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• Manbij Women’s Council: No to Turkish intervention 

  The women of Manbij reiterated they are against the Turkish state’s plans for their city.
• HDP candidate Tosun: I’ll be the voice of women of Sur 

  Remziye Tosun has been in prison with her baby girl during the curfew in Sur.
• Golshifteh Farahani: “Jin Jiyan Azadi is a hope” 

  Lead actress in the Girls of the Sun screened in the 71st Cannes Film Festival Golshifteh Farahani says the Kurdish women fighting ISIS are “The bravest women in the world.”
• 59-year-old Peace Mother detained in Mardin 

  The AKP/MHP regime of Turkey continues its political genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people.
• Two young women commit suicide in Mariwan 

  Two young women have killed themselves in Mariwan city of East Kurdistan (Rojhilat).
• Women's Center of Tabqa: A contact point for migrant women 

  The Women's Center Tabqa is an important point of contact for women who have fled from different places within Syria and settled in Camp al-Tiwêhîne.
• At least 37 women murdered in Turkey in May 

  We Will Stop Femicide Platform announced that 37 women have been murdered in Turkey in the month of May.
• Women’s election declaration 

  Women met in Istanbul to present their elections declaration
• Rojava Women’s Coordination condemns Turkish abuses in Afrin 

  An appeal to the international community to raise their voice for Afrin.
• KESK Women Secretary: Only the HDP talks of peace 

  Atasoy said women are tired of empty promises.
• HDP MP candidate Hasbay: Women have a house in the HDP 

  HDP Antalya MP candidate has been fighting against sexism since she was a child.
• Women from Shengal go to Rojava for solidarity with Afrin 

  Women from Shengal have gone to Rojava in solidarity with the campaign launched by Kongreya Star for Afrin.
• First YPJ martyr remembered in Berlin 

  The first martyr of YPJ in Rojava was remembered in Berlin.
• Women’s rights on the agenda in the North of Ireland 

  After the success of the abortion referendum in Ireland, the North needs to address the issue
• Women call on the international community to stand up for Afrin 

  Rojava Jinên Azad ân Socialist call on women all over the world to stand up for Afrin
• Women’s Assembly: Turkey is the biggest obstacle to peace 

  Lina Berekat: Turkey is guilty of war crimes
• Women Forum opens in Qamishlo 

  Two days of debate on the future of women in North Syria
• Women’s Council exposes Turkish crimes in Afrin 

  A report details crimes by the Turkish state and mercenaries.
• Occupying forces harass women in Afrin 

  Kongra Star members in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood described the acts of harassment by the occupying forces in Afrin against women as great immorality, and vowed to fight for Afrin to the end.
• The resistance of Grandma Ewaş from Afrin 

  Grandma Ewaş is one of the many women who had to migrate from Afrin. After losing her sister on the migration route, she remained all alone. Kongra Star has allocated a tent for her in Shehba now.
• Women’s equality is a daily commitment in Rojava 

  The Ya Basta delegation met the Women Council in Qamishlo.
• JINWAR: Putting words into practice 

  An ecological women’s village to break the patriarchal scheme.
• Kurdish politician Tuncel sentenced to 5 months in prison 

  Former deputy and DBP co-chair charged with violating law on demonstrations.
• Êzidî mother who lost three sons continues to resist in Shehba 

  Êzidî Hatun Ebdo lost three sons in the Syrian civil war, but continues to resist in Shehba. Mother Hatun, 70 years old, lives in hope that she can return to her village in Shera one day and takes her place in the resistance front with this hope.
• Ireland to vote in historic abortion referendum 

  The Irish Republic has one of the most restrictive legislation in the world. But women reclaim their right to decide.