8 March this year is dedicated to women defending themselves against all kinds of difficulties, especially women in Afrin.
• Seminars on Jineology in Colombia 

  The confederalism project was explained to Colombian women as well as how this model is implemented when it comes to Kurdish women's movement.
• Women artists visited Leyla Güven 

  Among today’s visitors were also women filmmakers and actresses who were received by Leyla Güven at her home in Bağcılar district of Bağlar, in Amed.
• French women to march against the isolation 

  The march, called by the National Collective for Women’s Rights and the Kurdish Women’s Movement, will begin in the Republique Square in Paris on February 20, at 17:30.
• Raqqa women preparing for 8 March 

  Raqqa Women's Administration has begun to prepare for 8 March, International Women's Day.
• Women from 35 cities gathered in Berlin 

  Women from 35 different cities have gathered in the German capital of Berlin, organizing panels and workshops. The women called for worldwide support for Leyla Guven.
• YPJ Commander: We defeated ISIS but our struggle continues 

  “The YPJ defeated ISIS in their own base but our mission to free and protect women from male mindset and atrocity, continues.”
• Women in Armenia promoted conference on Abdullah Öcalan 

  "This conference will call on the UN to urge Turkey to end isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.”
• Saturday Mother Meryem Baskın passes away 

  Saturday Mother Meryem Baskın has passed away.
• Female leaders of Western Sahara: We stand with Leyla Guven 

  Female leaders from Western Sahara stated that they are in solidarity with DTK Co-chair and HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Guven who is on day 100 of her hunger strike today, and demanded an immediate end to the isolation imposed upon Ocalan.
• Great interest for Kurdish women's movement in Colombia 

  The first of the activities saw the participation of 80 women from different collectives in the autonomous center Rete Jin Sabana, where an alternative economy model was developed.
• 20 women in German parliament: Guven’s demand is our demand 

  20 female MPs from various states in Germany demand that Leyla Guven’s demand be heeded. The MPs issued a joint statement and called on the Federal Government to “pressure Turkey”.