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• Effects of the corona crisis on women 

  HDP politician Ayşe Acar Başaran warns of an increase in violence against women during the corona crisis and calls for protective measures for women.
• Turkish soldier murders girlfriend in Amed 

  In Amed, a woman has been shot dead by her boyfriend in her apartment. The culprit is a sergeant and he was detained.
• 'Comradeship overcomes all difficulties' 

  YJA STAR guerrillas said that the mountains had many difficulties but these difficulties are overcome through comradeship within the PKK.
• YPJ: Fight together - For freedom and dignity 

  "Newroz is the day the tyranny of Dehak was stabbed to death. This victory is our road map. It shows what we must do against the modern tyrants: fight together in solidarity against occupation, robbery and injustice.
• RoSara: Counselling and support for women by women 

  RoSara is an association founded by Kurdish women for women and it's active in Switzerland. The association has activated a hotline to deal with the coronavirus emergency and violence which may develop in a self-isolation environment.
• Self-defence: The answer to gender-based violence 

  Kongreya Star has published a brochure on self-defence in response to gender-based violence.
• YJA Star: We will continue Tekoşîn’s fight 

  YJA Star announced the death of commander Tekoşin Amanos. "The YJA-Star will take up the weapon of our friend Tekoşîn and continue the fight," the women's guerrilla army said.
• Women's cooperatives promote collective work 

  The women's cooperatives in Tirbespiyê in Northern Syria are working on building alternatives despite the permanent threat of war and have meanwhile become examples of collective forms of work.
• Alina Sanchez, a martyr of humanity 

  Latin American internationalist Alina Sanchez has lost her life in a traffic accident while going to Hasakah to attend meetings with NGOs working on health. Since 2011 she was part of the struggle for the liberation of the Kurdish people.
• Memorial for YPJ martyr Anna Campbell in London 

  A memorial will be held today in London, at the Kurdish Community Centre at 3 pm. 
• Cooperatives strengthen women in Rojava 

  The Kurdish umbrella organisation Kongreya Star supports various cooperatives in Rojava in which women work autonomously and thus stand up for themselves and the community at the same time. There are now 16 new cooperatives in Cizîrê despite the war.
• Besê Erzincan: Women will determine the direction 

  Besê Erzincan of the KJK says that it is not the crisis of the global hegemonic system that will determine future developments, but rather the organised, planned and goal-oriented intervention of women.
• A guerrilla fighter on her mother's trail 

  The parents of guerrilla fighter Roza Nûjîn, who comes from Eastern Kurdistan, used to be peshmerga in the Kurdish mountains in the border area between Iran and Iraq. Roza now wants to realize their unfinished dreams.
• Kurdish Women’s Movement joins Women's Day activities in Finland 

  In Finland around 20 women are murdered by their partners or husbands every year, while in total 71 % of women and girls living in Finland have been subjected to sexual harassment.
• Women fill the streets of Cologne  

  "With the struggle of Kurdish women, the slogan "Jin, Jiyan, Azadi" is no longer a slogan and has turned into a philosophy of life."
• 8 March celebrations in Gothenburg and Örebro 

  International Working Women Day was celebrated with demonstrations, panels and conferences, including Kurdish women in Gothenburg and Örebro, Sweden.
• YPJ fighters celebrate 8 March at the foot of Mount Kezwan 

  YPJ fighters celebrated 8 March, International Working Women's Day at the foot of Mount Kezwan. "We will ensure the freedom of women and our land," they said.
• Amed women's rally through ANF lenses 

  Images from the 8 March event organized by TJA and HDP Women's Council in Amed yesterday.
• 8 March celebrated in many cities of Southern Kurdistan 

  International Working Women's Day was celebrated with various events in Hewlêr, Sulaymaniyah, Kirkuk, Shengal, Maxmur, Germiyan and many other cities of southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• March 8 celebrated in Ankara 

  Women in Ankara marched from Kolej Square to Sakarya Square to celebrate International Working Women's Day.
• Women fill the squares in North and East Syria 

  In northern and eastern Syria, women took to the streets to celebrate International Working Women's Day.
• Women's Day in Dersim: Where is Gülistan Doku? 

  At a rally on the occasion of the International Women's Day in the Northern Kurdistan province of Dersim, the whereabouts of Gülistan Doku was asked. The 21-year-old student has been missing for over two months.
• March 8 celebrated in Batman 

  In Batman women have called for a feminist campaign to strengthen Kurdish national unity and to defend the achievements of the Kurds against the AKP's misogynist and warmongering policies.
• Istanbul police attack Feminist Night March and arrest many women 

  The governor of Istanbul banned the march of women to mark March 8.
• Women celebrate March 8 in Kobanê 

  The celebration at Free Woman's Square was held under the motto “Our struggle is freedom, our resistance is victory”.