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• MKP member Koç laid to rest in Istanbul 

  Aysel Koç, a member of MKP, who allegedly ended her life in Ankara Sincan Women's Closed Prison, was laid to rest.
• KON-MED invites women to join 8 March activities and demos 

  KON-MED issued a statement to mark 8 March, International Working Women Day. "Kurdish women - reads the statement - have been a source of inspiration for all women in the world with their resistance."
• Star Women's Association opens its door in Van 

  A new association has been established in Van to address the increase in the cases of violence against women and murders. Star Women's Association hopes to open in the coming days.
• Political prisoner Aysel Koç dies in prison in Ankara 

  MKP prisoner Aysel Koç, who has been imprisoned since 2012, died in Sincan women's prison. According to authorities, she committed suicide. Her lawyer wants to see the autopsy report.
• KESK: Women working in state agencies face gender discrimination 

  Among divorced women, the proportion of those who think they are being discriminated against is significantly higher than among married or single women.
• Newaya Jin: Women will change the world! 

  Women's newspaper Newaya Jin published a special issue for the month of March. In this issue the newspaper focused on women's struggle from a local to a global perspective.
• KJK: Women have the power to change! 

  KJK called on all women, the people, Kurdish youth, young women to 'STAND UP FOR CHANGE AND FREEDOM!' and invited all to join the demonstrations on 8 March. 
• Başaran elected spokesperson for HDP Women's Council 

  Ayşe Acar Başaran has been elected the new spokesperson of the HDP Women's Council which has met for the first time after the HDP's congress in Ankara.
• Dortmund: All together against feminicide 

  A demonstration for the murdered Yazidi woman Onalia Çendy took place in Dortmund.
• Women in Shehba march for Öcalan 

  After a fire on the prison island Imrali, nothing is known about the four Kurdish prisoners held there.
• YJAD, FEDA and SKB condemn murder of Olania Çendy in Germany 

  The Democratic Alevi Women's Association (YJAD), the Democratic Alevi Federation (FEDA) and the Socialist Women's Union (SKB) condemned the murder of a Kurdish woman with four children in Dortmund, on 25 February.
• HDP Women's Council publishes program of 8 March activities 

  HDP Women's Council, published the program of activities for 8 March, International Working Women Day in Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• Woman from Shengal murdered in Dortmund 

  Olania Çendy was murdered in her apartment in Dortmund. The thirty-year-old woman came from Shengal in Southern Kurdistan and was a mother of four children.
• Etki: Murders of women are political  

  TJA activist Figen Ekti said that women's struggle should be universalized as attacks and murders of women are favoured by the State.
• Second Women's Literature and Arts Festival begins in Manbij 

  The second Women's Literature and Arts Festival has begun in Manbij.
• HDP women meet with women from around the world ahead of Congress 

  HDP Women's Council met with women from eight countries who are invited to the party's 4th Ordinary General Congress which kicks off today.
• TJK-E calls on women to join marches against fascism on Saturday 

  TJK-E called on people to join the marches planned for Saturday 22 February: "Let's unite against fascism."
• KJK: A people who loses its language loses its freedom 

  KJK celebrates International Mother Language Day, urging Kurds to claim their language everywhere. 
• Mexican Chamber of Deputies increases penalties for femicide 

  The Mexican Chamber of Deputies will impose a penalty of 10 to 18 years in jail against those who commit sexual abuse of a minor.
• HDP Women's Council meets leader of Tunisian Women's Association 

  Representatives of the HDP Women's Council met in Ankara with Yosra Fraves, the chairperson of the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women.
• Protest against racist gynecologist in Hakkari 

  In the state hospital of Hakkari in Northern Kurdistan a racism scandal is looming. Hundreds of Kurdish women are reporting racist treatment by a doctor and coercion to terminate their pregnancy.
• Susan Mohammed from Bashur is one of ATHENA40's candidates  

  Susan Mohammed Arif, from South Kurdistan, is among the 40 candidates of this year's ATHENA40, which every two years select the 40 most innovative and influential women worldwide.
• Kurdish woman claimed to have committed suicide in Berlin 

  It was claimed that Huriye Uçar, who was subjected to family pressure in Berlin, committed suicide.
• YPJ: We will defend the philosophy of leader Apo 

  The YPJ condemned the international conspiracy against Abdullah Öcalan.
• KJK: 15 February is the biggest conspiracy against women 

  The KJK Coordination denounced the international 15 February conspiracy against Abdullah Öcalan, stating that they will "never accept it". KJK added Öcalan is "the true friend of women."