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• Court rejects lawsuit to close the ‘We Will Stop Femicide Platform’ 

  The lawsuit to close the ‘We Will Stop Femicide Platform’ was rejected by an Istanbul court on Wednesday.
• TJK-E calls on everyone to attend actions to mark the anniversary of killing of Jina Amini in Tehran 

  One year after the murder of the Kurdish young woman Jina Amini in Tehran, protests have been announced around the world. The Kurdish women's movement TJK-E called for participation in activities in Europe.
• Imprisoned Kurdish politician Leyla Güven faces yet another lawsuit 

  Another lawsuit has been filed against the imprisoned Kurdish politician Leyla Güven over her demand for accountability for massacres of the Kurdish people.
• Co-founder of Rosa Women's Association sentenced to seven and a half years in prison 

  Narin Gezgör has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison in Amed because of her involvement in the Rosa women's association. The Turkish judiciary interprets the organisation's work against patriarchal violence as terrorism.
• Şarklı: A better organization will strengthen women 

  Songül Şarklı from the HDP Women's Council spoke about the Green Left Party women's conference. She emphasized the lack of will to implement the criticisms expressed and the relative weakness of the organization level of women.
• Çubuk: The Green Left Party will strenghten its women's organization 

  Izmir MP Burcugül Çubuk spoke about the Green Left Party Women's Conference, and said that the party would strengthen its women's organization.
• 9 women murdered in South Kurdistan in August 

  There has been a significant increase in femicides in South Kurdistan (North Iraq) in recent years as perpetrators are granted impunity for the killing of dozens of women every year.
• 29 women murdered in Turkey in August 

  Of the 29 women murdered in Turkey during the month of August, 21 died under suspicious circumstances.
• Mother of fallen guerrilla: I will continue my daughter's struggle 

  Xeysa Nas, called "Dayika Xeysa" (Mother Xeysa) by many, fled persecution and oppression from Şirnak to Bremen in the 1990s. Her daughter Rojda left Germany to join the guerrilla ranks, where she died in 2007.
• Preparations underway for demonstrations to mark the anniversary of the killing of Jina Amini  

  On the anniversary of the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini by the Iranian morality police and the beginning of the "Jin, Jiyan, Azadî" uprising in Iran on 16 September, solidarity actions are called for worldwide.
• MP Güneş warns of a massive increase in femicides and violence due to the new prison law 

  The MP for the Green Left Party, Berîtan Güneş, warned of a massive increase in femicides and violence due to the new prison law, which allows the early release of perpetrators of violence against women and children.
• Taliban bans women from visiting national park 

  “Going sightseeing is not a must for women,” said Mohammad Khalid Hanafi as he asked security forces to begin stopping women from entering into one of Afghanistan’s most popular national parks.
• Arab women in Shengal write letters to Öcalan 

  Women wrote letters to Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and expressed their hope for his freedom.
• HDP and Green Left Party hold preparatory meeting for women's conference  

  The HDP and Green Left Party women's councils face the challenge of restoring hope and the dream of the future to society in Turkey and Kurdistan, organising them and making women the basis of reconstruction.
• Woman in Kızıltepe dies after setting her body on fire 

  A woman in her fifties, living in Kızıltepe, died on the roof of her house after setting her body on fire.
• Zenubiya Women's Community condemns deadly Turkish attack on journalists in North-East Syria 

  Zenubiya Women's Community stated that the attack on JIN TV sought to silence the voice of truth that exposed the Turkish state’s crimes in North and East Syria.
• Women’s Council of Martyrs’ Families holds 2nd conference 

  500 delegates from North-East Syria are attending the conference which kicked off at Aram Tigran Culture and Art Center this morning.
• YPJ fighter dies in traffic accident 

  YPJ fighter Reem Ali Al-Jassim died in a traffic accident.
• Controversial headscarf law passed in Iran 

  Women in Iran face fines, deportation bans and up to 15 years in prison if they disobey the regime's dress code in future.
• Women’s conference in Beirut calls for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  The International Conference on Women's Movements Experiences, held in Beirut under the slogan "In the footsteps of Jin Jiyan Azadi", continues on its second day.
• Women's conference in Beirut underlines the importance of co-presidential system 

  The experiences of Kurdish women in crisis environments are being discussed at the conference in Beirut. Women stressed the importance of the co-presidential system for the democratization of politics.
• International conference of women kicks off in Beirut 

  Women from 10 Arab and African countries, North-East Syria and Shengal discuss wars and the influence of states on women at an international conference in Beirut.
• Kurdish civil rights activist sentenced to six months in prison in Iran 

  A Kurdish civil rights activist in Iran has been sentenced to prison for “spreading falsehoods with the intention of disturbing public opinion”.
• Zenûbiya Women's association launches awareness campaign in Manbij 

  Zenûbiya Women's Community Office Manbij Branch launched an awareness campaign on the damage and danger of child marriage and femicides. Brochures were distributed in the squares and streets of the city.
• Over a thousand women kidnapped, 99 others murdered in Afrin since 2018 

  According to the Human Rights Organization Afrin-Syria, at least 99 women have been killed, 74 raped and sexually assaulted, and over a thousand kidnapped in Afrin since 2018.