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• ‘A special policy is pursued against women’ 

  Hümeyra Armut, former co-mayor of Hakkari, warned of special policies against women, saying, "There is a special policy against women. They are pushed into prostitution and drug use."
• Female prisoners stage riot in Urmia Prison, East Kurdistan 

  Three days ago, female prisoners in Urmia Prison staged a revolt against the escalating crackdown and burned blankets.
• Feminist café in Hamburg presents the experience of Jinwar women village 

  In the café of the feminist organization “Fighting Together” in the Kölibri district center in St. Pauli, women reported to a delegation about life in the women's village of Jinwar in Rojava.
• 'Students with housing problems are exposed to harassment' 

  According to the Yenigün Women's Solidarity Association, the housing issue became a security issue for female students with the opening of the universities, and the young women were subjected to harassment.
• Women rally for freedom in Amed 

  A rally organised by the Free Women's Movement (TJA) and the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Women's Assembly is taking place in Amed under the slogan "Enough with racism and sexism, now is the time for women's freedom".
• Child abuse and violence against women on the rise in Van 

  Noting that the withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention has resulted in a surge in crimes against children and women, HDP women pointed out that after trustees closed the women's centres, women and children who suffered abuse had nowhere to turn to.
• Women take to the streets in Diyarbakir today against racism and sexism 

  Final calls were made on Friday to invite people to the rally to be held by TJA and DBP in Diyarbakir today.
• HDP Women's Assembly and TJA members invite women to Diyarbakır'rally on Saturday 

  HDP Women's Assembly and TJA members delivered leaflets in Siirt and Batman inviting everyone to women's rally to be held in Diyarbakır Station Square on Saturday, 16 October.
• RJAK activist released from KDP custody after 70 days 

  RJAK activist Ciwana Ebdulbaqî has been released from custody seventy days after her arrest in Hewlêr by KDP security forces.
• Van Women's Platform denounces violence against women and children 

  Van Women's Platform talked about the suspicious deaths of women and children in the city in the last year and said: "We will not remain silent about any violence and abuse incidents in our city, and we will never leave women and children alone."
• 11 women abducted in Turkish-occupied Gire Spi in a month 

  At least 11 women have been kidnapped by the Turkish-occupied Gire Spi (Tal Abyad) city of northern Syria in the past four weeks.
• The organization of Kurdish women in Russia accelerated 

  Kurdish women in Russia accelerated their organizational activities, holding new meetings and making new decisions.
• 70-year-old Peace Mother under custody for two days 

  Peace Mother Şükriye Kızıldağ, who has been under custody for two days despite her advanced age and health issues, is among 12 people who were detained on October 7 during the police raids in İzmir and Manisa provinces.
• YJK-E proposes two weeks of activities, from 10 to 25 November 

  The YJK-E held its mid-term meeting with the participation of 120 delegates, discussed its performance in a year and prepared its quarterly planning.
• Men murdered 26 women in Turkey in September 

  According to the KCDP, 26 women were murdered by men in September.
• Turkish actress Ezgi Mola fined for “insulting” rapist soldier 

  Turkish sergeant Musa Orhan, who raped Kurdish woman Ipek Er and drove her to suicide, remains free. Actress Ezgi Mola has been convicted of insulting him for calling him a rapist.
• RJAK activist Ciwana Ebdulbaqî remains in custody in South Kurdistan 

  Opposition party members and activists are being detained in South Kurdistan without any legal basis. There is still no news about RJAK activist Ciwana Ebdulbaqî, arrested two months ago in Hewlêr.
• Autonomous Administration Women's Committee allocates 10 percent of its budget to women's projects 

  The Autonomous Administration Women's Committee allocated 10 percent of its budget to women's projects.
• At least 50 women killed themselves in Kirkuk in the first 6 months of 2021 

  The Kirkuk Office of the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights reported that in the first six months of the year, at least 50 women committed suicide and there were 286 incidents of violence.
• Violence against women in South Kurdistan: 19 died in July and August 

  The General Directorate of Combating Violence Against Women in South Kurdistan announced that 4 women were killed, 8 women committed suicide and 7 women burned themselves in July and August.
• TJA will open women's cooperatives in Van 

  TJA started preparations to create women's cooperatives in Van.
• Jineology in the high school curriculum in North-East Syria 

  Jineology, which is based on women's studies, was added to the high school curriculum for the 2021-2022 academic year by the Education and Training Committee of the Autonomous Administration.
• Kurdish author and human rights lawyer Burhan Sönmez is the new president of PEN International 

  The Kurdish author and human rights lawyer Burhan Sönmez has been elected as the new president of the writers' association PEN International.
• Zapatista and Kurdish women meet in Frankfurt 

  Zapatista delegates from the “Journey for Life” met in Frankfurt for an exchange on the possibilities of a joint struggle with activists from the Kurdish women's council Amara and the “Women Defend Rojava” campaign.
• Joint call from the '100 reasons' campaign panel: “Erdogan should be put on trial” 

  "We want Turkey and Erdogan to be punished for the atrocities," stated a woman from Afrin during a panel held as part of the "100 Reasons" campaign launched by the Kurdish women's movement in Europe to put President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on trial.