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• Alliance of women from the Middle East and North Africa formed in Beirut 

  An alliance of women from the Middle East and North Africa has been formed at a conference in Beirut. The goal of this alliance is a strategic women's vision for building a free, democratic and equal society.
• TJK-E calls on women to take to the streets and stand up against racist attacks 

  After the massacre of a Kurdish family in Konya, the women's umbrella organization TJK-E declared that this was not an isolated act by a racist group.
• 2nd Middle East Women's Conference kicks off in Beirut 

  The 2nd Middle East Women's Conference has started in Beirut under the motto “We Will Achieve a Democratic Revolution through the Union of Women”.
• Yazidi women march in Shengal for recognition of genocide and status 

  As the anniversary of the genocide perpetrated by ISIS in Shengal on 3 August 2014 is approaching, the Yazidi women organized a march demanding recognition of genocide and status for autonomy.
• Man kills woman in Istanbul 

  A woman named Fatma Keke was murdered by a man in Bahçeköy, in the borough of Sarıyer in Istanbul.
• East Kurdistan women's association KJAR launches campaign against child marriage 

  The East Kurdistan women's association KJAR has launched a campaign against the marriage of girls in Iran with the slogan 'Child marriage is femicide'.
• Martyrs' Families Women's Council holds second conference in Qamishlo 

  The second conference of the Martyrs' Families Women's Council was held in Rimêlan.
• Yasemin Üçer: Our goal is to establish a women's assembly in every city 

  In response to the murder of Deniz Poyraz, the HDP has established a women's assembly in Amed, which envisions increased local organization of women. The model is to be extended to all cities in Turkey.
• KJK: Rojava Revolution is a revolution of women and humanity 

  The KJK has celebrated the Rojava Revolution on its 9th anniversary and said it is the “revolution of women and humanity”.
• Workshop on femicide in Qamishlo discuss ways to prevent violence against women 

  Methods of preventing murder and violence were discussed at the workshop on combating femicide organized by the PYD Women's Council.
• HDP establishes Women's Assembly in Amed 

  Despite the massive repression, the HDP founded a Women's Assembly in Amed. The founding event was dedicated to HDP employee Deniz Poyraz, who was murdered by a Turkish fascist in June.
• Third jineoloji camp in Alicante 

  The third jineoloji camp in Spain was held in Alicante, Valencia, between 7 and 13 July. The camp was dedicated to the internationalist revolutionary Legerin Çiya, who fell a martyr in Rojava in 2018.
• Cihan Xidro: We will make laws for women 

  “We will create laws as part of the fight against violence against women. We also develop training programmes for women, families and men in the society. We aim to create a more conscious and sensitive society.”
• HDP Women's Assembly: We will expose the dirty policies of the government! 

  "We will never turn a blind eye to the crime of sexual abuse and forcing women to have sexual intercourse with security officers. We will not remain silent," said the HDP Women's Assembly.
• Kongreya Star launches ideological education cycle for women 

  Kongreya Star Aleppo Coordination launched an ideological education cycle for women in Sheikh Maqsoud and Aleppo neighbourhoods.
• Women hold Jineology seminar at the Lavrio Camp in Greece 

  A Jineology seminar was held at the Lavrio camp in Greece. The paradigm of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan was debated at the seminar.
• Peace mother Şehriban Tunç passes away in Adıyaman 

  Peace mother Şehriban Tunç has passed away in Adıyaman. The longtime activist and mother of a fallen guerrilla fighter succumbed to a heart attack.
• "Honor killings": Women demand punishment for perpetrators of feminicide 

  In the northeastern Syrian autonomous region, women have once again taken to the streets against feminicides. In Raqqa, the women's coordination of the Autonomous Administration demanded consistent punishment of the perpetrators of so-called "honor killin
• Peace Mothers in Batman protest isolation and stand in solidarity with prisoners on hunger strike 

  Despite being obstructed by the police, the Peace Mothers Council in Batman protested the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish people and expressed solidarity with the hunger strike carried out by political prisoners in Turkey.
• HDP Women's Council: AKP-MHP alliance legitimizes sexual violence  

  The men's AKP-MHP alliance has been pursuing unrestrained sexist and misogynist policies for years to legalize sexual violence and abuse of power, said the HDP Women's Council about the new law on the protection of offenders in Turkey.
• Peace mothers arrested in Mardin 

  Peace Mothers Ayla Kaya and Atiye Yılmaz have been arrested in Mardin accused of being “terrorists”. Interviews they gave in Nusaybin at the time of the attack on the city by the authorities.
• Kongra Star in solidarity with the women's resistance in Afghanistan 

  Kongra Star sends a message of solidarity from Rojava to the women's resistance in Afghanistan, quoting Abdullah Öcalan: "Women's self-defense is a very serious issue that cannot be left to the mercy of men."
• 83 women killed, 200 kidnapped by Turkey-linked mercenaries in Afrin in the past 18 months 

  In Turkey-occupied Afrin, 83 women have been killed by mercenaries in the last year and a half, while 200 women have been kidnapped.
• Kongra Star condemns femicide 

  Kongra Star Northern and Eastern Syria Coordination condemned the murder of children and demanded the most severe punishment for the killers.
• Pervin Buldan: The women's struggle gives us hope 

  “As representatives of women's politics, the growing struggle of women throughout the country gives us hope. We are closer than ever to success,” said HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan at the women's faction meeting of the party dedicated to Deniz Poyraz.