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• Yüksekdağ sends International Women's Day message to women  

  "Women who oppose patriarchal and state violence, wars and discrimination will win," wrote imprisoned HDP politician Figen Yüksekdağ in her message for International Women's Day.
• Kongra Star: Our struggle is the heart of women’s revolution 

  The women's umbrella organization Kongra Star is celebrating International Women's Struggle Day in North and East Syria with the slogan “Our struggle is the heart of the women's revolution”.
• More than 40 guards raid and search women's ward arbitrarily in Bakırköy 

  Dozens of guards raided a women's ward and conducted arbitrary searches in the Bakırköy Closed Women's Prison in Istanbul.
• KNK: Kurdish women give hope to the Middle East 

  KNK Women's Commission slammed the rapist practices of the Turkish state and said that Kurdish women gave hope to the Middle East and the world.
• Two women die in Istanbul 

  Two women died in Istanbul, one was shot the other suspiciously fell from the balcony of her house.
• YJA Star guerrilla Çiçek Benzer buried for the second time 

  The body of female guerrilla Çiçek Benzer, who was martyred in a clash on the Gabar region in September, has been exhumed from a "cemetery for the nameless" and handed over to her relatives to be finally laid to rest.
• March 8 rally in Kobanê: Struggle is the assurance for women’s freedom 

  Women organized a march to celebrate March 8 Women Day in Kobanê and gave the message: "Our struggle is the assurance for women's freedom".
• KCDK-E: Women's struggle terrifies the AKP-MHP government 

  The European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress released a statement to mark the March 8, International Working Women's Day and said, "Women's liberation struggle raises people’s hopes in Kurdistan and Turkey."
• "Key to women's liberation lies in the revolution of Rojava" 

  Şervîn Nûdem from the Jineolojî Academy in Northeast Syria talks about the importance of the Rojava revolution for women's liberation.
• March 8 convoy in Qamishlo 

  An extensive program is taking place in the autonomous region of northern and eastern Syria to mark International Women's Struggle Day, March 8. In Qamishlo, activists toured the city today with a convoy of cars.
• Women to take to the streets in Van on March 8 

  Rojbîn Bor from the board of the Star women's association in Van reports that seven women were murdered by men in the city in February alone. "We will take to the streets against this on March 8," she says.
• TJK-E calls for street actions on March 8 

  The Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe calls for participation in March 8 activities under the slogan "Free women and a free society instead of feminicides" to "hold the male domination system and all dictators accountable."
• British Kurdish Women's Initiative organizes March 8 events 

  A series of events will be organized by the British Kurdish Women's Initiative to mark 8 March, International Women's Day. Events will take place from 6 to 8 March and include a panel, cultural event and sending letters to women prisoners.
• Women celebrate 8 March in Kurdish cities 

  Women in Kurdistan and Turkey took to the streets to mark March 8, International Women's Day under the supervision of TJA and HDP.
• Activists in Hildesheim send letters to women prisoners 

  A group of women activists in Hildesheim sent letters and cards to political prisoners in Turkish prisons.
• At least 24 women were murdered in February 

  News reports reveal that at least 24 women were killed by their relatives in February. As many women barely avoided murder, perpetrators received a "good conduct" verdict in courts.
• YJK-E NRW calls on women to join march in Düsseldorf on Saturday 

  YJK-E NRW called all women to meet in Düsseldorf on 6 March to celebrate International Working Women’s Day and said "Fascism will lose, women will win".
• KBDH: Women must become the leading force in the anti-fascist struggle 

  The leftist women's guerrilla alliance KBDH said on March 8: "Women must unite against any attack of fascism and organize common resistance against the oppression of all gender identities."
• Two women aged 79 and 71 jailed on terror charges in Amed 

  Two Kurdish women at the ages of 79 and 71 from MEBYA-DER, a solidarity association for families who lost loved ones in the Kurdish liberation struggle, have been imprisoned in Amed on terror charges.
• KJK: We will transform every place into a position of freedom 

  On the occasion of the International Women's Struggle Day on March 8, KJK declares that a new era has dawned with the rapidly growing uprising of women.
• March 8 events by Kurdish women in Turkey and North Kurdistan 

  The Free Women's Movement and Peoples' Democratic Party’s Women Assembly have organized events to mark International Women's Day.
• Women kick off March 8 events in Amed: No obedience but resistance! 

  Women in Amed started the International Women's Day (March 8) events. Women made a statement despite the police's attempt to intervene.
• Preparations underway for March 8 in Shengal 

  Free Yazidi Women's Movement (TAJÊ) designed banners in the center of Shengal as part of the March 8 preparations.
• “Kurdish struggle of honor makes me embrace the Kurdish cause” 

  Nuran Aba takes part in all actions and activities of the Kurdish political movement. The reason is the Kurdish struggle of honor.
• Police prevent HDP women’s gathering in Istanbul 

  The police intervened in an event organized by women in Bakırköy district in Istanbul. The women responded, "Thousands will take to the streets on March 8".