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• Women said to have commited suicide are often victims of femicide, say women organizations 

  Speaking about the suspicious death of 4 women in 7 days in Van, Rojbin Bor from the Star Women's Association said that femicides are often portrayed as "suicide" and are the result of the women's policy implemented by the government.
• YJK-E calls on women to attend Düsseldorf march on 12 November 

  The YJK-E called on women to attend the Düsseldorf march on 12 November, saying, "We must be the voice and breath of the freedom fighters."
• Participants of the International Women’s Conference in Berlin seek 'a new world’ 

  At the Technical University in Berlin, the international women's conference "Our Revolution: Liberating Life" of the network "Women Weaving Future" was held on November 5-6.
• 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadî' is a philosophy and will create world women's confederalism 

  "When the night is the deepest, the day is the closest," says Ayten Dersim of the PAJK, calling for intensifying the struggle and throwing fascism "on the rubbish heap of history".
• Second International Women's Conference ends with final declaration and call to raise the struggle 

  The reading of the final declaration of the Second International Women's Conference in Berlin. The women called to raise the struggle.
• Women's Conference in Berlin: The desired life will not come through miracles but a revolution 

  The second day of the international women's conference in Berlin is dedicated to the political prisoners who are imprisoned because of their struggle for freedom and who cannot participate in the exciting debates.
• Second day of international Women's Conference in Berlin 

  Over 700 women are attending the Second International Women's Conference organized by the Women Weaving their Future Network.
• International Women's Conference in Berlin: “It is time to take responsibility for the future" 

  The ‘Women Are Shaping the Future Network’ holds the 2nd International Women's Conference under the motto "Our Revolution: Liberating Life" at Berlin Technical University on November 5-6.
• International Women's Conference opens in Berlin  

  The second international Women's Conference kicked off this morning in Berlin. It can be followed online.
• Campaign launched in Argentina against Turkish use of chemical weapons growing 

  The campaign launched by the Argentine Kurdistan and Solidarity Committees to protest Turkish use of chemical weapons against guerrilla troops is spreading.
• International Women's Conference to kick off in Berlin at the weekend 

  Songül Karabulut, Preparatory Committee Member of the 2nd International Women's Conference, said that they would not just deal with a system analysis, but also discuss ways and means to get rid of the current predicament.
• Men killed 34 women in Turkey in October 

  The ‘We Will Stop Femicide Platform’ reported that 34 women were murdered by men and 26 women died suspiciously in October. 275 women were killed in the first 10 months of the year.
• Argentinian women launch campaign to protest Turkish use of chemical weapons 

  The Committee of Women in Solidarity with Kurdistan of Argentina launched a campaign to protest the Turkish use of chemical weapons.
• World women's movements to meet in Berlin 

  Hundreds of delegates from 41 countries will attend the 2nd International Women's Conference organized in Berlin by the Women Weaving Future Network .
• The new podcast of Çay at the Women's Front: From Rojhilat to the world 

  The new podcast of Çay at the Women's Front features a call from Ala, a young Kurdish woman from Kirmaşan, in Rojhilat, to the world: I ask you to be the voice of the Iranian people.
• YJK-E holds annual congress: "No woman should remain unorganised" 

  At its annual congress, the German-wide women's federation YJK-E evaluated past activities and set guidelines for upcoming work. "Jin, Jiyan, Azadî" remains the most important slogan of the Kurdish women's movement.
• TJK-E: On 1 November we will be in Den Haag with the spirit of Kobanê 

  The TJK-E said that they will be in Den Haag to call on the OPCW to fulfil their humanitarian, legal and universal duties and said: “Women, our people, youths and our friends should join the action on 1 November.”
• KJAR calls for a more radical stand for the women’s liberation revolution 

  The Community of Free Women of Eastern Kurdistan (KJAR) calls for a more radical stand for the uprising that has been going on in Eastern Kurdistan and Iran for 40 days.
• Gulistan Gulhat: Beritan laid the foundation for the women's army 

  A commander of the YJA Star, Gulistan Gulhat, emphasises the important role Beritan played in the emergence of the women's army and states that the women's guerrilla force is a role model for internationalist women worldwide.
• Andrea Wolf Group releases "Canción sin miedo" for Nagihan Akarsel 

  Inspired by the lyrics of the song "Canción sin miedo" (Courage), the Andrea Wolf Group sang this song again for Nagihan Akarsel and all the women murdered.
• HDP MP Semra Güzel to appear in court in December 

  HDP MP Semra Güzel has been in pre-trial detention on terror charges since the beginning of September. The date for the start of the trial has now been set.
• Two more femicides in Izmir and Manisa 

  Two women were murdered by men in Izmir and Manisa.
• YJK-E calls on people to take to the streets to protest chemical attacks carried out by Turkey 

  YJK-E called on people to take to the streets to protest the chemical attacks carried out by the Turkish state.
• Second Jineology workshop kicks off in Maxmur 

  The second workshop of the Jineology Committee kicked off in the Martyr Rustem Cudi Refugee Camp (Maxmur) under the motto 'The Second Agricultural and Rural Revolution Will Be Done through Jineology'.
• TAJÊ: We will resist the Turkish state and the KDP 

  The Yazidi Women's Freedom Movement recalled that the guerrillas had saved the Yazidis from the genocide in 2014, vowing to “resist until the KDP and the Turkish state are defeated.”