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North Kurdistan women protest for Ferinaz
Thousands of women in North Kurdistan staged protests to protest yesterday's incident in Mahabad city of East Kurdistan where a Kurdish woman committed suicide to avoid rape by Iranian intelligence (Itlaat) agents. -
KJA: Iran attacks with the fear of a woman-centred life
The Free Women’s Congress (Kongreya Jinen Azad) (KJA) has issued a statement calling on all women to protest the Iranian regime after the suicide of Ferinaz Xosrawani. -
International Kurdish Women’s Movement calls for protests for Ferinaz
The International Kurdish Women’s Movement has condemned the Iranian regime in a statement regarding a Kurdish woman who committed suicide to save herself from being raped by members of Itlaat (Iranian intelligence). -
TJKE announces program for WMW’s 4th action year
Recalling that the 4th Action of the WMW has started in Kurdistan, TJKE said the Kurdish women who have played an important role in this year’s action should continue providing the greatest contribution. -
Feminists declare support for HDP
Feminist groups in Turkey have started an online signature campaign to support the HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) in 7 June general elections in Turkey and North Kurdistan. -
Court accepts indictment on Özgecan Aslan murder
The indictment prepared by Tarsus Public Prosecutor’s Office on the murder of Özgecan Aslan has been accepted by Tarsus 1st High Criminal Court. -
Women’s organisations abroad call for vote for HDP
More than 50 women’s organisations in countries all over Europe, and in Canada and Australia have called for a vote for the HDP at the upcoming elections. -
HDP has the highest percentage of women candidates for elections
The HDP has once again proved itself to be the party of women with the rate of the female candidates it has nominated for the June 7 general elections in Turkey and North Kurdistan. -
YJA Star guerrillas stage 'Freedom March'
Women’s Guerrilla Army YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops) guerrillas staged a 'Freedom March' in Medya Defense Zones to mark Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan's birthday, April 4. -
KJA calls on women to go to Amara
The Congress of Free Women (KJA) has called on women to participate in the celebration in Amara of the birthday of the Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan. -
KJA condemns murder of two women in İdil
KJA (Congress of Free Women, formerly DÖKH) has issued a statement condemning the murder of two women in a quarrel over landed property in İdil district of Şırnak province. -
YJA Star: Let us stoke the Newroz fire
The YJA Star Central Command has issued a message celebrating Newroz and inviting all the peoples of the world to stoke the Newroz fire with the spirit created by the women’s revolution. -
Two women found shot dead in Mersin
Bodies of two women shot to death were found on Adana-Mersin highway Monday. -
TJKE calls for mass participation in march for Ivana Hoffmann
TJKE has called for mass participation in the commemoration ceremony and march to be held in Duisburg, Germany on Saturday for Ivana Hoffmann who lost her life in the fight against the ISIS gangs in Til Temir on 7 March. -
MLKP: Comrade Avasin felt the pain of oppressed peoples
MLKP Communist Women Organisation said Ivana Hoffmann always had a gleam of hope in her eyes for a world without borders and classes. -
Female guerrillas: We will make 2015 the year of women's liberation
Woman guerrillas in Kandil organised an event to mark the International Women's Day yesterday . Guerrillas promised to make 2015 the year of meeting with Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and women's liberation. -
Military coup in Turkey cleared women from the streets
‘Women’s Day’ (8 March) was first celebrated in Turkey in 1921, but was halted by the military coup of 1980. After a 4-year hiatus it began to be celebrated again in 1984. -
KCK: Women have a determining role in the building of communal life
KCK released a statement to mark International Women's Day which it described as the day of unity, solidarity and struggle against the five thousand-year-old male-dominant ruling, the dominant culture of gender, violence, rape and sexual abuse. -
Thousands of women join the rally in Kadıköy
Thousands of women gathered in Kadıköy for the big march to mark the International Women’s Day on the call of 8 March Platform formed by various feminist and women’s organisations in Istanbul. -
YPJ and women in Kobanê mark International Women’s Day
8 March International Women's Day has been marked also in the recently liberated town of Kobanê where female fighters have waged a historic struggle against the ISIS gangs. -
8 March celebrated across North Kurdistan
8 March, International Women’s Day, is being marked and celebrated all over North Kurdistan and Turkey today in many rallies and marches led by women who are rising up for their rights and freedom and condemning the male violence and male dominance. -
Internationalist female fighter martyred in Til Temir
Internationalist fighter Ivana Hoffman, nom de guerre Avaşin Tekoşin Güneş, in the ranks of the MLKP (Marxist Leninist Communist Party) has lost her life in clashes with ISIS gangs in Til Temir. -
8 March celebrated in Kurdistan mountains
Hundreds of female guerrillas affiliated to the Women’s Guerrilla Army YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops) celebrated International Women's Day, 8 March, in Medya Defense Zones. -
YPJ: There can be no revolution and freedom without women
YPJ (Women's Defense Units) General Command has issued a statement to mark International Women's Day, stressing that there can be no revolution and freedom without women. -
Women from across the world gather at Rojava border
Large numbers of women who came together for the World March of Women (WMW) in Nusaybin district of Mardin have marched to the Rojava border where they met women from Cizire Canton of Rojava.