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• Women in Wuppertal send postcards to women behind bars in Turkey 

  The Wuppertal Women's Council Viyan has initiated a postcard campaign to mark the approaching Women's Struggle Day on 8 March. The cards were sent to "wonderful advocates of women's rights" who are imprisoned in Turkey.
• KJAR: We will take to the streets on March 8 

  KJAR pointed out that their main agenda and purpose in 2022 would be "guarantee the physical freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and to extend the struggle in which women are at the centre in all aspects.
• Xelat Şemsê: "We are closer to freedom than ever" 

  Xelat Şemsê, a member of the YJA Star Command Council, stressed that the AKP/MHP government faced unprecedented difficulties in the fight against the guerrillas in 2021 and failed. She noted that 2022 will be a very difficult year of struggle.
• 'History is being rewritten with the participation of women' 

  According to Rîhan Loqo of Kongra Star, one of the key organizations of North-East Syrian women planning for a new 8 March, life has been rebuilt from the perspective of women, and history has been written with the participation of women.
• Kurdish women in France mark March 8 

  The Kurdish Women’s Movement in France organized events to mark March 8, International Working Women's Day.
• Life of female PKK guerrilla Bese Anuş becomes a novel 

  The biographical novel was published in Turkish as "Besê" and in Kurdish as "Basê" and chronicles the life of Besê Anuş, one of the PKK's earliest guerillas and martyrs.
• Batufa Çekdar: We will further strengthen our resistance 

  Freedom guerrillas have the power to fight down all the hostile forces, YJA Star Command Council Member Batufa Çekdar said, insisting that “We will further strengthen our resistance and achieve victory.”
• Women in Northern and Eastern Syria welcome 8 March with a cultural festival in Qamishlo 

  Women in Northern and Eastern Syria welcomed 8 March with a festival organized with the slogan “Women are the spring flower of culture”. The festival reflected the colours of women in culture and art.
• Kurdish Women's Initiative kicks off March 8 events in the UK 

  The British Kurdish Women's Initiative has launched its March 8 activities. The initiative will raise awareness on women's resistance throughout the week.
• Lawyer Berfin Polat: Diyanet trying to prevent divorce, not violence against women 

  Lawyer Berfin Polat from the board of the women's association Rosa spoke about the patriarchal politics of the Turkish state and said that the religious authority Diyanet is conducting a misogynist campaign in the name of preventing violence.
• Kongra Star releases statement on anniversary of the killing of indigenous leader Berta Cáceres 

  Berta Cáceres was a woman, a mother, an activist, an indigenous leader, a land defender, a revolutionary. She was killed in Honduras on 2 March 2016.
• PEN to hold Women Writers Committee Annual Meeting 

  The PEN Women Writers Committee will hold its annual meeting on 7 and 8 March.
• Kurdish lawyer sentenced to six years imprisonment 

  The Kurdish lawyer and Jineolojî specialist Ruşen Seydaoğlu has been sentenced to over six years in prison as an alleged terrorist in Amed (Diyarbakır). Like thousands of other victims, she is charged with activities in the DTK.
• March 8 event in Amed: We will organize women's solidarity 

  Women came together in the Sur district of Amed (Diyarbakir) province as part of the 8 March International Working Women's Day. The women danced to traditional songs chanting the slogan "Jin, Jiyan, Azadi" (Woman, Life, Freedom).
• HPC-Jin calls for an immediate end to the isolation of Öcalan in Turkish prison 

  The Women's Civil Defence Forces raised concern over the isolation of jailed Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan, saying that “an inhuman punishment has been targeting Öcalan for the last 23 years. This must finally end.”
• YJA-Star Commander: We should raise the struggle for freedom 

  Evaluating the YJA Star Command Council meeting, YJA-Star Command Council Member Hêzil Özgür said that “We will deal our wounded enemy a fatal blow in 2022. This is our promise and decision.”
• YJA Star Command Council holds meeting 

  At the YJA Star Command Council meeting, the importance of restructuring and tactical renewal of the guerrillas was highlighted.
• Students of the Autonomous University of Barcelona talk about struggle of Kurdish women 

  Students of the Autonomous University of Barcelona organized a panel on the struggle of Kurdish women as part of the 8 March.
• Women in Çatak protest sexual assault against 3 children by village guards in one year 

  Women in Çatak, province of Van, protested the sexual assault on 3 children by village guards in one year, drawing attention to the special war policy carried out by the AKP-MHP government.
• Woman who allegedly attempted suicide in Diyarbakır in serious conditions in hospital 

  The condition of Şaha Erdin, who allegedly attempted suicide on Thursday in Diyarbakır, is serious.
• Women launch campaign for missing student Gülistan Doku 

  Ankara Women's Platform launched an online campaign called "Where is Gülistan Doku?" to support the family of the missing young woman, and asked to meet the Ministry of Justice.
• French Kurdish Women's Movement announces week-long program to mark 8 March  

  “Resist, organize, live free!” is the slogan under which the women will hold their actions on 8 March this year. TJK-F announced the events to be held throughout France.
• Women are leading: The result of decades of heroic resistance and struggle by women’s movements 

  Women Defend Rojava shows the latest developments in North and East Syria.
• TJK-E: "Resist, Organize, Live Free!" 

  TJK-E said that between 1 and 8 March, women's voices will resonate in European countries with different agendas, to "protect freedom and increase resistance."
• HDP Women's Assembly will kick off its 8 March actions on 28 February in Izmir 

  The HDP Women's Assembly will kick off its 8 March actions on 28 February in Izmir. Dozens of actions and events will be held in 38 cities in North Kurdistan and Turkey.