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• Call for all women to take to the streets for freedom on March 8 

  Women call on all women who are impoverished, whose labor is stolen, who resist isolation, the power and state violence to take to the streets on March 8, International Working Women's Day.
• Women in Dersim and Şırnak kick off activities for 8 March 

  HDP Dersim Women's Council kicked off the 8 March International Women's Day celebration by saying "Our rebellion is for our freedom". In Şırnak and its districts, cards were sent to women prisoners as part of the 8 March events.
• Final rush for the '100 reasons to prosecute the dictator' campaign 

  The campaign “100 reasons to prosecute the dictator”, launched by the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (TJK-E), is coming to an end. In Switzerland alone, 17,000 people have signed the petition to now.
• Women in Aleppo join meeting for International Women's Day 

  In the neighbourhoods of Şêxmeqûsd and Eşrefiyê in Aleppo, Kongra Star organised actions and meetings to mark 8 March, International Women’s Day.
• “100 reasons to prosecute the dictator” action in Monchengladbach 

  The activities on the occasion of the "100 reasons to prosecute the dictator" campaign initiated by the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (TJK-E) continue.
• Man kills two women in Istanbul 

  The man killed himself after murdering two women.
• KJAR calls on women to “unite the struggles, end feminicide” 

  East Kurdistan’s women's association KJAR calls for increased organization against the patriarchal system of domination on the occasion of the International Women's Struggle Day on March 8: "If we organize and form a unity, we can succeed in everything."
• TJA initiates March 8 activities in Siirt 

  Initiating March 8 activities in Siirt, TJA protested the Imrali isolation and femicide and promoted self-defense.
• MED TUHAD-FED co-chair receives 6 years and 3 months in prison 

  MED TUHAD-FED co-chair Elif Haran was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison for alleged "membership in a terrorist organization".
• HDP MP Başaran: “The government attacks us to cover up its failure in Gare” 

  The Turkish government's defamation campaign against the HDP is particularly directed against female politicians. According to Ayşe Acar Başaran, the government is using it to cover up the unsuccessful military operation in Gare.
• Turkish judiciary refuses to arrest rapist sergeant 

  The trial of Turkish sergeant Musa Orhan, a member of the Turkish army who raped a Kurdish girl systematically, has continued in Siirt. The request for an arrest warrant was again rejected.
• Women express anger for the feminicide of Gülistan 

  Gülistan Şaylemez was active in the women's movement for many years. She was murdered by her brother in Amed on February 15.
• TJA activist Nevriye Çur says the reason for femicides is the AKP 

  Drawing attention to the increasing violence against women, TJA activist Nevriye Çur stated that the perpetrators were encouraged by the policy of impunity and added that "the reason for the murders against women is AKP policies."
• YJA Star Commander: "Women play a leadership role in the battle" 

  Hêjar Zozan, one of the commanders of the women's guerrilla force said, "The actions of the YJA Star are not limited to Heftanin. There has been a strong participation of women in the struggle and actions in Garzan, Botan, Zagros and many other places."
• YJŞ marks 5th founding anniversary: "To be unorganized means extinction on these lands” 

  Shengal Women's Units were established five years ago after the ISIS onslaught. In a statement marking the founding anniversary, the YJŞ Command said, "To be unorganized means extinction on these lands."
• Women in Rojava make preparations for March 8 

  Women's organizations in Rojava announced their March 8 schedule. The two-week actions and activities will be dedicated to the resilient women from Leyla Agirî to Sada Faysal al-Harmoush and the freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan will be demanded.
• KJAR: Iran intimidates society by executing women 

  Member of KJAR Coordination Ciwana Sine said: "Iran wants to intimidate the society by executing women."
• Women in Switerzland collect over 17,000 signatures 'to Prosecute the Dictator'  

  The Swiss leg of the '100 Reasons to Prosecute the Dictator' campaign, which was launched on 25 November 2020 by the European Kurdish Women's Movement (TJK-E), has collected well over 17,000 signatures.
• HDP women hold online meeting with Swedish MPs 

  The ever-increasing violence against women in the run-up to 8 March International Women's Day and targeted attacks on the HDP’s women politicians and the Kurds in Turkey were debated.
• Co-mayor of Sur receives 7 years and 6 months in prison 

  Sur Municipality Co-mayor Filiz Buluttekin, who was replaced by a government appointed trustee, was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison for "being a member of a terrorist organization".
• DTK Council Member sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison 

  DTK Council Member Jiyan Taş was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison.
• Kongra Star: We will organise many events to mark 8 March 

  Kongra Star spokeswoman Remziya Mihemed said that they will organize many events in Northern and Eastern Syria within the scope of 8 March, International Women's Day.
• Man kills his wife in Istanbul 

  A woman named Hanife Yenisu was battered and murdered by her husband, Erol Yenisu, who she was divorcing, in Pendik.
• Activists in Toronto protest Turkish crimes against women 

  The Sara Free Women Collective and the Toronto Democratic Kurdish Community Council organized an action in Toronto to protest the rape, kidnapping and massacre of women by the invading Turkish state and its mercenaries in Afrin.
• “100 Reasons to Prosecute the Dictator” action in Düsseldorf 

  In Düsseldorf, activists from Cenî and YJK-E collected signatures for the "100 reasons to prosecute the dictator" campaign. The initiative demands an end to patriarchal violence and the condemnation of the Turkish president.