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• 20-year-old female activist murdered in Hewlêr 

  A 20-year-old internet activist has been murdered in Hewlêr. Since the beginning of the year, at least ten women have been victims of femicide in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
• HDP submits motion for March 8 to become a public holiday 

  The HDP parliamentary group wants to make the International Women's Struggle Day on March 8 a public holiday in Turkey. A motion to this effect was tabled in parliament yesterday.
• Ilham Omer - A life in the women's struggle 

  Ilham Omer was married off as a young girl. She decided to fight, was repeatedly arrested and tortured by the regime and today is one of the leading forces of the women's freedom movement in Rojava.
• Women in Maxmur: March 8 is our stance against the enemy 

  Women are taking to the streets across Kurdistan to welcome the International Women’s Day, vowing to ever increase their struggle for freedom.
• ‘We will continue the struggle until we destroy the male-dominated world’ 

  The Union of Women's Communards/Women's Freedom Force said that, “We have waged a war against patriarchal capitalism on all fronts! We will destroy the male-dominated world.”
• Feminist Night March to be staged in Istanbul tomorrow despite a ban 

  The traditional Feminist Night March will take place again in Istanbul on 8 March. Despite a ban, the organising committee continues to mobilise participation because: "This rebellion will not end until a feminist world is established."
• Women in North Kurdistan take to streets for March 8 

  In North Kurdistan, women called for protests against male-state violence and called for participation in the March 8 events.
• KCK: The Revolution in Kurdistan is a Women’s Revolution! 

  We know that through the liberation of women, all humanity will be liberated, says the KCK and wishes all women success in their struggles.
• KONGRA-GEL: We will establish a society based on women's freedom 

  In a written statement to mark March 8, the KONGRA-GEL Co-Presidency Council woved to “establish a democratic and ecological society based on women's freedom”.
• YJŞ: Women will be freed through resistance 

  The YJŞ celebrated International Women's Day, saying that, “The motto 'Jin, jiyan, azadi' (woman, life, freedom) has become the slogan of the 21st century. Women will be freed through resistance.”
• International Women’s Day: A Clarion Call for Justice 

  “We are the gears that make the world move and we must demand our rightful place amongst humanity,” says the KNK Commission on Women and stresses that, "The future can only be saved if it is female."
• YJA Star guerrilla invites women to the mountains of Kurdistan 

  A fighter of the women's guerrilla force YJA Star, Nûjîn Güneş, calls on Kurdish women to join the guerrilla's fight in the mountains.
• ‘Women should struggle every day’ 

  Women from Amed said that the struggle and public activities should not be restricted to March 8 and added that the struggle should continue without interruption.
• KJK: Let’s build up World Democratic Women’s Confederalism! 

  KJK calls on all progressive, revolutionary and freedom-seeking women’s movements and groups to “collectively build World Democratic Women’s Confederalism with us and our organized sisters from all around the world.”
• Women rally in Istanbul: We have the power to change! 

  "We strengthen the fight against poverty, violence and exploitation! We have the power to change" was the motto of a women's meeting in Istanbul, hosted by the Platform 8 March.
• Tree nursery named after Hevrîn Xelef opened in Qamishlo 

  A tree nursery named after Hevrîn Xelef has been opened in Qamishlo. The saplings, grown in memory of the Kurdish politician murdered by mercenaries loyal to Turkey, will be planted for the reforestation of Rojava.
• Arab and Yazidi woman celebrate March 8 in Shengal 

  Arab and Yazidi women celebrate the International Women’s Day in Shengal.
• Jiyan's path 

  The road should be taken. When the time comes, one should not stop. Otherwise, mediocrity would be equivalent to death. If there is a path, one should take it, with courage and love...
• HPJ celebrates March 8, calls for enhanced struggle 

  HPJ called on women in East Kurdistan and Iran to manifest their stance in all fields, to protect themselves from femicide and to join the campaign launched by KJAR against femicide and ecocide.
• Women guerrillas celebrate March 8 in the mountains of Kurdistan 

  "World War III is the result of patriarchal domination mindset," stated guerrilla commander Hêzil Özgür at a celebration of Women's Struggle Day, 8 March, in the mountains of Kurdistan.
• Men kill at least 22 women in February 

  According to the news compiled by bianet from local and national newspapers, news websites and agencies, men killed at least 22 women and raped three women in Turkey in February 2022.
• KON-MED calls on everyone to attend rallies organised by European Kurdish Women's Movement 

  Celebrating March 8, International Working Women's Day, KON-MED called on everyone to take to the streets and attend the marches and rallies organised by the European Kurdish Women's Movement.
• Women's movement RJAK continues 8 March activities in Sulaymaniyah 

  The women's movement RJAK organized an open-air celebration in Sulaymaniyah on the occasion of International Women's Day 8 March. Today women will visit the grave of young victim Şinyar Huner, burned while sleeping by her husband.
• TJK-E announces its action calendar for 8 March 

  The TJK-E announced its action calendar for 8 March.
• Women in Wuppertal send postcards to women behind bars in Turkey 

  The Wuppertal Women's Council Viyan has initiated a postcard campaign to mark the approaching Women's Struggle Day on 8 March. The cards were sent to "wonderful advocates of women's rights" who are imprisoned in Turkey.