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• Turkey: 92 women died at workplace in 10 months  

  A report highlights the bleak situation of women at work in Turkey: 92 deaths reported in the first 10 months of 2018.
• PAJK salutes women and praises their struggle 

  "Freedom will develop through the common struggle of women. The 21st century will be the age of democracy and women”.
• DBP’s Tuncel: Leyla Güven’s demand is our demand 

  Jailed Kurdish poitician Sebahat Tuncel said: “Leyla Güven’s demand is our demand. We want to end the isolation imposed on Öcalan and ensure his health, safety and freedom”.

• Women in North Kurdistan take to the streets 

  Demonstrations and actions are taking place all over North Kurdistan to mark November 25.
• Women take to the streets all over Europe - II 

  To mark 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, demonstrations have been organised in Germany, France, Cyprus and Italy.
• YPJ calls on women to render all days into November 25 

  YPJ commemorated in the person of the three Mirabel sisters all the revolutionary and fighting women and vowed all women to realize a free future.
• YPJ International on November 25: The time is now! 

  "YPJ involves women as a whole, with her body, mind and spirit, in a constant collective process of developing. Through ideological education we deeply understand what we are defending and more importantly to live and grow together."
• Women take to the streets all over Europe 

  To mark 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, demonstrations have been organised in Paris, Copenhagen and Geneva.
• Women from Afrin have organized in Shehba too 

  Leyla Ibisim from the Berxwedan Camp Kongreya Star Coordination stated that the women crossing into Shehba from Afrin have organized themselves in a short time and won’t accept surrender.
• People of Afrin rally against violence against women 

  Events to mark November 25 continue across Rojava and Northern Syria.
• Women prisoners support HDP MP on hunger strike against isolation 

  Female prisoners in the Kandira Prison showed support for Leyla Guven’s resistance and said, “The isolation imposed upon Mr. Abdullah Öcalan must end at once.”
• Women help heal women in camps  

  The Women’s House in the Ayn Îsa camp is helping ten thousand women who have been subjected to violence by ISIS, the Turkish state, gang groups and the regime.
• Women’s village Jinwar to open on November 25 

  After 2 years of work, the Jinwar village will open on November 25.
• “Women’s Group” formed in Iraqi Parliament 

  Female MPs from various ethnicities and faiths in the Iraqi Parliament have formed a “Women’s Group”.
• Actions for November 25 continue in Kobane 

  Kobane hosted a theater performance as part of actions for 25 November.
• November 25 in Northern Syria: Our freedom is our honor 

  In Northern Syria, activities continue on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
• Women of Kobane mark November 25 

  Women rallied in Kobane to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and called for struggle.
• Women’s Ministry to be opened in Northern and Eastern Syria  

  Northern and Eastern Syrian Administration Women’s Assembly convened in Ayn Isa to set up the Women’s Ministry. 
• Kurdish media blacks out for women  

  Stêrk TV, Medya Haber TV, Jin TV, Aryen TV, Cira TV and Ronahi TV blacked out their screens this Monday at 17:00.
• HDP’s female MPs salute Leyla Guven on hunger strike in prison 

  HDP’s female MPs held a demonstration under police blockade for Leyla Guven, who is on a hunger strike in Amed.
• Women's activities for 25th November begin in Raqqa 

  In the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, activities started to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
• Women of Kobanê send letter to CPT for Öcalan 

  Following a seminar held in Elpelûr village as part of events to mark November 25, women sent a letter for Öcalan to the CPT.
• “The organized anger of women will defeat patriarchy and fascism” 

  On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November, Besta Firat of Kurdistan's Free Women's Party stated that only organized anger and awareness of women can defeat patriarchy and fascism.
• Italian journalist and director: Rojava changed me 

  Italian journalist and director Benedetta Argentieri said, “Rojava really changed me. Especially in working together, connecting, and relating to people. Even in self-criticism.”
• Women solve their problems themselves in Deir ez-Zor 

  The Peace Committee of the al-Jazrat Women's Council in Deir ez-Zor has achieved a solution for 450 out of 600 cases in less than a year.