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• Women’s workshop in India 

  This year’s workshop was dedicated to Sakine Cansiz, a PKK founder and leading figure in the Kurdish Freedom Movement murdered in Paris in 2013 and Gauri Lankesh, who was murdered by fascists in India last year.
• Never Invisible: FARC women tell their stories 

  A documentary imagined and created by former Colombian guerrilla women belonging to the FARC-EP.
• TJA: Liberation comes with organization 

  “Leyla Güven's demands are the demands of all of us and we all demand an end to isolation.”
• Leyla Guven: I will continue as long as there is no response 

  Leyla Guven sent a message to the conference titled “Our organization is our freedom” and said, “I will continue as long as there is no response to my protest. I know this is a rightful struggle, and we will prevail.”
• HDP called on women in Van to make their voice heard 

  The HDP Women’s Electoral Commission called on women in Van to turn the 31 March local elections into an opportunity.
• UN: Violence against women a “mark of shame” on all societies 

  “Not until the half of our population represented by women and girls can live free from fear, violence and everyday insecurity, can we truly say we live in a fair and equal world,” said the UN Secretary-General.
• Women’s village Jinwar officially opened 

  “The idea of ​​establishing the village of Jinwar was an idea of ​​Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan. The achievements of women are the result of his ideas and philosophy”.
• Abdullah: Strengthening the YPJ will strengthen women 

  Thousands of women attended a rally in Hesekê Canton to mark November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
• Turkey: 92 women died at workplace in 10 months  

  A report highlights the bleak situation of women at work in Turkey: 92 deaths reported in the first 10 months of 2018.
• PAJK salutes women and praises their struggle 

  "Freedom will develop through the common struggle of women. The 21st century will be the age of democracy and women”.
• DBP’s Tuncel: Leyla Güven’s demand is our demand 

  Jailed Kurdish poitician Sebahat Tuncel said: “Leyla Güven’s demand is our demand. We want to end the isolation imposed on Öcalan and ensure his health, safety and freedom”.

• Women in North Kurdistan take to the streets 

  Demonstrations and actions are taking place all over North Kurdistan to mark November 25.
• Women take to the streets all over Europe - II 

  To mark 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, demonstrations have been organised in Germany, France, Cyprus and Italy.
• YPJ calls on women to render all days into November 25 

  YPJ commemorated in the person of the three Mirabel sisters all the revolutionary and fighting women and vowed all women to realize a free future.
• YPJ International on November 25: The time is now! 

  "YPJ involves women as a whole, with her body, mind and spirit, in a constant collective process of developing. Through ideological education we deeply understand what we are defending and more importantly to live and grow together."
• Women take to the streets all over Europe 

  To mark 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, demonstrations have been organised in Paris, Copenhagen and Geneva.
• Women from Afrin have organized in Shehba too 

  Leyla Ibisim from the Berxwedan Camp Kongreya Star Coordination stated that the women crossing into Shehba from Afrin have organized themselves in a short time and won’t accept surrender.
• People of Afrin rally against violence against women 

  Events to mark November 25 continue across Rojava and Northern Syria.
• Women prisoners support HDP MP on hunger strike against isolation 

  Female prisoners in the Kandira Prison showed support for Leyla Guven’s resistance and said, “The isolation imposed upon Mr. Abdullah Öcalan must end at once.”
• Women help heal women in camps  

  The Women’s House in the Ayn Îsa camp is helping ten thousand women who have been subjected to violence by ISIS, the Turkish state, gang groups and the regime.
• Women’s village Jinwar to open on November 25 

  After 2 years of work, the Jinwar village will open on November 25.
• “Women’s Group” formed in Iraqi Parliament 

  Female MPs from various ethnicities and faiths in the Iraqi Parliament have formed a “Women’s Group”.
• Actions for November 25 continue in Kobane 

  Kobane hosted a theater performance as part of actions for 25 November.
• November 25 in Northern Syria: Our freedom is our honor 

  In Northern Syria, activities continue on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
• Women of Kobane mark November 25 

  Women rallied in Kobane to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and called for struggle.