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• YPJ announces the death of four fighters 

  Four fighters of the Women's Defence Units have died in a fatal accident during a mission in Hesekê.
• AI calls for international solidarity with women and girls suffering intensifying oppression in Iran 

  The Iranian authorities are doubling down on their oppressive methods of policing and severely oppressing Iranian women and girls for defying degrading compulsory veiling laws, Amnesty International said today.
• Mala Jin: Empowering women and strengthening society 

  Mala Jin
• RAWA welcomes campaign launched by KJK for women in Shengal and Afghanistan 

  The Afghan women's association RAWA welcomed the campaign initiated by the KJK for women in Shengal and Afghanistan and called for a common fight against imperialism, fundamentalism and the patriarchal system.
• Internationalist Commune: The women’s revolution in Rojava is blossoming 

  The Internationalist Commune said in a statement that the women’s revolution in Rojava is blossoming.
• YPJ pays tribute to Jiyan Tolhildan, Roj Xabûr and Barîn Botan 

  Today marks the first anniversary of the targeted assassination of Jiyan Tolhildan, Roj Xabûr and Barîn Botan. They were killed by a Turkish drone. To mark the occasion, the YPJ Information & Documentation Office published a special brochure.
• '19 July Revolution became an enlightenment for humanity and a hope of freedom for the oppressed' 

  “The revolution of Rojava became the reflection of free women’s will and proved the fact that women and peoples are not without an alternative," said Kongra Star on the occasion of the 11th anniversary of the revolution.
• Women discuss the Treaty of Lausanne in Amed 

  One hundred years later, women in the Kurdish city of Amed discuss the impact of the treaty on the affected population groups.
• Five women killed in Batman in 7 months 

  Five women were killed in Batman in 7 months. TJA activist Gurbet Doğan said that a "common network of struggle" should be established against the increasing femicides.
• YPJ announces the name of a fighter killed in Turkish attack 

  A fighter of the YPJ, who joined the struggle from Silopi in northern Kurdistan in 2015, fell a martyr in an attack by the Turkish army in June, 2023.
• Women’s workshop on the Treaty of Lausanne: Democratic confederalism is the only solution 

  At a workshop in Hesekê on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne, it was stated that it was necessary to build a women's confederalism and a women's movement for the entire Middle East.
• Asya Abdullah: Women should strengthen their defence system 

  PYD Co-Chair Asya Abdullah called for women to strengthen their defence system to frustrate all the agreements and treaties concluded against them.
• YPJ frees two Yazidi sisters from ISIS captivity in Hol Camp 

  Two Yazidi sisters who were freed by the YPJ from ISIS captivity in Hol camp in northern Syria have returned home.
• UN demands special investigation into Turkish army's attacks on Kurdish women 

  The Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Reem Alsalem, published a report about the elimination of discrimination against women.
• Woman tortured and killed by her husband in Mardin 

  Hindirin Aydoğan, who lives in Kızıltepe, was first tortured and then murdered by her husband, Zeki Aydoğan.
• Belgium adopts law against femicide 

  Belgium has passed a law intended to combat femicide. Stop Feminicide estimates that roughly two femicides take place each month in Belgium.
• TJK-E Congress calls for enhanced organisation for women's revolution 

  The campaign for a women's revolution should begin at the grassroots level of society and be carried out in all areas in which the women's movement is organised, with the connections that have been built worldwide, through all available means."
• KJK launches campaign against attacks on Shengal and Afghan women  

  The KJK Coordination launched a campaign against the attacks on Shengal and Afghan women to be carried out between 3-15 August.
• New femicide in Batman 

  Aysel E. was murdered by her husband Murat E. in Batman.
• Taliban orders beauty parlours across Afghanistan to shut within a month 

  Even though the Taliban try to present themselves as "moderate" to the outside world, women are being restricted more and more, step by step. Hardly a day goes by without more professions being banned for women.
• KCDP says 22 women were killed in June  

  The KCDP said that 22 women were killed in June and 27 died under suspicious circumstances.
• Jineoloji Week for Young Women in Switzerland 

  Young women from all over Europe will meet at Jineoloji Week in Switzerland on 9-15 July.
• RJAK calls for action against violence and sexual assaults against women in South Kurdistan 

  The Kurdistan Free Women's Movement (RJAK) calls for action against increasing violence and sexual assaults against women in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• At least 600 women murdered in the 2 years since Turkey’s withdrawal from Istanbul Convention 

  At least 600 women have been murdered in the 2 years since Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, and at least 400 women have lost their lives in suspicious circumstances.
• ‘Turkey’s attacks cannot stop the women's revolution’ 

  Women in North and East Syria condemned the attacks of the Turkish state, saying that women's revolution would not be interrupted by Turkey’s attacks.