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• ARTE documentary on Kurdish woman fighters on Women’s Day 

  German-French TV channel ARTE is broadcasting a new documentary on the struggle of woman fighters in Kurdistan.
• Woman executed in a building after detention by state forces in Cizre 

  It has been reported that a woman was executed after being taken into custody in Şırnak's Cizre district 2 days ago.
• State forces display the naked body of a woman they murdered in Cizre 

  Two photos of AKP’s war machine displaying the body of a slain woman began to circulate in social media and reminded the display of Ekin Wan’s body in Varto.
• Pregnant woman dies waiting for ambulance after heart attack in Cizre 

  In Cizre district of Şırnak where a state of siege continues for 55 days, ongoing denial of ambulance access to victimised people is claiming more lives every day.
• YPS-Jin Gever announces its establishment 

  Women in Gever established YPS-Jin in order to carry out self-defense against the attacks of Turkish state forces in the district.
• University students join the ranks of YPS-Jin in Cizre 

  A group of young women have joined the ranks of Women's Civil Defense Units (YPS-Jin) in Şırnak's Cizre district.
• Tens of thousands commemorate Sakine, Fidan, Leyla in Paris 

  Tens of thousands have gathered in the French capital today to commemorate Kurdish revolutionaries Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez who were brutally executed in the heart of Paris on 9 January 2013.
• IWA condemns extrajudicial killing of Sêve, Pakize and Fatma in Silopi 

  The international Women’s Alliance (IWA) condemned the murder of three Kurdish women politicians in Şırnak's Silopi district last Monday as the Turkish state continues its all-out onslaught against the Kurdish people.
• Sakine, Fidan and Leyla worked for freedom and peace in Kurdistan 

  Light is yet to be shed on the murder of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez who were brutally executed in the heart of French capital Paris on 9 January 2013.
• KCD-E calls for strong participation in tomorrow's march in Paris 

  A mass march will take place in French capital Paris tomorrow to mark the fourth death anniversary of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez who were murdered in the heart of French capital Paris 3 years ago.
• PKK promises to avenge the Kurdish women murdered in Paris and Silopi 

  PKK has released a statement to commemorate Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez murdered in French capital Paris on 9 January 2013, and Sêvê Demir, Pakize Nayır and Fatma Uyar murdered in Şırnak's Silopi district on 5 January.
• FARC-EP Commander Nariño: Kurdish women's struggle is an example 

  Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -People's Army (FARC-EP) Commander Alexandra Nariño and member of the Delegation of Peace spoke to ANF about the role of women in the struggle for freedom.
• İrmez: Three Kurdish woman politicians were deliberately executed 

  HDP Şırnak MP Aycan İrmez said DBP Assembly member Sêvê Demir, Silopi People's Assembly co-chair Pakize Nayır and KJA activist Fatma Uyar were deliberately executed by state forces.
• Documentary on Sakine Cansız to meet the audience 

  Trailer of the "My whole life was a struggle" documentary on Sakine Cansız has been released. The documentary is named after Cansız's book which summarizes her 55 years of struggle in the Kurdish armed movement.
• YBŞ and YPJ-Shengal fighters rescue two Êzîdî girls from ISIS captivity 

  In the evening of November 13 when Shengal town centre was liberated by Kurdish forces, the two young girls from the Êzîdî community were rescued in an area near Tıl Kasap asayish point after captivity in the hands of ISIS gangs since 3 August, 2014.
• Mass grave of some 80 women found in Shengal 

  A mass grave of dozens of women executed by ISIS has been found in Shengal in the wake of its liberation by Êzîdî and Kurdish forces yesterday
• 346 women murdered in Turkey in the first 10 months of 2015 

  346 women have been murdered in Turkey in the first 10 months of this year. Of these, 268 were killed and 73 others were injured by men with various guns including arm and knife.
• YPJ Shengal changes its name to YJÊ 

  YPJ (Women's Defense Units) Shengal forces have held a two-day meeting to assess the current situation.
• Turkey blocks Women’s News Agency JINHA 

  Turkey’s Telecommunications Directorate has banned access to the website of Women’s News Agency JINHA.
• TJK-E calls for strong participation in the demo against International Plot 

  TJK-E called for mass participation in the demonstration to be held in front of the European Council in Brussels in protest at the 'October 9 International Plot' that led Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan's leave from Syria in 1998.
• Women lead the building of self-rule in Cizre 

  Undertaking a leading role in the building of a democratic system in their town, women of Cizre are distributing the daily supplies they have collected to the families who lost their houses during the nine days of curfew.
• Open letter to British PM calls for action against Turkey's war on Kurds 

  The Women’s Alliance for Kurdistan, Iraq and Syria has written an open letter to British Prime Minister regarding the serious threat to the Turkish-Kurdish peace process caused by Turkey’s indiscriminate bombing of innocent Kurdish civilians
• Women for peace on their way to Cizre for solidarity 

  As many as 150 women, who gathered in Istanbul upon the call of Women’s Initiative for Peace (BİKG) have departed for Cizre this morning to show their solidarity with the women of Cizre.
• Peace Mothers visit UN and British Embassy in Ankara 

  Members of the Peace Mothers' Assembly visited the United Nations and British Embassy in Ankara to voice their demand for the ending of war and recommencement of negotiations for a peaceful solution of the Kurdish question.
• 21-year-old woman was raped by Turkish soldier at Syrian border 

  A Palestinian woman claimed she was raped by a Turkish soldier as she attempted to cross into Turkey from Syria. While the woman's father was tortured soldiers, a Turkish prosecutor's office has launched an investigation on the incident.