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• MKM releases 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadî' song to celebrate 8 March 

  The song "Jin, Jiyan, Azadî", composed by MKM artist Hediye Kalkan for 8 March, International Women's Day, has been released on digital platforms.
• Peace in Kurdistan: Solidarity greetings with Kurdish women on International Women’s Day 

  Peace in Kurdistan sent solidarity greetings with Kurdish Women on International Women’s Day.
• KCK: As women are liberated, society and life will be liberated 

  The KCK Executive Council issued a statement to mark 8 March, International Working Women’s Day.
• March 8 rally in Maxmur: No one can darken the sun of women 

  Women living in Şehîd Rûstem Cûdî Refugee Camp in Maxmur underlined that, "No one can darken the sun of women" in a mass march on the occasion of March 8.
• KJK message to RAWA: We see your struggle as our own struggle  

  “If we women unite against all the divide-and-rule policies of the male-dominated system, build our organization locally, regionally and universally, and develop our self-defense, no power can defeat us,” says the KJK message to RAWA.
• Kurdish Women's Culture Week in Berlin continues with promotion of local clothes 

  Kurdish Women's Culture Week in Berlin continued on its sixth day with the promotion of Kurdish local clothes.
• Women call for participation in 8 March rallies to be held in Amed and Van 

  Calling for participation in the 8 March rallies to be held in Amed and Van, women said: "Let's raise our voices by saying Jin, Jiyan, Azadi."
• KJK: It is time for a global rebellion against patriarchy, fascism and capitalism 

  The KJK coordination called for broad participation in the actions on 8 March, stating that it is time for a global rebellion against patriarchy, fascism and capitalism.
• AI denounces draconian campaign to enforce compulsory veiling laws in Iran 

  In a sinister attempt to wear down resistance to compulsory veiling in the wake of the ‘Woman Life Freedom’ uprising, Iran’s authorities are terrorizing women and girls by subjecting them to constant surveillance.
• At least 39 women were murdered, 15 others died suspiciously in Turkey in February 

  According to JINNEWS' February tally on violence against women, at least 39 women were murdered and 15 women died under suspicious circumstances.
• Zeynab Jalalian calls for action for the physical freedom of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Kurdish prisoner Zeynab Jalaliyan in Iran sent a letter on the occasion of March 8 and said, "I ask women to support Leader Apo (Abdullah Öcalan) and demand his physical freedom."
• 6 killed in YPJ raid on a Turkish base near Manbij 

  “We are a retaliatory force determined to triumph in our journey. No attack on female leaders, homeland, or the achievements of the women’s revolution in Rojava will pass without a response,” YPJ said.
• Kurdish Women's Culture Week continues in Berlin with women dengbejs 

  Kurdish Women's Culture Week continued on the 5th day in Berlin with a performance by women dengbejs.
• Kongra Star message on March 8: We salute all women who are resisting worldwide 

  “We salute all women who are resisting in the mountains, in the streets, in the factories and everywhere else, turning every place into the color of freedom. We call for the March 8 protests to be turned into a worldwide women’s revolution."
• KON-MED calls for increased struggle for freedom on March 8 

  “Only organized women's struggle can change this capitalist and fascist system that brings nothing but pain to all peoples, societies, beliefs and genders,” said KON-MED on the occasion of International Women's Day.
• Women march in Raqqa to mark International Women’s Day 

  A massive march was staged in Raqqa in celebration of International Women’s Day.
• Kongra Star organizes seminars for men to mark 8 March 

  As part of its events on 8 March, Kongra Star, the umbrella organization of the women's movement in Northern and Eastern Syria is holding gender seminars for men.
• Women in Stockholm demand freedom for Öcalan  

  A women's night was held in Stockholm with the slogan "We are Marching towards the Women's Revolution with Jin, Jiyan, Azadî".
• Third day of the Kurdish Women's Culture Week in Berlin 

  Traditional Kurdish dishes were introduced on the second day of the Kurdish Women's Culture Week in Berlin, which will last until 8 March.
• Women remember Nagihan Akarsel assassinated in Sulaymaniyah 

  Activist and academic Nagihan Akarsel, editor of the Jineology magazine and member of Jineology Research Center, was murdered in Sulaymaniyah in what appeared to have been a cooperation action between the KDP and the Turkish state.
• TJK-E: We are marching towards the women's revolution! 

  The TJK-E announced the 8 March calendar of activities.
• Women launch election campaign for imprisoned politician Gültan Kışanak 

  The Women's Council of DEM party launched campaign for imprisoned Kurdish politician Gültan Kışanak, who was nominated the party’s co-mayoral candidate for Turkish capital Ankara.
• Ümit: Young women should recognize their potential 

  Helin Ümit from the PKK Central Committee appealed to young women to recognize their own potential and wake up.
• 25 November Women's Platform members acquitted 

  Women's Platform activists stood trial for a 2018 demonstration against male violence.
• Eight femicides in 24 hours 

  The cases of male violence in Izmir, Bursa, Sakarya, Erzurum, Denizli, and Istanbul once again highlight that women are not safe in Turkey.