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• Kurdish women from first organization to first army 

  The tradition of resistance for Kurdish women who have achieved great victory and heroism in the pages of history has been on the rise for the last 40 years with the forming of their army.
• Women from 9 countries to gather in Jineology Camp 

  Different women organisations and circles will meet in the Jineology Camp between the 18th and 23rd August.
• 250 fighters finish training cycle and join the YPJ ranks 

  250 newly graduated YPJ fighters celebrated the end of their Training Cycle and their official participation in the ranks with festive joy and enthusiasm.
• Saturday Mothers: We need press freedom 

  In their sit-in of the week, the Saturday Mothers said: “We need press freedom to function unabated.”
• Female prisoners in Tarsus on hunger strike against pressure 

  52 women in Tarsus Type T Women’s Closed Prison have started a 5-day hunger strike as a warning against ongoing torture.
• 210 female fighters join the SDF ranks 

  210 female recruits have completed their training at the Martyr Xanim Diyab Academy in Hesekê and joined the SDF ranks.
• Co-mayor of Saray tortured by prison guards 

  Jailed co-mayor of Van's Saray district was subjected to torture by some 40 prison guards, and thrown down the stairway in Elazığ T Type Prison.
• "We will present the Raqqa victory to future generations" 

  "First of all I want to see the liberation of Raqqa. After its liberation we want to remain in Raqqa and continue our service for the women. The mentality of ISIS has to be wiped off from these lands once and for all."
• Journalist Deniz Fırat commemorated by her grave 

  Journalist Deniz Firat who lost her life in an ISIS attack on Makhmur three years ago, has been commemorated by her grave in Van on Tuesday.
• Female prisoners tortured in Elazığ and Tarsus 

  Pressure and torture against political prisoners treated like enemies by the AKP are on the rise in the period of the State of Emergency.
• YJŞ fighter: Raqqa’s name would ring in my ear 

  She had never even heard of Raqqa. Then she knew it as the place where her cousin and aunt were sold in markets. Now as a YJŞ fighter, she fights for Raqqa’s freedom.
• "With YPJ and YJŞ, we make a dream come true in Raqqa" 

  "We have an army of fighters, who are protecting the very life and are sacrificing theirs for the safety of civilians against a band that desires to pull everything into death and destruction. Of course will we prevail."
• For all the Êzîdî women… 

  A second unit of the Shengal Women's Units (YJŞ) arrived at the third anniversary of the genocide in Raqqa, the stronghold of ISIS, to avenge their people and women victimized by the gangs.
• More YJŞ fighters join the Great Battle of Raqqa 

  On the 3rd anniversary of the 73rd genocide of the Êzîdî community, the Shengal Women’s Units (YJŞ) has enlarged their force stationed in Raqqa to rescue the Êzîdîs kidnapped and enslaved by ISIS.
• YJA-Star: Forgetting the treason is being party to the cruelty 

  YJA-Star Shengal Command issued a statement on the anniversary of the August 3 Shengal Massacre and said, “Forgetting the treason and the tragedy is being party to the cruelty.”
• YJŞ fighters: We are in Raqqa to avenge and free Êzidî women 

  Fighters of the Shengal Women's Units (YJŞ) said: "We are fighting in Raqqa to avenge and free the Êzidî women."
• YJŞ: Êzidî women have organized for certain freedom 

  The YJŞ Command has issued a statement on the anniversary of the Shengal massacre and, stating that they have faced a genocide, said: “Êzidî women have organized for certain freedom.”
• Woman freed by SDF: ISIS has blackened our lives as well 

  Norelhûda Şerkirçî, who has been freed recently from the clutches of the ISIS gangs, said: "ISIS did not only enforce black garments on us, but blackened our whole life. When our city gets liberated, I will delete all the last three years from my life."
• PAJK’s Agirî: Rape is an organized policy of the state 

  "By raping the children the future is being tied down in chains, and by raping women it is the future and the present time that the state usurps."
• YPJ Commander: We do not fight for territorial victory alone 

  YPJ/SDF Commander in the operation for Raqqa's liberation, Clara Reqa, stated that they are not just after territorial victory alone, but move forward with this operation to build a free, in all aspects equal and democratic society.
• "You lent yourself to freedom, and freedom suited you well" 

  Türkan Yüksel, nom de guerre Nûdem Maraş, who had been active in the struggle for women's rights for a long time before joining the ranks of the Free Women's Troops (YJA-Star), fell a marty in the city of Şırnak in Northern Kurdistan during an operation.
• Mizgîn from Hesekê's Arab community joins the PKK 

  Mizgîn Hesekê from the Arab community of Hesekê called on Arab youths to join the guerrilla ranks, stressing that emancipation of women can only be possible through the PKK.
• Guerrilla Lavîn calls on women to break their chains 

  YJA Star guerrilla Lavîn Marînos who joined the ranks of the guerrilla in 2014 and serves also as a medical personnel, called on the women to move to break the chains in all spheres.
• Bêrîvan, mother of one, joins the PKK for all the children 

  When Bêrîvan was resolute enough to realize her decision, her son Umut was just one year old. Her decision was to become a guerrilla for the future of all children like her own.
• Female guerrillas: Self defence is a must for a life in freedom 

  Female guerrillas emphasised the necessity of self defence, saying: "It is as much required as bread and water, it is a must for a life in freedom."