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• 25 November Women's Platform members acquitted 

  Women's Platform activists stood trial for a 2018 demonstration against male violence.
• Eight femicides in 24 hours 

  The cases of male violence in Izmir, Bursa, Sakarya, Erzurum, Denizli, and Istanbul once again highlight that women are not safe in Turkey.
• Jineoloji Academy organizes workshop on women's revolution in Tabqa 

  Northern and Eastern Syria Jineoloji Academy and Social Sciences Leadership Academy organized a workshop about Abdullah Öcalan's thesis regarding the women's revolution.
• Yazidi women send a letter to Afghan women on the occasion of March 8 

  In a letter sent to Afghan women on the occasion of March 8, International Women's Day, the Yazidi Women's Movement (TAJÊ) stressed that they highly valued the struggle against the Taliban regime.
• TJA kicks off celebrations for 8 March in Van 

  TJA kicked off the celebrations for 8 March, International Women's Day, in Van.
• TJK-E calls for participation in 'Freedom for Öcalan' action in Strasbourg 

  The TJK-E called on "all women to participate in the 'Freedom for Leader Öcalan' action to be held in Strasbourg today, 27 February.
• Women in Northern and Eastern Syria are getting ready to celebrate 8 March 

  This year's activities for 8 March, International Women’s Day in the autonomous region of Northern and Eastern Syria, will be carried out under the slogan “We will make the politics of genocide, occupation and isolation fail with the will of free women”.
• Naela Quadri: Kurdish women's struggle against ISIS is a historic epic 

  Naela Quadri, the Prime Minister of the Balochistan government-in-exile, stated that the Balochi people are struggling against oppression just like the Kurdish people.
• Jineology Committee and Kongra Star Foreign representatives meet Nepali women 

  Jineology Committee Member Necîbe Qeredaxî and Kongra Star Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Rûxoş Şêxo met with Nepali parliamentarians and members of the Beyond Beijing Committee.
• New femicide in Urfa 

  A man named Kenan Şamlıoğlu murdered his wife Nihal Şamlıoğlu in Urfa. The couple was in the process of divorce.
• RAWA: We take courage from our Kurdish sisters 

  The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan issued a message for the internationalists in Rojava on the anniversary of the International Conspiracy against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• 'The source of the YPJ's strength is the paradigm of Leader Öcalan' 

  YPJ General Command Member Rohilat Efrîn said that the source of the YPJ's strength and resistance against the Turkish state and ISIS is the Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s paradigm.
• KJK calls for participation in central rally for Öcalan on Saturday 

  The coordination of the KJK is calling for participation in the central rally to be held next Saturday, 17 February, in Cologne to demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan.
• YJŞ: Freedom for Öcalan and status for Shengal will make victory absolute 

  Celebrating the anniversary of their establishment, the Shengal Women’s Units (YJŞ) stated: “Freedom for Leader Abdullah Öcalan and status for Shengal will make victory absolute."
• Yazidi and Arab women to establish a joint initiative against the international conspiracy 

  The workshop organised by TAJÊ and the Arab Women's Assembly in Shengal discussed the physical freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and the 15 February international conspiracy.
• Workshop by Yazidi and Arab women in Shengal calls for “Freedom for Öcalan” 

  The workshop organised by Yazidi and Arab women for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan started in Shengal. "We call on Yazidi and Iraqi women to strengthen their unity until they achieve their freedom and the freedom of Leader Öcalan," said the opening speech.
• Jina Amini's uncle sentenced to prison by Iran's judiciary 

  Jina Amini's uncle has been sentenced to prison by Iran's judiciary.
• KJAR member jailed in Iran faces serious charges 

  Six months after her enforced disappearance in East Kurdistan, Kurdish female activist Warishe Moradi faces the charge of “armed insurrection”.
• Afghan and Kurdish women to work together against Turkish and Iranian attacks 

  RAWA strongly condemned the attacks by Turkey and Iran against the Kurdish people and said that the Kurdish women's revolution has become a source of hope for all women in the Middle East.
• Conference "Jin, Jiyan Azadî, a philosophy of life transformation" in Rome 

  Conference "Jin, Jiyan Azadî, a philosophy of life transformation" took place at the University Roma 3, Law Faculty. 
• Women's conference in Raqqa calls for freedom for Öcalan 

  The conference organized by women's organizations to demand the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan started in Raqqa.
• Rome university hosts 'Jin, Jiyan Azadî' conference  

  Today the University of Roma 3, Faculty of Law, will host the 'Jin, Jiyan Azadî' conference.
• 'Jin, Jiyan Azadî' conference in Rome 

  The conference "Jin, Jiyan Azadî, a philosophy of life transformation" will take place at the University Roma 3 in Rome on Saturday.
• TJK-E calls for participation in demonstration demanding freedom of Öcalan in Cologne 

  The Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe is calling for participation in a major demonstration for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan on 17 February in Cologne.
• YPJ Spokesperson: We avenged women by liberating Kovan from ISIS 

  YPJ Press Centre Spokesperson Rûken Cemal said that they took revenge for women by rescuing Yazidi Kovan from ISIS.