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• Seminar on women’s issues in Hewler 

  A seminar in Hewler discussed the efforts to increase the representation of women in decision making processes and service areas.
• Koma Amara’s new “Xakurke Resistance” song 

  The band Koma Amara made a new song for the Xakurke Resistance. Band members said, “Art is the greatest fight against tyrants.”
• Yazidi women called to be in the squares on 3 August 

  The German Federation of Women's Assemblies declared 3 August, the 5th anniversary of the genocide against the Yazidi in Shengal carried out by ISIS, as the day of action and called everyone to the squares against Feminicide. 
• 89 women died in South Kurdistan in the first 5 months of 2019 

  89 women self-harmed themselves or committed suicide in Kurdistan in the first 5 months of 2019.
• PAJK Coordination: It's time for freedom and it's time for women! 

  PAJK Coordination: Kemal Pir, M. Hayri Durmuş, Akif Yılmaz and Ali Çiçek declared the victory of the Kurdish people's struggle for freedom with the resistance they embodied.
• Kurdish Women's Platform call for dialogue 

  The United Kurdish Women's Platform has issued an open letter to condemn Turkey and Iran intervention.
• Jineology camp in Barcelona 

  The first Jineology camp in the Iberian Peninsula took place in Barcelona. 60 women from Catalonia and the Basque Country came together to discuss the proposals of the Kurdish women's movement.
• Silent protest in Amed against femicides 

  Amed dons black and purple to raise awareness for femicides.
• Kongreya Star Academy becomes educational center for women 

  Kongreya Star has worked hard since the day it was set up in Aleppo, and has completed 5 training programs with participation from 118 women.
• Yazidi women freed from ISIS handed over to Shengal Assembly 

  More Yazidis rescued from ISIS gangs by the SDF have been reunited with their families.
• Armenian and Kurdish women's experience debated in Argentina 

  Within the framework of the meeting, a press tour was carried out visiting the media of the city of Córdoba, Argentina, where the activity was carried out.
• “Democratic Syria will be founded under women’s lead” 

  Syrian Women’s Assembly Aleppo Spokesperson Heyfa Hesen said the free and democratic Syria will be founded under women’s lead.
• Italian women travel through northern Syria 

  An Italian women's delegation is on a tour of northern and eastern Syria to find out about local women's work. Their last stops were Raqqa and Ain Issa.
• Success for the 16th Zilan and Anna Women's Festival 

  The 16th Zilan and Anna Women's Festival was held in London.
• Zîlan commemorated in Berlin and Sydney 

  “Zilan has been a leading figure for women and humanity all over the world."
• 5th Festival in memory of Ivana Hoffmann held in Germany 

  The fifth edition of the festival dedicated to German internationalist Ivana Hoffman was held in Duisburg city of Germany.
• Women move to the highlands for summer in Van 

  When the temperatures in Van rise, people move with their cattle to the highlands. Despite state prohibitions, the women preserve their culture.
• Zilan and Anna Women's Festival kicks off in London 

  The 16th annual Zilan Women's Festival, held traditionally in London, will begin today and will end on Sunday.
• Italian feminists visit Manbij Women's Council 

  A feminist delegation from Italy visited the women's council in the North Syrian city of Manbij.
• Women in Shengal speak out against child marriage 

  In Iraq and South Kurdistan there has been an increase in sexual assault against women and children, killings of women and suicide. 
• Success of the third Rojbîn Women's Festival  

  The message underlined the importance of this festival which "gives women an opportunity to share their political, cultural, political and social messages."
• PAJK Coordination member: Women are the subjects of struggle 

  "Öcalan did not postpone the question of women like Lenin or Marx, or dealt with it superficially. He defined women as subjects of struggle and always gave them a leadership role."
• Literacy course for women in Raqqa 

  The course will be attended by 90 women and last six months.
• Third Fidan Doğan (Rojbin) Women's Festival kicks off in Paris 

  Today, the Fidan Doğan (Rojbin) Women's Festival will be held in Paris.
• Leyla Güven: We are fighting for our future 

  DTK co-chair and HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven sent a video message to the International Zilan Women’s Festival and said: “Isolation was broken by those sacrificing their life.”