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• 37 women killed in South Kurdistan in 9 months 

  A report underlined that 37 women were killed in 9 months in South Kurdistan, while 54 women committed suicide.
• Peace Mothers salute HDP deputy Güven’s hunger strike 

  HDP jailed Hakkari deputy Leyla Güven has launched a hunger strike against unlawful arrests and isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• KJK's Rûken: Women will lead the answer to fascism 

  KJK Coordination Member Zêrîn Rûken talked about Kobanê, Öcalan and the next local elections in Turkey.
• ‘Girls of the Sun’ in the Geneva Film Festival 

  The film Les Filles du Soleil (Girls of the Sun) about the Kurdish women’s struggle will be screened in the 24th International Geneva Film Festival.
• Women’s Council took important steps since its foundation 

  The Women's Council was established on 21 November 2014 following the declaration of the Rojava Democratic Autonomous Administration.
• Feminist demonstration by Kurdish and Swiss women in Bern 

  The traditional feminist night demonstration in Bern was inspired this year by the women's resistance in Rojava.
• Internationalist from the Hambi in the YPJ ranks 

  Elefterya Hambi is an internationalist in northern Syria and is fighting in the YPJ ranks. In an interview, she talks about her reasons why she decided to help create a new social model in Rojava.
• Mass memorial for PKK guerrilla Andrea Wolf in home town Munich 

  A mass demonstration will be held today in Munich, Germany for the 20th anniversary of PKK guerrilla Andrea Wolf’s martyrdom.
• A fisherwoman on the Euphrates   

  The sound of oars in the still waters of the Euphrates River tells the story of fisherwoman Eshme’s struggle in life. 
• Ethiopia has first woman President 

  The African country will name Ambassador Sahle-Work Zewde as first woman president.
• Martyr Beritan remembered in Kurdistan 

  It was the 25 October 1992 when a Kurdish female guerrilla, Beritan, threw herself off a cliff, rather than surrender to a group of KDP peshmergas collaborating with the Turkish army.
• Jineology in schools in Cizire Region 

  Democratic Society Education Committee has brought the science of Jineology into schools in the Cizire Region.
• MSD Women’s Bureau condemns the murder of woman in Jarablus 

  The MSD Women’s Bureau held a press statement on the murder of Resha Besîs by her brother in Jarablus.
• Woman Human Rights Defender kidnapped in Colombia 

  Colombia has been going through a wave of violence by paramilitary groups targeting former FARC guerrillas, social leaders, and human rights defenders.
• YJA Star commander on the need for women to defend themselves 

  YJA Commander Nalin Dilpak talked about the beginning of the women's army
• Kongreya Star condemns the brutal killing of a woman in Jarablus 

  Kongreya Star condemned the killing of a woman who was raped by Turkish-backed mercenaries in Jarablus.
• 36 women move to the Southern Kurdistan Parliament 

  Out of 111 deputies in the newly elected Southern Kurdistan regional parliament, 36 are women.
• Demonstration against violence against women in Rojava 

  A demonstration against violence against women has taken place in Girkê Legê, Rojava.
• YPJ Commander Meryem Kobane sends letter to Milagros Sala 

  The YPG-YPJ commander who led her comrades to the liberation of Kobane writes to indigenous activist Milagros Sala, who is in prison in Argentina.
• YPJ: Walls of slavery torn down in Raqqa, women have hope 

  YPJ General Command pointed out that the walls of slavery have been torn down with the liberation of Raqqa and said, “Raqqa’s freedom has given women of the world hope.” YPJ saluted the fighters in the Deir ez-Zor fronts.
• Women from Afrin: We will continue to fight for Öcalan 

  Women from Afrin in Shehba condemned the strict isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and said they believe in Öcalan’s ideas to the end.
• Malalai Joya: Brave women of Kurdistan a source of inspiration 

  The united and organized struggle of the brave women of Kurdistan, against the ISIS brutes and dictator regime of Erdogan is a source of hope and inspiration.
• Heseke women: Afrin will be liberated 

  Hesekê women have strongly reacted against the vicious and violent attacks of the Turkish state and its mercenary allies on Afrin and its people. 
• Violence against women on the rise in Southern Kurdistan 

  After the failed independence referendum in Southern Kurdistan a year ago, violence against women has increased. The women's organization RJAK calls for a joint struggle.
• Syriac, Kurdish and Arab women shared their experience in Hamburg 

  A panel was organized by the Rojbin Women's Council in Hamburg and held at the University of Hamburg.