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• 11th Zilan Women’s Festival held in Dortmund 

  The 11th International Zilan Women’s Festival has been held in Dortmund, Germany yesterday, participated by thousands of women despite the rainy weather.
• Shirin Elemhuli Military Training Academy opened 

  Şehit (Martyr) Shirin Elemhuli Military Training Academy has been opened in Medya Defense Zones.
• PAJK: Election victory a freedom path towards democratic Turkey 

  PAJK said the election victory was the achievement of the Kurdistan people resisting in Kobanê, Rojava, Sinjar, and martyrs who are the true creators of this resistance and revival, the unflinching fighters of this struggle.
• Women carry HDP to the parliament 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) which implements the Co-presidency system in all its organizations and has a rate of 48 percent in the number of female parliamentary candidates has raised the number of woman deputies in the parliament to 97.
• HDP has 31 women parliamentarians 

  According to unofficial results, HDP sends 80 deputies to the parliament, 31 of whom are women.
• Kurdish women in Russia preparing to hold congress 

  The Kurdish women living in Russia have started preparations for a congress in order to strengthen and extend their self-organisation.
• Êzîdî woman fighting in YPJ ranks after fleeing ISIS captivity 

  In the 73rd decree against Êzîdîs that began when the peshmergas abandoned Şengal,Arin Mirkan and her captured friends endured the gangs’ tortures for 10 days before they escaped and reached Şengal Mountain to unite with their families.
• Öcalan: Women's freedom is more important than earth and water 

  The 3rd congress of the Free Women's Movement of Kurdistan (RJAK) is taking place in Sulaymaniyah in South Kurdistan. 200 women delegates and 50 guests are attending the congress.
• Sakine Cansız Academy of Women opened in Nusaybin 

  Sakine Cansız Academy of Women has been opened in Nusaybin district of Mardin.
• Women from TJKE take over vigil for Öcalan in Strasbourg 

  The vigil for the freedom of the Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan, held in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, and which is the longest activity of the Kurdish people in Europe, has been going on for 1065 days.
• Alevi women: We should vote for the HDP for our belief and our freedom 

  The HDP’s ‘new life’ project has had a great effect. Many Alevi women living in Zurich in Switzerland have said they voted for the HDP and called on others to do the same.
• Saturday Mothers: We never bowed down and will never do 

  Saturday Mothers became the symbol for the justice struggle of those families whose children were disappeared, and have continued their struggle for the past 20 years.
• Campaign in Latin America for the freedom of Zeyneb Celaliyan 

  The International Kurdish Women’s Movement and the Kurdish Solidarity Committee in Argentina have launched a joint campaign calling for the release of Zeyneb Celaliyan, who is still in prison in Iran despite her illness.
• Peace Mothers visit Kobanê to provide support 

  22 activists of the Peace Mothers Assembly from mainly Amed, Batman, Mardin and Urfa have gone to Kobanê to support the reconstruction of the war-torn city of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Mothers call for support for peace 

  In activities organised to mark Mothers’ Day in Istanbul, Van, Riha (Urfa), Mardin and Hatay, mothers called for support for peace.
• North Kurdistan women protest for Ferinaz 

  Thousands of women in North Kurdistan staged protests to protest yesterday's incident in Mahabad city of East Kurdistan where a Kurdish woman committed suicide to avoid rape by Iranian intelligence (Itlaat) agents.
• KJA: Iran attacks with the fear of a woman-centred life 

  The Free Women’s Congress (Kongreya Jinen Azad) (KJA) has issued a statement calling on all women to protest the Iranian regime after the suicide of Ferinaz Xosrawani.
• International Kurdish Women’s Movement calls for protests for Ferinaz 

  The International Kurdish Women’s Movement has condemned the Iranian regime in a statement regarding a Kurdish woman who committed suicide to save herself from being raped by members of Itlaat (Iranian intelligence).
• TJKE announces program for WMW’s 4th action year 

  Recalling that the 4th Action of the WMW has started in Kurdistan, TJKE said the Kurdish women who have played an important role in this year’s action should continue providing the greatest contribution.
• Feminists declare support for HDP 

  Feminist groups in Turkey have started an online signature campaign to support the HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) in 7 June general elections in Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• Court accepts indictment on Özgecan Aslan murder 

  The indictment prepared by Tarsus Public Prosecutor’s Office on the murder of Özgecan Aslan has been accepted by Tarsus 1st High Criminal Court.
• Women’s organisations abroad call for vote for HDP 

  More than 50 women’s organisations in countries all over Europe, and in Canada and Australia have called for a vote for the HDP at the upcoming elections.
• HDP has the highest percentage of women candidates for elections 

  The HDP has once again proved itself to be the party of women with the rate of the female candidates it has nominated for the June 7 general elections in Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• YJA Star guerrillas stage 'Freedom March' 

  Women’s Guerrilla Army YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops) guerrillas staged a 'Freedom March' in Medya Defense Zones to mark Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan's birthday, April 4.
• KJA calls on women to go to Amara 

  The Congress of Free Women (KJA) has called on women to participate in the celebration in Amara of the birthday of the Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan.