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• Seven women sent to prison in Amed 

  7 of the 24 women taken into custody during the political police operations in Amed on 16 March were sent to prison.
• TAJÊ calls on women to stand against the occupation in Afrin 

  The Free Yazidi Women's Movement (Tevgera Azadiya Jinên Êzidî, TAJÊ) made a statement on the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Afrin and called on women's organizations to protect Afrin and stand against the occupation.
• European Kurdish Women's Movement calls on everyone to take to the streets on Newroz 

  Celebrating the 2022 Newroz of the resisting Kurdish people, especially women, and the peoples of the Middle East, TJK-E called on everyone to take to the streets.
• Angela Davis: Aysel Tuğluk is my sister 

  Women from all over the world are standing up for Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk, who remains in prison despite suffering from dementia. American activist Angela Davis said: "Aysel is my sister and I will always stand by my sisters."
• Women Defend Rojava: The defense and liberation of Afrin is the defense of the women’s revolution 

  Four years ago, thousands of people around the world took to the streets, their hearts with Afrin, loudly expressing their opposition to Turkey’s illegal war. On January 20, 2018, the Turkish state launched a war on the region of Afrin.
• HDP: Police operations target women in Diyarbakır 

  The AKP-MHP alliance continues its crackdown on all opposition, with further arrests. The alliance has a misogynistic policy and puts pressure on women who fight for women's rights and freedom. Police operations have targeted women in Diyarbakır.
• 79-year-old Peace Mother sentenced to over six years in prison 

  79-year-old Meryem Soylu was sentenced to six years and three months imprisonment for "membership in a terrorist organization" due to her work in the Association of Relatives of Martyrs (MEBYA-DER).
• Police take 24 women into custody in Amed 

  During the house raids carried out by police this morning in Amed, many women, including Rosa Women's Association President Adalet Kaya and replaced Sur Municipality co-mayor Filiz Buluttekin, were detained.
• YJK-E: Let's cover all areas with women's colour on Newroz 

  “Let's cover all areas with our women's colour and create a free society together with our spirit of resistance and rebellion, just like we did on March 8, International Working Women's Day.”
• Lawyer Vurgun: Turkey’s judiciary adopts a special war against Kurdish women 

  The Lawyers Association for Freedom (ÖHD) Amed Branch Co-Chair lawyer Özüm Vurgun said that women in Turkey face a crackdown in general, but there is a separate and special war policy against Kurdish women, as can be seen in the ongoing trials.
• Women rally in Basel: "Every day together against patriarchy" 

  A demonstration took place in Basel at the end of the action days for Women's Struggle Day, 8 March.
• 165 ill women prisoners, says the Human Rights Organisations 

  The IHD Women's Commission said that there are 165 ill women prisoners in Turkish jails, 33 of whom are held in the Aegean region.
• Final declaration of National Kurdish Women’s Workshop in Sulaymaniyah 

  The final declaration of the National Kurdish Women’s Workshop in Sulaymaniyah has been announced. The declaration put emphasis on the need for Kurdish women to exceed the existing boundaries.
• DAKAP to sue the police over violence at March 8 demo in Amed 

  The controversial police encirclements and violent identity checks at the International Women's Day demonstration in Amed will have legal repercussions. The women's alliance DAKAP is preparing a lawsuit against the police.
• Kurdish Women's Workshop to be held in Sulaymaniyah 

  Kurdish Women's Workshop will be held in Sulaymaniyah on the initiative of the KNK Women's Commission and the Kurdistan Women's Union, under the slogan ‘Stop Femicide’.
• Kevana Zêrîn holds its second conference 

  The 2nd Conference of Tevgera Çanda Jinên Kevana Zêrîn was carried out in Media Defense Areas. It was said in the final declaration that women should stand up to the use of women as sexual objects under the name of art.
• Solidarity demonstration for the 13 women on Kobanê Trial 

  The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Women's Assembly issued a statement in support of the 13 female politicians on the so-called Kobanê Trial.
• Two girls and two women killed, 12 women kidnapped in Afrin 

  The Human Rights Organization Afrin reported that the Turkish forces have murdered at least two girls and two women and kidnapped 12 women in Afrin since the beginning of the year.
• KJK welcomes the "awakening" on 8 March 

  The Coordination of the Kurdistan Women’s Communities welcomes the large worldwide participation of women in the 8 March protests and sees it as a "departure that will define the century".
• 'Impunity' prevails in femicides in Southern Kurdistan 

  Since the beginning of the year, at least ten women have been murdered or suspiciously died in Southern Kurdistan. Meanwhile, the murderers continue to benefit from the policy of impunity.
• Ronahî Serhad: 8 March gave a historical lesson to the AKP-MHP government - PART ONE 

  PAJK Coordination member Ronahî Serhad said that women of all nationalities taking to the streets everywhere on 8 March gave a historical lesson to the AKP-MHP government.
• Message from women of the world to Kurdish women: Your struggle is our struggle! 

  Middle East, South and North African women's organizations and representatives sent messages to the demonstration held in Amed (Diyarbakır) on March 8, International Women's Day.
• Zeynab Jalalian: Women can’t be silenced with slaughter, torture, and detention 

  In a letter she wrote for March 8, Zeynab Jalalian, who has been subjected to severe torture in prison for 15 years in Iran, said, "The more the oppressors escalate the persecution and suffering on me, the more valiant and resilient I become."
• March 8 celebrations in North and East Syria 

  8 March International Women's Day has been celebrated with various activities in many cities in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.
• March in Linz to mark 8 March 

  A march was held in Linz, Austria, to mark 8 March, International Women's Day.