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• Swiss feminists hold protest for Ocalan 

  The Feminist Women’s Collective in Zurich, Switzerland held a protest in the University of Zurich to draw attention to the isolation imposed upon Ocalan.
• Women celebrated 8 March for Leyla Güven in Marseille  

  TJK-F and Arin Mirkan Women's Council promoted a march and meeting in Marseille to celebrate 8 March.
• Strasbourg hunger strikers sent message to women 

  "We, as activists in Strasbourg, would like to say: resistance makes a person beautiful and beautifies the woman. Leyla Güven leads this resistance like women in Rojava, especially the YPJ, lead the resistance, and women in prison."
• Women in Shengal visit mass graves for March 8 

  The TAJE is visiting mass graves in the Herdan village in Shengal as part of the March 8 activities.
• SYKP: Women should fill the streets and reclaim their rights 

  "We do not bow to pressure, and we will continue to challenge patriarchy and capitalism.”
• Komalên Jinên Ciwan: Women are leading the resistance 

  "When fascism seems to be strong, women can raise the flag of leadership and carry out an action like the hunger strike undertaken by Leyla Güven.”
• 8 March celebrations in Northern and Eastern Syria 

  Women from across Northern and Eastern Syria held events and actions in many places for the upcoming 8 March, World Women’s Day.
• Women in Dirbesiyê celebrated 8 March 

  “On 8 March this year we will celebrate both World Women’s Day and victory against DAESH mercenaries. I wish the best to the YPJ women who are protecting us.”
• Kongreya Star visits women’s defense forces to celebrate March 8 

  Kongreya Star visited the YPJ and Domestic Security Forces (Asayish) headquarters in Derik and Serekaniye to celebrate March 8 World Women’s Day with female fighters.
• Yazidi women take over the hunger strike in front of the CPT 

  The PYD members who carried out the first 5-day hunger strike passed it on to members of the Yazidi Women's Council part of the Yazidi Free Women's Movement (TAJE).
• Turkish ISIS jihadist: Everything was so expensive in Turkey 

  Fatma Yildiz joined the ISIS because she wanted to live according to the Koran and life in Turkey was too expensive. She has been married four times in Syria and her four children are dead.
• Leyla Güven commended at 8 March event in Ticino 

  The event also called for participation in the 8 March initiatives organised by Swiss women's organizations.
• 85-year-old Sîsê Bingöl finally released from prison 

  85-year-old Sîsê Bingöl was finally released from prison.
• Plaza de Mayo Mother visited HDP MP on hunger strike in Amed 

  "The public opinion needs to react. Whatever will be done, needs to be done urgently. I am calling on the government and the UN to act with responsibility to prevent any tragedy."
• Jineology in Colombia: weaving threads of common struggle 

  Jineology has been traveling around Colombia, weaving threads of common struggle.
• YPJ International: Capitalist patriarchy common enemy 

  "We do all come here because of strong humanitarian values and the awareness of the importance of the women’s liberation struggle. And we are all willing to take all steps necessary for this."
• Women visited Güven 

  Leyla Güven has reached day 116 of her hunger strike to demand the end of isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Plaza de Mayo mother from Argentina visits Guven in Amed 

  Plaza de Mayo mother Nora Cortiñas visited Leyla Guven, who has been on a hunger strike to protest the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Ocalan for 115 days.
• Women for Leyla met in Istanbul 

  HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven has been on hunger strike for 114 days demanding the end of the isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Women set up solidarity tent in Braunschweig 

  Protests against the isolation of Öcalan continue all around Europe.
• Women from Istanbul visited Leyla Güven on 113rd day of her fast 

  Feminist women from Istanbul came to Amed to visit Leyla Güven on hunger strike for 113 days.
• TJK-E call to join the march in Brussels on Wednesday  

  "We, Kurds, women and all democratic and freedom forces can be the answer if we raise our actions to write this historic resistance. This is the basis for the march to be held in Brussels. We urge everyone to join it."
• March 8 banners in the streets of Tabqa 

  As March 8 International Women's Day approaches, women in Tabqa hung banners in the city streets.
• Women in Raqqa organised 8 March activities 

  "We will follow Leyla Güven's resistance as a model and we will follow their path until we reach success.”
• Woman political prisoner on hunger strike beaten 

  Zozan Kutum has been on hunger strike since 20 December and is now weighing 40 kilos.