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• Occupying forces harass women in Afrin 

  Kongra Star members in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood described the acts of harassment by the occupying forces in Afrin against women as great immorality, and vowed to fight for Afrin to the end.
• The resistance of Grandma Ewaş from Afrin 

  Grandma Ewaş is one of the many women who had to migrate from Afrin. After losing her sister on the migration route, she remained all alone. Kongra Star has allocated a tent for her in Shehba now.
• Women’s equality is a daily commitment in Rojava 

  The Ya Basta delegation met the Women Council in Qamishlo.
• JINWAR: Putting words into practice 

  An ecological women’s village to break the patriarchal scheme.
• Kurdish politician Tuncel sentenced to 5 months in prison 

  Former deputy and DBP co-chair charged with violating law on demonstrations.
• Êzidî mother who lost three sons continues to resist in Shehba 

  Êzidî Hatun Ebdo lost three sons in the Syrian civil war, but continues to resist in Shehba. Mother Hatun, 70 years old, lives in hope that she can return to her village in Shera one day and takes her place in the resistance front with this hope.
• Ireland to vote in historic abortion referendum 

  The Irish Republic has one of the most restrictive legislation in the world. But women reclaim their right to decide.
• Kurdish Women’s Workshop issues final declaration 

  Kurdish women have debated for two days in the Netherlands.
• Meet the Traffic Women Police in Rojava 

  Women are reclaiming their space in every sphere of society and work.
• Carpet weaving women without work insurance in Iran 

  The majority of carpet weavers in Iran are women and have no insurance.
• HDP has the most female candidates running for parliament 

  HDP is the party with the most female candidates running for parliament.
• Kongreya Star issues call to “Rise up for the women of Afrin” 

  Kongreya Star Afrin chapter condemned the attacks against women of Afrin by the invading Turkish army and their allied gangs, and called on the women of the world to rise up for the people of Afrin.
• Female prisoners: Our hope is the HDP 

  Female prisoners imprisoned in Kandıra Prison have sent a message of solidarity with the HDP.
• Women, the driving force of the reconstruction of Raqqa 

  After four years of DAESH darkness, Raqqa is flourishing and women play a crucial role in the new society.
• Jineology classes in high schools in Rojava 

  High schools in the Cizire region will be offering Jineology classes in the 2018-19 term. Jineology Committee Member Nupel Ehmed stated that they will be promoting women and women’s history in society.
• European Kurdish Women’s Workshop stresses national unity 

  Kurdish women are carrying out important efforts for national unity. The women came together in Europe to organize the European National Kurdish Women’s Workshop.
• Solidarity with the women of Rojava in Sweden 

  Women called on the international community to stop the Turkish state’s attacks against Afrin and Rojava.
• Women most affected by Iranian economic crisis 

  Women in Iran are paid less than men and are sacked if they get pregnant.
• Armenian women also support the HDP 

  Armenian women living in Istanbul stated that they will be supporting the HDP and its presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş in June 24 elections.
• ‘Women rise up for Afrin’ campaign continues 

  The ‘Women Rise up for Afrin’ campaign was initiated by the Kurdish women's movement Kongreya Star on 8 February with the aim of supporting the resistance in Afrin.
• Girls’ average marriage age in Iranian village is 11 

  Some figures were released by Iranian authorities shed a bit of light over a very disturbing reality.
• Women’s Foundation, or solving problems through negotiation 

  The Sheikh Maqsoud Women's Foundation was set up in 2011 to organize women and solve their problems.
• National Kurdish Women's Workshop to be held on 20-21 May 

  Kurdish women living in Europe will meet to discuss developments in Kurdistan and the Middle East.
• Women’s communes being established in Girê Spi 

  Women’s House and Kongreya Star securing women’s strong role in society.
• "Rojava shows us that another world is possible" 

  Scotch activist Sarah Glynn said that another world is possible but we need examples of it and continued “As an example we can come back here and say that these people are actually building something different”.