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• Sakine Cansiz Women's Festival in Zurich on 16 August 

  On 16 August, a women's festival in memory of the Kurdish revolutionary Sakine Cansiz will take place for the seventh time in Switzerland. The motto of the festival is "From the struggle of women to the century of women".
• YPS-JIN: Take action and attack the rapist AKP system everywhere! 

  Mothers and women are the center of life. The AKP government wants to turn them into slaves for men and birth machines."
• YPJ remembers Hêvî Gabar 

  "Her personality embodied the attitude of the free woman, she was always connected to the path of her fallen friends. Her loss is a directive for us to increase the struggle," the YPJ said on the death of Gülistan Aksoy (Hêvî Gabar).
• Yet another woman murdered in Turkey 

  Increasing femicide and violence against women in Turkey amid ongoing discussions seeking to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention.
• Hêvî Gabar - a breathless life full of enthusiasm 

  "Hêvî was like water, flowing and pure. She made it her principle to always be there and to do what the revolutionary life required of her", the Kurdish women's movement says on the death of Gülistan Aksoy.
• UN research finds Covid affected working women in Turkey the most 

  The research aims to "deliver an accurate picture of the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis on women and men, to make their distinct and changing needs and priorities visible."
• 16 detained in police attack on women’s rally in İzmir 

  The Turkish regime’s attacks against women demanding their rights continue increasingly.
• Kurdish revolutionary Aksoy passes away in Berlin 

  Kurdish revolutionary Gülistan Aksoy died in Berlin on July 26. Her body was buried today in her village in the province of Mardin.
• Male violence leaves two women seriously injured in Amed 

  In Amed, two women have been seriously injured by men. Both perpetrators are the wives' husbands.
• Demo in Berlin against femicide and genocide in Shengal 

  The initiatives "Gemeinsam Kämpfen", "Dest-Dan" and "Women Defend Rojava" have promoted a rally in Berlin on the occasion of the sixth anniversary of the femicide and genocide in Shengal.
• Kongra Star condemns murder of young woman in Kobanê 

  Riweyda Sheikh Hemo (19) was murdered by her family in the neighborhood of Botan in Kobanê on 2 August.
• Shengal genocide: KJK calls for increased struggle for freedom 

  On the anniversary of the beginning of the genocide and femicide in Shengal on August 3, 2014, the Kurdistan Women’s Community (KJK) calls for the expansion of the struggle for freedom of the peoples and especially of women.
• Seven women committed suicide in Mardin in 1.5 months 

  In the last six weeks seven women have committed suicide in Mardin. Women's organisations classify these suicides as a political problem that can be solved by implementing the Istanbul Convention.
• Newaya Jin magazine writes about Shengal genocide  

  The 185th issue came out under the headline 'Our confidence is our organization'.
• HDP Women's Council salutes the resistance of Shengal 

  "We, the women of the HDP, once again salute this resistance and the struggle of the Yazidi women who have survived despite all the persecution and torture. Their struggle is our struggle.”
• “Liberation of all women will be the answer to genocides” 

  "Organisation and liberation of all women will be the answer to the genocides of the occupiers," says Kongra Star on the sixth anniversary of the ISIS genocide against the Yazidi community.
• The femicide and the resistance of Yazidi women 

  Thousands of Yazidi women from Shengal were abducted, raped, murdered and enslaved by the ISIS six years ago. In 2015 an armed women's unit was founded so that Yazidi women could defend themselves.
• Femicide in Turkey: 36 women murdered in July 

  In July, at least 36 women were victims of femicide in Turkey. 92 percent of the women were murdered by violent husbands, partners, fathers or sons. Eleven more women were found dead in suspicious circumstances.
• KJK calls on women to strengthen resistance  

  "We condemn the invasion of Shengal by ISIS and state that our belief and our claim for freedom of the Middle East under the leadership of women can only be achieved through a stronger organized struggle against colonial, invading and rapist mentalities."
• Man kills 4 family members of woman who rejected wedding proposal 

  A man in the Sivas province of Turkey has killed 4 people from the family of a woman who rejected her wedding proposal.
• 50-year-old victim of torture in Afrin speaks out 

  A 50-year-old woman from Afrin tells of severe torture in custody under the Turkish-controlled occupation regime in Afrin. She was tortured for 26 days.
• Woman murdered in Ankara 

  A woman named Emine Yanıkoğlu was murdered in Ankara by her husband.
• Activists in Duisburg protest violence against women 

  Violence against women was protested with an action held by the Martyr Asia Yüksel Women's Council in Duisburg.
• 915 women reported missing in Peru during Covid quarantine 

  From 16 March to 30 June, 915 women were reported missing in Peru, 70 percent of them minors, national authorities warned.
• SKM women released 

  ESP co-chair Özlem Gümüştaş and SKM spokesperson Deniz Aktaş as well as members of SKM who were detained in Balıkesir were released on condition of judicial control.