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• “Women in Black” protest in Italy against the Turkish war in Kurdistan 

  The activists protested the silence of international bodies and urged them to stop Turkish president “dictator Erdoğan” immediately.
• Turkish court upholds aggravated life sentence for YPJ fighter 

  The YPJ fighter was not only sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment for “disrupting the unity and territorial integrity of the Turkish state” but also to 10 years and 10 months in jail for “deliberate murder”.
• Bashur people protest femicides but they are not organized 

  Necîbe Qeredaxî and Savo Serdar said that no solution should be expected from the male-dominant mentality that has led to increasing femicides in Bashur (South Kurdistan) and emphasized that the only solution is the organization of women.
• Dersim governor rejects request to meet with family of Gülistan Doku 

  The request of the family of Gülistan Doku, who wanted to meet with the governor regarding the lack of news about their disappeared daughter, was rejected.
• Family of Gülistan Doku starts sit-in Dersim 

  The family of Gülistan Doku, who has not been heard from for 870 days, started a sit-in in Seyit Rıza Square in Dersim.
• Noura al-Hamid: The social contract protects women's rights 

  A new social contract for the self-governing regions in northern and eastern Syria is currently being drafted. Noura al-Hamid from the preparatory committee emphasizes that the draft primarily protects women's rights.
• Zilan Women's Festival to take place on 18 June in Frankfurt 

  Kurdish women in Germany are preparing for the traditional Zilan Women's Festival that will take place on 18 June in Frankfurt.
• Women protest femicides carried out by men formally at state service 

  Women protested femicides carried out by men who are formally trained by the state, and said that they would demand an account of all killings.
• Kurdish women in France to take to streets against Turkish occupation 

  Kurdish women in France will take to the streets on May 20-21 under the leadership of the Democratic Kurdish Women's Movement in France. Women will appeal to international institutions and protest the Turkish occupation.
• Women protest femicide of Sakine Kültür in Silopi 

  Women protested the femicide of Sakine Kültür, who was murdered by İbrahim Barkın, the Head of the Şırnak Province of the Special Operations Corps in Silopi.
• Two-day Jineology seminar in Lausanne concluded 

  A two-day seminar organized by the Jineology Center in Brussels and Lajîn Women's Council active in the canton of Vaud was held at the weekend.
• Women write to the UN, calling for action against Turkish attacks on Kurds 

  Growing reactions to the Turkish state’s annihilation campaign against the Kurdish people and their lands in Kurdistan territory.
• Chairman of association supporting paramilitary special police and gendarmerie units kills woman 

  In Şırnak, a 40-year-old woman was stabbed and her body set on fire. The confessed suspect, the chairman of an association of supporters of paramilitary special police and gendarmerie units, is in custody.
• Two-day Jineolojî seminar in Lausanne 

  A two-day Jineolojî seminar begins today at 2 p.m. at the Pôle Sud in Lausanne. The content is about anti-colonial feminism and 5000 years of resistance against the patriarchal system of rule from the perspective of the Kurdish women's movement.
• Preparations underway for Rojava Kurdish Women's Consultation Meeting 

  The Kongra Star is preparing for the Rojava Kurdish Women's Consultation Meeting for women to be united against the Turkish attacks on Kurdistan. 50 organizations and parties will attend the meeting.
• Women in Strasbourg protest against Turkish attacks 

  "The PKK is a women's party - let's defend Kurdistan!" was written on the front banner of a women's demonstration in Strasbourg. The activists protested in front of the Council of Europe.
• Autonomous women's economy built in Rojava 

  A model of women's economy is under construction in Rojava and northern and eastern Syria. Half of the agricultural land is now farmed by women's cooperatives.
• HDP Women's Assembly: AKP-MHP government blatantly attacks not only our party but also women's will 

  The AKP-MHP government's attacks on HDP and women in politics are increasing day by day, said the party's Women's Assembly.
• Men kill at least 29 women in April 

  According to the news compiled by bianet from local and national newspapers, news websites and news agencies, men killed at least 29 women and raped at least two women in Turkey in April 2022.
• Women's economy projects grow in Rojava 

  Despite the embargo and attacks, grassroots democratic women's structures in Rojava continue to work on building a self-managed women's economy. This is intended to ensure self-sufficiency and empower women.
• YPJ Internationalist Berçem Slava: Women are an important part of the Rojava Revolution 

  YPJ Internationalist Berçem Slava: One of the most amazing and important points is how women are actually engaged in all different aspects of society: the military, the social and the political ones.
• Third YPJ Congress in Heseke on its second day 

  The third conference of the Women's Defense Units (YPJ) continues on its second day, with the participation of a large number of female fighters and leaders in the units.
• Ehmed at YPJ Congress calls for promotion of revolutionary people’s war 

  “The steps taken in North-East Syria should be expanded to the whole of Syria, the Middle East and the world. This can be achieved by organizing and uniting women’s work and increasing the women’s military force,” said Commander Ehmed.
• Young women from Rojava join the guerrilla struggle 

  A group of young women from Rojava have joined the guerrillas and called on Kurdish young men and women to join the liberation struggle and smash Turkish fascism.
• Song to pay tribute to internationalist YJA-Star guerrilla Sara Dorşin 

  Internationalists working with the Women Defend Rojava campaign published a video and song commemorating the life and resistance of YJA-Star guerrilla Sara Dorşin (Sara Handelmann).