TJK-F, the French section of the Kurdish Women's Movement, called on women to take to the streets on 3 August to mark the fifth anniversary of the ISIS mercenaries genocide attacks against the Yazidis.

The TJK-F Coordination said in a written statement: “Five years have passed since the ISIS, the striking force of the male-dominated system, attempted to carry out a genocide in Shengal. First of all, we respectfully remember those who lost their lives in these attacks."

The TJK-F reminded that on 3 August 2014 thousands of women, children and men had been murdered, kidnapped, wounded by ISIS mercenaries, in one of the worst attacks on people.

The TJK-F also reminded that the abducted women and girls were reduced to sexual slaves and said: “We still have no news about some of these women and children. For the past five years the families of those still trying to find their children have been trying to heal their bleeding wounds."

The TJK-F recalled that the genocide was carried out in front of the world's eyes and that most sovereign states stood in silence.

On 3 August at 11 o'clock the world will stand for a minute's silence to remember the victims of the ISIS genocide in Shengal.

The TJK-F Coordination called on "all women living in France to participate in the actions to be organised in their regions."