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• 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.
• Jineoloji day in Wales 

  On Saturday a full immersion on Jineoloji in Newport will be organised by Kurdish Solidarity Cymru together with Jineoloji Committee Europe.
• Women protest Turkish invasion in Paris 

  Worldwide solidarity with the people of Rojava resisting Turkish invasion.
• Kongra Star dedicates 25 November to three revolutionary women 

  Kongra Star has decided to dedicate the activities to be carried out between 25 November and 10 December to YPJ Amara, woman politician Hevrin Xelef and mother Aqide.
• Buldan: Women are standing up against violence! 

  HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan stressed the need to be united against violence towards women.
• Widat, an Assyrian fighter from the mountains of North Kurdistan 

  Widat Iso was a descendant of survivors of the Assyrian genocide in the Ottoman Empire. She died in 2015 defending her village in Til Temir against the ISIS.
• Seminar on 25 November at Berxwedan Camp in Shehba 

  A seminar on 25 November took place at Berxwedan Camp in northern Syria.
• Buldan: Trustees are a coup against women's politics 

  HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan, spoke at the roundtable titled 'Women in Local Government' organised by the HDP Women's Assembly in Istanbul.
• TJK-E to hold women's conference in Hannover 

  The TJK-E will hold a conference in Hannover on November 16 titled 'Violence against women is political'.