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• Men killed 24 women in Turkey in March 

  Men killed at least 24 women in March.
• TJK-E launches 'One Thousand Women, One Voice' campaign 

  TJK-E launched the campaign "One Thousand Women, One Voice" as part of the "Freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question" campaign.
• 26 young women join the guerrilla ranks on Öcalan's birthday 

  On the occasion of 4 April, the birthday of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, 26 young women announced their participation in the guerrilla struggle.
• YJA Star guerrillas celebrate Newroz in the mountains of Kurdistan  

  In the mountains of Kurdistan, guerrillas are celebrating Kurdish New Year Newroz everywhere despite Turkish attacks.
• YJŞ joins the campaign ‘Against femicide – be the voice of self-defense’  

  YJŞ participated in the campaign ‘Against femicide – be the voice of self-defense’, stating: "We are ready to give the biggest response to all kinds of attacks and persecution."
• 'Woman, Life, Freedom' book launched in Bogota 

  The Committee of Solidarity with Kurdistan of the city of Bogota launched the Colombian edition of the book Woman, Life, Freedom. From the heart of the free women's movement of Kurdistan.
• Trial of women subjected to police violence opens in Şirnak 

  In Şirnak, the case in which 18 women, including Mezopotamya Agency (MA) reporter Zeynep Durgut, were subjected to violence on 25 November 2023 and were tried, was heard.
• KJK calls on women to lead the struggle against Turkish occupation 

  KJK sent a message to the Newroz celebration in Qandil and called on women to take the lead against all occupation plans of the occupying Turkish state.
• Croatia becomes third EU country to pass femicide law 

  In Croatia, with a population of 3.8 million, 13 women were murdered in 2022, 12 of them by a close relative, and 9 in 2023.
• TAJÊ: Against femicide, be the voice of self-defense 

  The Yazidi Women's Freedom Movement launched a new international campaign against femicide.
• YJA Star guerrillas call on women to join the freedom struggle  

  YJA Star guerrillas Delîla and Sorxwîn Kobanê celebrated International Women's Day and vowed to increase their struggle against the attacks directed against them.
• Four women activists taken into custody in Istanbul 

  Four women were taken into custody within the scope of a new police political operation carried out in Istanbul.
• KJK: The only way to stop the modern age of barbarism is to organize the women's revolution 

  KJK stated that March 8, 2024, became the concrete expression of women's awakening, consciousness, will and organization, adding: “Today, the women's struggle has become the most radical struggle for democracy and human rights.”
• ‘We will create a free life, a free country and free women’ 

  At a YJA Star celebration on International Women's Day, guerrilla commander Arjîn Dêrsîm appealed to young women to defend themselves against the attacks on their bodies and spirits and to join the fight for freedom.
• Two young women arrested in Iran over a dance video 

  Two young women have been arrested in Iran because of a dance video for an alleged violation of "social rules".
• Kongra Star delegation visits JINWAR women’s village 

  JINWAR is the only village in the Middle East where only women live. It was opened on 25 November 2018 on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
• Glorious March 8 celebration by YPJ fighters in Raqqa 

  Women's Defense Units (YPJ) fighters celebrated March 8 International Women's Day in Raqqa.
• YPJ: We renew our pledge to enhance the struggle for freedom 

  “We continue our march for freedom today, and we are inspired by the honorable legacy of resistant women in the world,” said the YPJ.
• YJA Star: Let us make resistance with the slogan 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadî' the basis of our lives 

  “In order to make this spring the beginning of the women's spring and to say 'STOP' to the male-dominated, massacring system, let us make resistance with the slogan 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadî' the basis of our lives,” said YJA Star on March 8.
• Women guerrillas celebrate March 8 

  Women guerrillas have come together in the mountains of Kurdistan to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8.
• Solidarity message from Galicia to Rojava on March 8 

  “We will shout for you in our city of Vigo, and we will spread as much as we can the work you have done. We are on this path together.”
• March 8 in Kobanê: Women will fulfill their historical role 

  "With the will of free women, we will frustrate the policies of genocide, occupation and isolation," was the motto of women in the Euphrates Canton in North-East Syria on March 8.
• A short film about YPJ on the occasion of International Women’s Day 

  Defending the Rojava revolution on the front line as a leading force, YPJ is based on the liberal, grassroots democratic and anti-patriarchal paradigm of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Guerrilla Demhat: YJA Star is a force of revenge against violence against women 

  Speaking on March 8, YJA Star guerrilla Azadî Demhat stated that YJA Star is a force of revenge against violence against women and said, "We never accept unjustness, injustice, violence, murders and massacres against women."
• YPJ International: Let us come together, let us be one, let us succeed!  

  “Nations are at war. Territories are being occupied. Nature is being exploited. Women are being killed. In such a situation, we cannot celebrate 8 March as a festivity. We can only celebrate 8 March if we can meet as free people.”