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• HDP women call for an end to Turkey's enemy criminal law 

  The female HDP deputies spoke out at a press conference in Ankara on the unexplained death of Garibe Gezer in prison and the state of health of imprisoned Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk.
• Women take to the streets for Garibe Gezer and Aysel Tuğluk 

  After the death of Kurdish political prisoner Garibe Gezer in a maximum security prison in Turkey, hundreds of angry activists from the Istanbul platform “Women are strong together” took to the streets on Friday evening.
• TJK-E calls for broad participation in protests for Öcalan on 11 December 

  The Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe calls for broad participation in the demonstration to be held on December 11 for the freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• HDP calls for the immediate release of Aysel Tuğluk whose condition deteriorates 

  The HDP Women's Council demands the immediate release of the Kurdish politician and lawyer Aysel Tuğluk, who has been imprisoned for five years and whose health condition is increasingly deteriorating.
• Alliance of Women comes to life in Kurdistan Region  

  In Hewler, a large number of women’s organisations and many women activists announced the formation of the Alliance of Women in the Kurdistan Region.
• Online women panel demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan on World Human Rights Week 

  Women discuss and demand Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan on the occasion of World Human Rights Week.
• Kurdish women in Russia call for action against isolation of Öcalan 

  Calling for action against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan, Kurdish women in Russia demanded freedom for the Kurdish leader.
• Statue of Cîlan Berces erected in Shengal 

  A monument of Cîlan Berces has been erected in Shengal. Like thousands of other women, the young Yazidi woman was abducted by ISIS in 2014. When she was to be handed over to an ISIS emir, she took her own life. She would rather die than be enslaved.
• Over 50 female prisoners given disciplinary sentences for singing Kurdish song 

  In Sincan women's prison, former HDP MP Ayla Akat Ata and another fifty women have been given disciplinary sentences for singing Kurdish songs and dancing to them and shouting slogans.
• Men kill 29 women in November 

  KCDP announced that 29 more women were murdered in November. Most of the murders were committed in homes.
• Women in War, a book project written by women from the Middle East and South Asia during Covid-19 

  Women in War is a book project which collects text written by women from the Middle East and South Asia during Covid-19. Mizgin from Afrin, who had to flee twice because of the invasion attacks carried out by Turkey, talked about her experiences.
• 72-year-old Peace Mother sentenced to 7,5 years in prison 

  72-year-old Peace Mother Makbule Özbek has been sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison.
• TJA: “Isolation will fail, women's struggle for freedom will triumph” 

  In the face of the ongoing bans on visits and the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, the Kurdish women's movement said, "The path of the women's struggle leads through breaking the isolation."
• Men demonstrate in North-East Syria against patriarchal violence and femicide 

  Men took to the streets in numerous locations in northeastern Syria today to take a stand against patriarchal violence and femicide. The message of the demonstrations was, "Without free women, a society cannot be free."
• Shengal women launch 7-day tent action demanding freedom for Öcalan 

  The Yazidi Free Women's Movement and the Yazidi Young Women's Union launched a 7-day tent protest demanding the freedom of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• More than a thousand cases of violence against women in South Kurdistan 

  In South Kurdistan, at least two femicides were committed in October, and five other women were driven to suicide. A total of 1,117 cases of violence were registered in the past month.
• YJA Star: A free future is only possible by defending the PKK and its Leader! 

  Celebrating the 43rd anniversary of PKK, YJA Star Central Headquarters Command said, "A Free future can only be possible by defending the PKK and its leader and by enhancing the organized struggle under their leadership."
• Rengin Women's Choir releases song and video clip to mark 25 November 

  Established last year in London, the Rengin (Colour) Women's Choir performed the song and shot a clip of the song 'There are Women' to mark '25 November’. The clip was launched on social media.
• Demonstrations against patriarchal violence in Shehba and Aleppo 

  Thousands of people took to the streets in Shehba and Aleppo on the international day for the elimination of violence against women. The demonstrations, organised by Kongreya Star, were against patriarchal violence and occupation.
• November 25 demo in Maxmur in solidarity with all women in struggle 

  In Maxmur camp in southern Kurdistan, a demonstration to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women called for solidarity with struggling women worldwide.
• At least 30 women murdered in Northern Kurdistan in 10 months 

  According to the IHD Amed Branch Women's Commission, at least 30 women were murdered in Northern Kurdistan in the first ten months of the year, while 37 others died suspiciously.
• Altun: Women should unite against violence and fascism 

  Nurhayat Altun, former co-mayor of Dersim Municipality who is currently behind bars, stated that "Our hearts beat with the women who are resisting. I urge women to unite in order to fight against fascism."
• KKB: Let's overthrow male-state violence! 

  The Union of Women's Communards urged all women to fight against male-state violence.
• Occupation leads to escalation of patriarchal violence in North-East Syria 

  The chair of the Women's Council of North and East Syria, Cihan Xidro, spoke to ANF about the crimes of the Turkish state in the occupied territories and on the situation of women who have fled. She called for a fight against patriarchal violence.
• Fatma Kılıçaslan: Women were on the streets even during the State of Emergency 

  Fatma Kılıçaslan from HDK Women's Council said that women were on the streets claiming their rights even during the state of emergency, and added that they would continue to be in the streets.