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• YPJ fighter dies in traffic accident 

  YPJ fighter Reem Ali Al-Jassim died in a traffic accident.
• Controversial headscarf law passed in Iran 

  Women in Iran face fines, deportation bans and up to 15 years in prison if they disobey the regime's dress code in future.
• Women’s conference in Beirut calls for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  The International Conference on Women's Movements Experiences, held in Beirut under the slogan "In the footsteps of Jin Jiyan Azadi", continues on its second day.
• Women's conference in Beirut underlines the importance of co-presidential system 

  The experiences of Kurdish women in crisis environments are being discussed at the conference in Beirut. Women stressed the importance of the co-presidential system for the democratization of politics.
• International conference of women kicks off in Beirut 

  Women from 10 Arab and African countries, North-East Syria and Shengal discuss wars and the influence of states on women at an international conference in Beirut.
• Kurdish civil rights activist sentenced to six months in prison in Iran 

  A Kurdish civil rights activist in Iran has been sentenced to prison for “spreading falsehoods with the intention of disturbing public opinion”.
• Zenûbiya Women's association launches awareness campaign in Manbij 

  Zenûbiya Women's Community Office Manbij Branch launched an awareness campaign on the damage and danger of child marriage and femicides. Brochures were distributed in the squares and streets of the city.
• Over a thousand women kidnapped, 99 others murdered in Afrin since 2018 

  According to the Human Rights Organization Afrin-Syria, at least 99 women have been killed, 74 raped and sexually assaulted, and over a thousand kidnapped in Afrin since 2018.
• Çewlik: The spirit of 15 August will lead us to victory 

  Zozan Çewlik, commander of the Central Headquarters of YJA Star (Free Women's Associations), spoke to ANF about the start of the PKK's armed struggle in Kurdistan on 15 August 1994.
• YPJ fighter dies in traffic accident in Tabqa 

  YPJ General Command announced the death of fighter Ezda Berxwedan Cûdî in a traffic accident in Tabqa.
• Women’s conference in Sulaymaniyah calls for the recognition of the genocide in Shengal 

  The women’s conference in Sulaymaniyah called for international recognition of the Yazidi genocide in Shengal.
• YPJ announces the death of a fighter 

  YPJ fighter Vejîn Jiyan succumbed to her severe injuries, which she had sustained in an accident during an operation in Hesekê on 27 July.
• YJŞ: It is a must to enhance the resistance and self-defense against male hegemony 

  YJŞ expressed its support for the KJK campaign in solidarity with Yazidi and Afghan women, vowing to increase their struggle and strengthen their organization to the very end.
• East Kurdistan women's movement KJAR to hold conference in Cologne on Saturday  

  East Kurdistan women's movement KJAR is holding a conference in Cologne tomorrow, Saturday, to support the KJK campaign of solidarity with Yazidi and Afghan women.
• Women from İkizköy defend Akbelen Forest 

  Women from İkizköy, who were attacked, besieged and declared marginalized by the gendarmerie many times for defending the Akbelen Forest, said: "If defending our living spaces is marginality, we are marginalized to the end".
• The life of women in the highlands of Hakkari 

  The matriarchal tradition is evident in the lives of the women in the highlands of Hakkari. Women live in harmony with nature and control their production.
• Young woman murdered in Sulaymaniyah 

  There has been a significant increase in femicides in South Kurdistan in recent years as perpetrators are granted impunity for the killing of dozens of women every year.
• At least 26 women killed in July 

  According to data compiled by JINNEWS, 26 women were murdered in July, 9 women and 4 children died under suspicious circumstances.
• Forum in Raqqa ends with a number of proposals to support Yazidi and Afghan women 

  Participants at the women’s forum in Raqqa ended the meeting with a number of calls and proposals to support Yazidi and Afghan women.
• French women salute the KJK campaign for women in Shengal and Afghanistan 

  Women in France expressed their solidarity with the KJK campaign launched under the motto "We Stand with Afghan and Shengal women against the attacks of hegemonic men".
• Taliban bans girls over 10 from attending school  

  The Taliban enforces a ban on girls over 10 from attending school in Afghanistan.
• Online forum about women in Shengal and Afghanistan 

  As part of KJK's campaign in solidarity with women in Afghanistan and Shengal, women organisation in North and East Syria (Kongra Star, Jineoloji Academy, Syrian Future Party, Armenian Women's Council, Yezidi Women's Union & Women's Gathering Zenobiya) ar
• Forum in support of women in Shengal and Afghanistan to be held in Raqqa 

  Raqqa was once considered the capital of the ISIS caliphate and was liberated under the leadership of women. A forum in support of women's struggles in Shengal and Afghanistan will take place in the city in northern Syria on Monday.
• NADA supports the KJK campaign for Afghan and Yazidi women 

  The Democratic Women's Alliance in the Middle East and North Africa supports the KJK campaign from 3 to 15 August on the occasion of the anniversary of the Shengal Massacre on 3 August and the Taliban's seizure of power in Afghanistan on 15 August.
• KCDP: 25 women killed by men in July 

  KCDP announced that 25 women were killed by men in July, and 9 of them died suspiciously.