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• 1,200 women subjected to violence in occupied Afrin 

  Afrin Human Rights Organisation reports that 1,200 cases of abduction, rape, sexual violence and murder of women by Turkish-backed militias have been reported to them since the occupation of the canton in March 2018.
• WDR Barcelona: Invasion in N. Syria is also patriarchal violence 

  Women from different backgrounds gathered in Barcelona to mark November 25 under the motto "feminist self-organization against sexist violence".
• Clara Zetkin monument decorated with YPJ flag 

  Kurdish Youth Leipzig decorated the Clara Zetkin monument with a YPJ flag to honour the women's rights activist and show solidarity with the resistance in Rojava.
• 54 women murdered in North Kurdistan in one year 

  The Human Rights Association has said that 54 women were killed in one year in Northern Kurdistan. The report noted that women were also subjected to violence and rape by the police.
• Women in Sweden took to the street to demand the end of violence 

  Women took to the streets in Stockholm, Öreboro, Linköping, Motala and Norköping, condemning patriarchal violence.
• Women marched in Amed and Dersim 

  Women in Northern Kurdistan were in the areas to mark 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
• Women in Taksim: Not One Less 

  Thousands of women joined the march organised in Taksim by the 25 November Women's Platform. The women said loud and clear: "We cannot tolerate to lose another person".
• Women take to the streets across North and East Syria 

  Numerous women rallied across North and East Syria to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
• Protests against feminicide banned in Northern Kurdistan 

  While people all over the world are taking to the streets today to send out a message against violence against women, all public activities have been banned in Kurdish cities in Turkey.
• YPJ: We struggle in the way of our martyrs and Mirabel sisters 

  “We come to the 25th of November in a historical time of struggle. Once again history repeats itself, in the stories of our comrades Hevrîn, Dayika Eqîde and Amara,” said the YPJ.
• Jinwar: May our resistance be a milestone in history 

  In memory of the women who gave their lives in the struggle for a free life without violence, the inhabitants of the women's village Jinwar in Northern Syria made a declaration marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
• KCDK-E calls for joint resistance against violence against women 

  KCDK-E greeted the resisting women on the occasion of 25 November and pointed out that the Turkish state and ISIS mentality is a threat to women.
• YJAD and FEDA: Let's unite against the male mentality! 

  YJAD and FEDA called "on all women, especially Alevi women to unite in a common voice".
• Women of the village of Avşîn organised 25 November action 

  Women in the village of Avşîn in Elegez (Armenia) held a press conference to mark 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
• 'Our struggle will continue until we stop women murders' 

  The We'll stop Women Murders Platform and Women's Assemblies organized an action and march in Kadıköy İskele Square to mark 25 November, International Day of for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
• Brussels and the Hague became purple 

  Thousands of women marched to mark 25 November in the Belgian capital Brussels while a seminar was held in the Hague, the Netherlands.
• Istanbul police detain 7 people distributing leaflets for 25 Nov. 

  Six of the seven detainees are women.
• War Veterans Federation appeals on women to join 25 Nov. demos 

  The Federation of War Veterans of Northern and Eastern Syria called for active participation in the events to take place on 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women in the spirit of Hevrîn, Amara and Avesta.
• Kongra-Star and women’s movements on the 25th November 

  “Women’s resistance is the struggle for love of freedom.”
• Women’s workshop in Qamishlo: Silence kills! 

  A workshop against violence against women is taking place in the Qamishlo city today. The event is organised by the Women's Coordination of the Autonomous Administration in the Cizire region and is attended by women lawyers and human rights activists.
• HDP calls on women to take to the streets on 25 November 

  The HDP Women's Assembly announced that on 25 November women would take to streets against the AKP-MHP anti-women and occupation policies.
• Events to be held on 25 November in NE Syria announced 

  Women's organizations will dedicate this year 25 November events to Hevrin Xelef, slaughtered by the occupying Turkish state, to Amara Rênas, YPJ fighter and Aqide Ana, a member of the Women's Justice Assembly.
• THKC/Rural calls on women to stand up on 25 November 

  THKC/Rural Guerrilla Union called to fill the streets with women self-defense will on 25 November.
• Women's Council condemns brutal attack on female politician 

  The Syrian Women's Council condemned the savage attack on politician Lina Abdulvahab as an "inhuman and treacherous attack" and called on international women's organisations to take action.
• YJK-E calls on women to join actions to be held on 25 November 

  YJK-E called on all women to claim the women's revolution in Rojava on 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.