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• Preparations for 8th Sakine Cansız Women's Festival in Zurich are underway 

  Preparations for the 8th Sakine Cansız Women's Festival are underway in Zurich. Various women's organizations mobilize for the major event.
• KJK calls for solidarity with Afghan women and peoples 

  “As women from Kurdistan, we call upon all women, especially the women in the Middle East, to stand in solidarity with our sisters in Afghanistan, to raise their voices, and to defend their lives, achievements and dreams."
• Female politicians demand release of three RJAK women in the hands of the KDP  

  Three RJAK women, who were detained by the KDP forces on the anniversary of the Shengal Massacre, have not been heard from for 11 days.
• HDP Istanbul MP Özçelik warns about the growing number of femicides  

  Tuğçe Özçelik from the Women's Defense Network says the growing number of femicides in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan after the government withdrew from the Istanbul Convention was foreseeable.
• The plight of the women of Afrin 

  A 20-year-old Kurdish woman has committed suicide in Afrin. The mother of one child originally came from the Yazidi village of Basûtê in Sherawa and last lived in the center of the occupied city.
• Kongreya Star members call on KDP to release RJAK members 

  Members of the Kongreya Star Dirbêsiyê Coordination demanded the RJAK members' release and said that the KDP has a misogynist policy.
• Policeman kills his wife and her parents before taking his own life 

  In Afyonkarahisar, a policeman killed his wife and her parents and committed suicide. The couple was in the process of divorce.
• Yazidi woman murdered in Midyat 

  Shengal survivor Baran Hasan Rasho has been murdered by a man in Turkey. The Women's Rights Center of the Mardin Bar Association demands the maximum penalty for the perpetrator.
• TJA calls for immediate release of RJAK activists detained by KDP 

  The Free Women’s Movement (TJA) has slammed the detention of three Kurdish women politicians by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP).
• YJA Star sends congratulatory message to the guerrillas in Dersim and Botan 

  The Free Women’s Troops Headquarters Command delivered a congratulatory message to its commanders and fighters in the regions of Dersim and Botan who carried out successful actions.
• Action by young internationalists to support women guerrillas 

  Young internationalist women showed solidarity with the women guerillas in the mountains of Zap, Avaşîn and Metîna and painted murals on the streets of Qamishlo.
• Kongreya Star: Stand up for your own dignity 

  After the sexual violence and severe mistreatment by Turkish soldiers on the Syrian-Turkish border area, the women's umbrella organization Kongreya Star protested the policy of displacement.
• Kongreya Star: RJAK activists should be released immediately 

  The Kongreya Star Coordination has urged the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) to release the Free Women's Organization of Kurdistan (RJAK) activists insisting that the KDP is responsible for their life safety.
• "Arrest of the RJAK activists is an intimidation attempt" 

  There is still no information about the activists of the women's movement RJAK who were arrested last week in South Kurdistan. RJAK spokeswoman Soma Ferhed sees the measure as an intimidation attempt against all women.
• HDP Women's Council meets women workers in Kiziltepe 

  Field workers in Kiziltepe receive a daily wage of just under ten euros. The HDP Women's Council visited the workers as part of the campaign against the feminization of poverty and listened to their problems and demands.
• HDP Women's Assembly pays visit to Syriac women in Mardin 

  A delegation from the HDP Women's Assembly met Syriac women in Mardin. The women discussed their experiences with racism.
• Women's organizations demand release of RJAK activists 

  Cenî, Fighting Together and Women Defend Rojava demand the immediate release of RJAK activists detained by KDP forces in Hewlêr.
• The “Implement the Istanbul Convention Campaign Group” protests femicide 

  The “Implement the Istanbul Convention Campaign Group” marched in Kadıköy to protest the murders of women despite heavy police behaviour.
• KDP detains three female politicians in Hewler 

  Three women politicians from Kurdistan Free Women's Organization (RJAK) have been detained by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) forces in Hewlêr.
• Kongreya Star calls for recognition of Shengal Autonomous Administration 

  The North and East Syrian Coordination of Kongreya Star called on the international community to recognize Yazidi genocide and Shengal Autonomous Administration.
• TJA: Yazidi women give hope to the world 

  TJA stated that Yazidi women give hope to the world and demanded that August 3 be declared as “International Day of Action Against Femicide" and Genocide”.
• KCDP: 20 women were murdered in July 

  The ‘We Will Stop Femicide Platform’ announced that at least 20 women were murdered in July, and 12 women died under suspicious circumstances. At least 177 women have been murdered since the beginning of the year.
• 21-year-old female student brutally murdered in Antalya 

  A 21-year-old female student has been murdered in the southern Turkish province Antalya. Azra Gülendam Haytaoğlu was first raped and then strangled before her dismembered body was buried in a wooded area. The confessed murderer has been arrested.
• TJK-E publishes action plan for Shengal 

  On the anniversary of the genocide and femicide of the Yazidis in Shengal, activities will be taking place across Europe starting today. The Kurdish women's movement in Europe demands an autonomous status for Shengal.
• Alliance of women from the Middle East and North Africa formed in Beirut 

  An alliance of women from the Middle East and North Africa has been formed at a conference in Beirut. The goal of this alliance is a strategic women's vision for building a free, democratic and equal society.