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• KNK Women’s Commission marks International Women’s Day 

  On the occasion of International Women’s Day, KNK remembers female revolutionary leaders and all the martyrs of the Kurdistan revolution with respect.
• Fatma, a story of emancipation 

  Fatma from Afrin struggles against the male perception of women working in the market and survives thanks to manual labor.
• Gülüm: We are knitting solidarity networks from women to women  

  HDP Deputy Züleyha Gülüm said that they knit solidarity networks from women to women and added: "We are setting up women's tents. We are trying to overcome the pain we are going through with solidarity."
• Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe: With "Jin Jiyan Azadî" to the women's revolution 

  The Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (TJK-E) will carry out this year's activities for International Women's Day under the slogan ‘With Jin-Jiyan-Azadî to the women's revolution’. Hundreds are the events to be held in Europe.
• Men kill 11 women in February 

  According to the news compiled by bianet from local and national newspapers, news websites and news agencies, men killed at least 11 women in February.
• 8th Women's Literature and Art Festival ends with awards ceremony 

  The 8th Women's Literature and Art Festival ended on Thursday with the award of women in various disciplines.
• International Feminist Meeting publishes statement of support for peace in Colombia 

  Women at the International Feminist Meeting published a statement of support for peace in Colombia.
• 8th Women's Literature and Art Festival continues today 

  The 8th Women's Literature and Art Festival kicked off in Qamishlo. Today is the last day of the event.
• TJA Spokesperson Ayşe Gökkan and six prisoners deported from Diyarbakır jail 

  Seven women prisoners, including TJA Term Spokesperson Ayşe Gökkan, were deported from Diyarbakır Women's Closed Prison.
• 8th Women's Art and Culture Festival kicks off today in Qamishlo 

  The 8th Women's Art and Culture Festival, which will be organized this year with the slogan ‘We will knit the Art Revolution with Jin Jiyan Azadî Culture’, will be held in Qamishlo today and tomorrow.
• TJA and HDP Women's Assembly will go to earthquake regions on 8 March 

  TJA and HDP Women's Assembly will meet women in the 10 cities affected by the earthquake in Maraş as part of the March 8 events this year.
• HDP Women's Council: Activities for 8 March International Women's Day will reach earthquake regions 

  The HDP Women's Council started the program of activities related to 8 March International Women's Day with an action in Istanbul and announced that they will carry out their activities in the earthquake region where children and women suffer the most.
• International Feminist Meeting in Madrid 

  The International Feminist Meeting “We call it Feminism” was held in Madrid with the aim of generating a space for reflection and dialogue around feminism.
• Feminist Solidarity Network for Disaster sets up Purple Tents for women affected by earthquake 

  The solidarity of women is growing in the purple tents established together with political parties and social society organizations, launched by the Feminist Solidarity Network for Disaster.
• TAJÊ: KDP targets Yazidi women and their faith 

  The Yazidi Women's Freedom Movement said that the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) sought to annihilate the Yazidi belief by targeting Yazidi women.
• 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadî' resistance in Rojhilat Kurdistan and Iran continues 

  The 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadî' resistance, which started in Rojhilat Kurdistan and Iran, has been going on for five months.
• YPJ Information publishes video about meaning of Öcalan for women's struggle 

  Three members of the YPJ and HPC-Jin evaluated the meaning of Abdullah Öcalan and the international conspiracy against him for the women's struggle.
• Kurdish teacher Zara Mohammadi has been freed 

  Kurdish teacher Zara Mohammadi, who was imprisoned by the Iranian regime for teaching Kurdish children their mother tongue, has been released from jail.
• YPJ fighter wounded in Turkish attack dies 

  YPJ fighter Nûpel Têkoşer Dêrik, who was seriously wounded in a Turkish attack on Ain Issa in January, has succumbed to her injuries.
• Martigues activists talk about Jineoloji 

  A panel was held in Martigues to explain the concept, method, historical development and ideological dimensions of Jineoloji.
• Men killed at least 31 women in January 

  According to the news compiled by bianet from local and national newspapers, news websites and news agencies, men killed at least 31 women and four children in January.
• Police take three women into custody in Van 

  Three women were detained in a political genocide operation in Van province.
• International women's delegation visits Council of Europe 

  An International women's delegation organized by the Kurdistan Free Women's Movement visits the Council of Europe.
• Women prisoners in Iran raise concern over executions and torture 

  Women prisoners in the Evin Prison stated that “We, female political prisoners, are in a prison where some of our fellow inmates face death penalties and receive death threats.”
• HDP Adana MP Hatimoğulları calls for serious investigation into femicides 

  HDP deputy Tülay Hatimoğulları said that at least 334 women were murdered in 2022 and 225 women died under suspicious circumstances. She called for these deaths to be investigated.