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• TekoJIN will organize a women's conference in Kassel on 29 June 

  The Movement of Militant Young Women (TekoJIN) will organize a women's conference under the motto "Jin Jiyan Azadî - Ser Bixe Azadî".
• Kurdish women in Reims send letter to CPT 

  Kurdish women living in Reims participated in the letter campaign launched by the European Kurdish Women's Movement and sent letters to the CPT against the torture system in Imrali.
• Plaza De Mayo Mothers founding member Nora Cortiñas dies 

  Nora Cortiñas, founding member of the Plaza De Mayo Mothers and a friend of the Kurdish people, has died at the age of 94.
• Iraqi women support TAJÊ's campaign: We will be the voice of self-defence against femicide 

  Supporting the TAJÊ’s campaign "Against femicide – be the voice of self-defense", female politicians, journalists, intellectuals and activists from Iraq said: “We will fight together and be the voice of self-defence against femicide.”
• 'Our main goal is to create an equal, just and democratic society based on women's freedom' 

  Mekiye Hiso, a member of the Syrian Women's Assembly, said that they have once again realised the importance of women's self-defence with the revolution in North and East Syria, adding that they will focus more on organisation in Syrian cities.
• Ayla Akat Ata meets with people in Batman: Our struggle will continue 

  Meeting with the people at the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Batman Provincial Organisation building, Ayla Akat Ata stated that the Kurdish question does not only concern the Kurdish people, but all parties must deal with it.
• Rojava Women's Revolution workshop at Vienna Festival Weeks 

  A workshop on the Rojava Women's Revolution was organised as part of the Vienna Festival Weeks. In the workshop where confederative women's structures and achievements were introduced, the importance of Rojava experience was discussed.
• Kurdish journalist and activist Gorji sentenced to 21 years in Iran 

  Kurdish journalist and women's rights activist Jina Modarres Gorji has been sentenced to 21 years in prison by the Iranian regime's judiciary. She was accused of overthrowing the mullah state with “feminist ideology”.
• KJAR Congress: We will respond to the hopes and demands of women in East Kurdistan and Iran 

  The East Kurdistan Free Women's Community (KJAR) held its fourth congress and announced that "as a pioneering women's movement, we will respond to the hopes and demands of women in East Kurdistan and Iran."
• Two-day workshop in Maxmur for Abdullah Öcalan's freedom 

  The workshop is organised by the Youth Women's Movement and Martyr Jiyan Academy with the slogan "In the Spirit of Sara's and Bîşeng's, Contemporary Goddesses will break the isolation and ensure the physical freedom of Leader Apo.”
• Arab women join the 'Leader Öcalan is a Guest in Your Home' campaign 

  The Arab Women's Council also joined the "Leader Öcalan is a Guest in Your House" campaign initiated by the Yazidi Free Women's Movement (TAJÊ).
• Syriac women take solidarity as a basis 

  Founded in 2013, the Syriac Women's Union aims to develop women's and social organisation in the Middle East through the solidarity of Arab, Kurdish and Syriac women.
• Kongra Star: The AKP-MHP mentality is a danger to the whole world 

  Reacting to the verdict in the Kobanê Case, Kongra Star emphasised that the Turkish state wants to resurrect ISIS and said "The AKP-MHP mentality is a danger to the whole world."
• Two Kurdish female activists on hunger strike in Evin Prison 

  Kurdish women Warishe Moradi and Pakhshan Azizi, who are imprisoned in Evin Prison in Iran's capital Tehran, have gone on hunger strike. They are protesting against Moradi's transfer to the notorious torture wing 209.
• Deposed co-mayor of Dersim released after 7 and a half years in prison 

  Nurhayat Altun, the deposed co-mayor of Dersim Municipality, was released after 7 and a half years of imprisonment.
• YJK-E confirms this year's Zilan Festival will be held in Germany 

  The Association of Kurdish Women in Germany (YJK-E) will organize the 18th edition of the Zilan Festival. This year the venue chosen is Duisburg. The slogan of the event to take place on 15 June will be: “With Jin-Jiyan-Azadî to the women’s revolution”.
• Kurdish women activists send 883 letters to the CPT from Germany 

  A group of women sent 883 letters to the CPT, and said that they would work for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• TJK-E calls on women to attend action for Öcalan in Strasbourg tomorrow 

  TJK-E called to attend the action to be held in Strasbourg tomorrow, 15 May, to demand freedom for Öcalan.
• Delegation from TAJÊ meets Iraqi Minister of Immigration in Baghdad 

  A delegation from the TAJÊ went to Baghdad and met with Iraqi Minister of Immigration Ivan Faik Cabir.
• Leyla Qasim commemorated on the 50th anniversary of her execution 

  “You can kill me, but you must know that after my death, thousands of Kurds will wake up from their deep sleep.” 50 years ago, student Leyla Qasim was murdered by the Baathist regime. She was the first woman to be executed in Iraq.
• Peace Mothers visit Emine Şenyaşar on Mother's Day 

  Peace Mothers who wanted to visit Emine Şenyaşar on Mother's Day were prevented.
• TJA: For the Kurdish people, woman and mother are the name of leadership and pride 

  Celebrating Mother’s Day, TJA stated that mothers are pioneers in the search for justice and social change.
• Trial in Ankara of ISIS members who kidnapped Yazidi girl postponed 

  The fourth hearing of the case against ISIS members who kidnapped and tried to sell a Yazidi girl was held on Thursday in Ankara.
• Women in Qamishlo demonstrate against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan 

  In Qamishlo, hundreds of women protested against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and called for a solution to the Kurdish question.
• At least 30 women murdered in Turkey in April 

  According to the tally compiled by JINNEWS for the month of April, at least 30 women and 2 children were murdered in Turkey in April, while 15 women and 1 child died under suspicious circumstances.