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• International Working Women's Day everywhere! 

  Women take to streets everywhere despite the pandemic.
• Leyla Güven: Freedom of women means freedom of the society 

  DTK co-chair Leyla Güven sent a message to celebrate 8 March from Elazığ Women's Closed Prison. Güven said: “The liberation of women is the liberation of societ, the freedom of women is the freedom of society. Bijî 8 to Adarê!"
• Women in Amed are ready to rally on 8 March 

  DBP Amed Provincial Co-chair Seval Gülmez from the 8 March Organizing Committee in Amed called on all women to join the rally to be held in the city on Monday.
• Great Women's Meeting in Istanbul: Our struggle will continue to grow 

  At a "Great Women's Meeting" on March 8, thousands of women in Istanbul expressed their determination to defend women's rights they have fought for and to strengthen their resistance against patriarchy and the palace regime.
• Yazidi women visit cemetery of martyrs: We are in Shengal thanks to martyrs 

  As part of the March 8 activities, Yazidi women visited the Şehîd Dilgeş and Şehîd Berxwedan Cemetery of Martyrs in Shengal.
• KCK: Women's struggle will put an end to the AKP/MHP regime 

  Defining the women's struggle as resistance "for the liberation of humanity”, KCK said that women's struggle will surpass the worst fears of patriarchy.
• 8 March Message from Ayla Akat Ata: Our voices from prison will join yours in the streets 

  Former HDP deputy Ayla Akat Ata, in prison as a result of the operations ordered by the AKP / MHP government said in her March 8 message: "Our voice, our word, will mix with the voices of all women in all streets and squares."
• Women in Deir Ez-Zor are leading the change 

  Fatma El Mehel, who joined the women's work after the liberation of Deir ez-Zor by the SDF and is part of the social change in the area, said that they women learned that 8 March is not one day alone.
• Women in Hamburg collect signature for the '100 Reasons to Prosecute the Dictator' campaign 

  A stand was opened in Hamburg to collect signatures for the "100 Reasons to Prosecute the Dictator" campaign and letters were sent to the UN demanding the end of the isolation and freedom for Abdullah Öcalan.
• Yüksekdağ sends International Women's Day message to women  

  "Women who oppose patriarchal and state violence, wars and discrimination will win," wrote imprisoned HDP politician Figen Yüksekdağ in her message for International Women's Day.
• Kongra Star: Our struggle is the heart of women’s revolution 

  The women's umbrella organization Kongra Star is celebrating International Women's Struggle Day in North and East Syria with the slogan “Our struggle is the heart of the women's revolution”.
• More than 40 guards raid and search women's ward arbitrarily in Bakırköy 

  Dozens of guards raided a women's ward and conducted arbitrary searches in the Bakırköy Closed Women's Prison in Istanbul.
• KNK: Kurdish women give hope to the Middle East 

  KNK Women's Commission slammed the rapist practices of the Turkish state and said that Kurdish women gave hope to the Middle East and the world.
• Two women die in Istanbul 

  Two women died in Istanbul, one was shot the other suspiciously fell from the balcony of her house.
• YJA Star guerrilla Çiçek Benzer buried for the second time 

  The body of female guerrilla Çiçek Benzer, who was martyred in a clash on the Gabar region in September, has been exhumed from a "cemetery for the nameless" and handed over to her relatives to be finally laid to rest.
• March 8 rally in Kobanê: Struggle is the assurance for women’s freedom 

  Women organized a march to celebrate March 8 Women Day in Kobanê and gave the message: "Our struggle is the assurance for women's freedom".
• KCDK-E: Women's struggle terrifies the AKP-MHP government 

  The European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress released a statement to mark the March 8, International Working Women's Day and said, "Women's liberation struggle raises people’s hopes in Kurdistan and Turkey."
• "Key to women's liberation lies in the revolution of Rojava" 

  Şervîn Nûdem from the Jineolojî Academy in Northeast Syria talks about the importance of the Rojava revolution for women's liberation.
• March 8 convoy in Qamishlo 

  An extensive program is taking place in the autonomous region of northern and eastern Syria to mark International Women's Struggle Day, March 8. In Qamishlo, activists toured the city today with a convoy of cars.
• Women to take to the streets in Van on March 8 

  Rojbîn Bor from the board of the Star women's association in Van reports that seven women were murdered by men in the city in February alone. "We will take to the streets against this on March 8," she says.
• TJK-E calls for street actions on March 8 

  The Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe calls for participation in March 8 activities under the slogan "Free women and a free society instead of feminicides" to "hold the male domination system and all dictators accountable."
• British Kurdish Women's Initiative organizes March 8 events 

  A series of events will be organized by the British Kurdish Women's Initiative to mark 8 March, International Women's Day. Events will take place from 6 to 8 March and include a panel, cultural event and sending letters to women prisoners.
• Women celebrate 8 March in Kurdish cities 

  Women in Kurdistan and Turkey took to the streets to mark March 8, International Women's Day under the supervision of TJA and HDP.
• Activists in Hildesheim send letters to women prisoners 

  A group of women activists in Hildesheim sent letters and cards to political prisoners in Turkish prisons.
• At least 24 women were murdered in February 

  News reports reveal that at least 24 women were killed by their relatives in February. As many women barely avoided murder, perpetrators received a "good conduct" verdict in courts.