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• Women of Afrin on solidarity hunger strike with Leyla Güven 

  Speakers said they would support women no matter the threats and attacks carried out by the Turkish state and promised to continue their struggle until the construction of a free, democratic and safe society.
• Disciplinary punishment against imprisoned DBP Co-chair Tuncel 

  Jailed DBP leader Sebahat Tuncel was given a ten-month disciplinary sanction by the prison authorities for participating in a hunger strike.
• RJAK members on hunger strike for Öcalan in Sulaymaniyah 

  RJAK members in Sulaymaniyah have started a hunger strike for Kurdish leader Öcalan.
• Women on hunger strike detained in Van 

  14 women from the Peace Mothers and the TJA who had started a hunger strike demanding an end to the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan have been detained in Van.
• AKP terror in Amed: 25 women on hunger strike detained 

  At least 25 women supporting HDP Hakkari deputy Leyla Güven have been taken into custody.
• Women in Kobanê on hunger strike to support Leyla Güven 

  Kongreya-Star promoted a hunger strike to support HDP Hakkari deputy Leyla Güven.
• Sabiha Temizkan: My mum, my people’s Leyla 

  HDP Hakkari deputy and DTK co-chair, Leyla Güven, is on hunger strike since 8 November in Amed prison. She went on hunger strike to demand an end to the isolation regime imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Women and Culture discussed at workshop in Hesekê 

  MSD co-chair Emine Omer said that in the process of revolution in Northern and Eastern Syria, women achieved many gains to overcome the reactionary traditions.
• 31 women murdered in Turkey in November 

  The ‘We Will Stop Femicides Platform’ announced that 31 women have been killed in November by men, with a total of 652 women in the last 19 months.
• Women in Van on hunger strike against isolation 

  TJA activists and Peace Mothers have started a hunger strike in solidarity with Leyla Güven against the isolation of Öcalan.
• Women start a 3-day hunger strike in Amed against isolation 

  Support for the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-chair and HDP Hakkari deputy Leyla Güven, continues to grow. 
• Women go on hunger strike in Aleppo 

  "As Konreya-Star, we will continue to live following the ideas of Öcalan, who has reinstated all values ​​destroyed by the sovereign system and led the society towards freedom."
• Kurdish women’s movement discussed in Paris 

  Bidard said: “The HDP is not only a Kurdish political party. In Turkey today, not only Kurds, but also many women, academics and journalists are on trial and in jails.”
• Güven’s daughter praises her mother’s determination 

  "My mother started this resistance by her own will and led the way.The actions which followed give her tremendous strength,and at every opportunity she thanks people for their support,she thanks the solidarity coming from the party and democratic sectors"
• Young Women’s Union stages long march for Öcalan 

  Demonstrations demanding an end to the aggravated isolation on Kurdish leader Öcalan are spreading.
• European Socialist Women’s Union salutes Guven 

  European Socialist Women’s Union saluted Leyla Guven’s resistance and said, “Now everybody has the responsibility to show more solidarity with the hunger strike Leyla Guven started.”
• German women delegation visited Rojava 

  The members of the delegation stated that women who are struggling in the region are a model for all women of the world.
• Jinwar Village Council formed 

  The Jinwar Village that opened its doors with a mass ceremony on November 25 International Day Against Violence Against Women has formed its village council.
• Women from Germany visit Raqqa 

  A delegation of women from Germany is visiting Raqqa.
• Women’s workshop in India 

  This year’s workshop was dedicated to Sakine Cansiz, a PKK founder and leading figure in the Kurdish Freedom Movement murdered in Paris in 2013 and Gauri Lankesh, who was murdered by fascists in India last year.
• Never Invisible: FARC women tell their stories 

  A documentary imagined and created by former Colombian guerrilla women belonging to the FARC-EP.
• TJA: Liberation comes with organization 

  “Leyla Güven's demands are the demands of all of us and we all demand an end to isolation.”
• Leyla Guven: I will continue as long as there is no response 

  Leyla Guven sent a message to the conference titled “Our organization is our freedom” and said, “I will continue as long as there is no response to my protest. I know this is a rightful struggle, and we will prevail.”
• HDP called on women in Van to make their voice heard 

  The HDP Women’s Electoral Commission called on women in Van to turn the 31 March local elections into an opportunity.
• UN: Violence against women a “mark of shame” on all societies 

  “Not until the half of our population represented by women and girls can live free from fear, violence and everyday insecurity, can we truly say we live in a fair and equal world,” said the UN Secretary-General.