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• European Kurdish Women's Workshop to be held on September 5 

  The Kurdish women in Europe will organize a workshop on September 5 to discuss the problems caused by the occupation and national unity in Kurdistan.
• Besê Erzincan: Women should develop their own organized structures 

  Like the YPJ in Rojava, women in Afghanistan and throughout the region must succeed in establishing their own system. Kurdish and Afghan women must fight together and learn from each other, says Besê Erzincan of the KJK.
• Women in Raqqa and Manbij take to the streets against Turkish invasion 

  Women in Raqqa and Manbij took to the streets to condemn the invading Turkish state’s attacks on North and East Syrian territories.
• IHD: 213 violations of women's rights registered in 4 months in the Aegean region 

  The IHD Izmir Branch Women's Commission said that 213 women's rights were violated in the last 4 months in the Aegean region.
• Mother of jailed TJA spokeswoman buried in her daughter's absence 

  TJA spokeswoman Ayşe Gökkan's request for parole to attend her mother's funeral has not been answered. Lütfiye Gökkan was buried by other Kurdish politicians and activists.
• Jineolojî camp Leyla Agirî calls for the release of RJAK activists 

  The "Jineolojî-Camp Leyla Agirî" calls for the release of RJAK activists Xewla Mihemed Hesen, Ciwana Ebdulbaqî and Seyran Ehmed Hesen detained in South Kurdistan. The three women have disappeared since their arrest in early August.
• TJA: Organized struggle brings freedom 

  The Free Women's Movement issued a written statement to mark September 1 International Day of Peace and vowed to fight isolation, war, racism and sexism.
• Kongreya Star Aleppo Coordination holds its annual meeting  

  Kongreya Star Aleppo Coordination held its annual meeting with the slogan "We will destroy the occupation with the spirit of resistance of Martyr Sosin, we will secure the freedom of Leader Öcalan".
• Prisoners denied communication and visit for a month for singing in Kurdish 

  Nine female prisoners, including DTK co-chair Leyla Güven, in Elazığ Women's Prison have received punishment for singing in the Kurdish language.
• Rojava women in Europe organize themselves under the name of Kongreya Star Ewrûpa 

  The umbrella organization of the women's movement in Northern and Eastern Syria is organizing itself in Europe with the name Kongreya Star-Ewrûpa. The founding congress took place in Dortmund.
• Women fight against war, racism and isolation 

  "In the heart of the Middle East, there are women who have defeated ISIS. They have shown the whole world how to fight," said HDP politician Meral Danış Beştaş in solidarity with women in Afghanistan.
• Buldan: Women should unite and lead the change 

  "We should unite as women and be the pioneers of change," stated HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan and stressed that all elements of society should unite in opposition to Imrali isolation.
• Young Women's Summer Camp ends 

  The Young Women's Summer Camp, organized every year in Europe, this year took place with the slogan "Xweparastinê şerê hebûnê ye-Self-defense is a battle for existence".
• Red salute to Sosin, Ka Ella and women revolutionary fighters 

  The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and the New People’s Army (NPA) pay its red salute to YPJ commander Sosin Bîrhat and three other fighters who were martyred in a Turkish drone attack on the Til Temir Military Council in Rojava on August 19.
• Women’s Liberation Movement of Kurdistan salutes Kerima Lorena “Ka Ella” Tariman 

  The Women’s Liberation Movement of Kurdistan expresses condolences for the loss of Communist Party of Philippine leading cadre Kerima Lorena “Ka Ella” Tariman.
• Kurdish women in Russia protest the isolation of Öcalan 

  Kurdish women living in Krasnodar, Russia made a press statement to protest the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan in Imralı.
• AKP and Taliban - Brothers in Spirit 

  Women's rights activist Rüya Kurtuluş warns that developments like those in Afghanistan could also threaten Turkey.
• Kongra Star letter to UN officials calls for action against Turkish war crimes in North-East Syria 

  In recent weeks, Turkey has intensified its attacks on the region of North and East Syria, committing war crimes on daily basis. The women's movement Kongra Star has written a letter to UN officials calling for urgent action against these crimes.
• 8th Sakine Cansız Women's Festival in Zurich 

  The 8th Sakine Cansız Women's Festival will be held today in Zurich.
• ‘KDP adopts misogynist policies as ISIS and the Turkish state’ 

  Kongreya Star Coordination members voiced reaction to the kidnapping of RJAK politicians and expressed that the KDP is not different from the ISIS and Turkish state.
• Activists in Istanbul demonstrate in solidarity with Afghan women 

  Activists in Istanbul expressed their solidarity with women in Afghanistan and declared: "The Taliban are a threat to the lives of women. They must not be legitimized nor recognized."
• TAJE: Turkish state and its partner Kadhimi seek for a new genocide 

  The Yazidi Women’s Movement released a statement on the current attacks against Shengal and said, “The fascist Turkish state and its partner Mustafa al-Kadhimi intend to pave the way for a new genocide against Yazidi people.”
• Kurdish women's movement in Europe stands in solidarity with Afghan women 

  “As the Kurdish Women’s Movement in Europe, we will remain in solidarity with our Afghan sisters under all circumstances. No woman is alone. And we will be the voice of every woman,” said TJK-E.
• Petition campaign launched for release of RJAK members 

  Female activists and journalists launched a petition campaign for the members of Kurdistan Free Women’s Movement (RJAK), who were detained by the KDP forces, to be released.
• Two more women kidnapped by Turkey and its mercenaries in Afrin 

  The invading Turkish state and its mercenaries kidnapped two women in the village of Qestela Kîşık in Shera, province of Afrin.