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• Spanish writer dedicates her book to the women of Kurdistan 

  "To the magnificent and heroic Kurdish warriors of Rojava, who are the first line of contention for the horror of ISIS and who are dying day after day to defend the human rights and dignity of all women”.
• Program for 25 November in Kobanê launched 

  A number of initiatives have been prepared to mark 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
• Women in Raqqa plan actions for 25 November 

  After four years under DAESH occupation, women in Raqqa say no to violence against women on 25 November.
• Iran executes a Kurdish woman 

  Iran executed a Kurdish woman named Sherare Elyasî this morning.
• Preparations for November 25 completed in Euphrates region 

  Demonstrations will start tomorrow in Northern Syria and Rojava as part of the November 25 day against violence against women. The demonstrations are organized by the Sara Organization and the Kongreya Star.
• Final document of Conference of Syriac Women 

  The Syriac Women's Union was established on 20 July 2013.
• Syriac Women’s Union goes to Congress 

  The second congress of the Syriac Women’s Union begins today.
• Women of Van support HDP deputy Leyla Güven on hunger strike 

  Women are mobilising to support HDP Hakkari deputy Leyla Güven who went on hunger strike in prison.
• 15 female prisoners transferred from Istanbul to Kayseri 

  15 female prisoners were transferred from the Bakirkoy Women’s Closed Prison to Bunyan Prison.
• Irish Women’s Music Symposium: Sounding the Feminists 

  Dundalk Institute of Technology will hold a one-day symposium on women in popular and traditional music in Ireland.
• TEV-DEM met women in Shehba 

  TEV-DEM Executive Council Co-Chair Zelal Cîger joined the meeting attended by many women.
• 37 women killed in South Kurdistan in 9 months 

  A report underlined that 37 women were killed in 9 months in South Kurdistan, while 54 women committed suicide.
• Peace Mothers salute HDP deputy Güven’s hunger strike 

  HDP jailed Hakkari deputy Leyla Güven has launched a hunger strike against unlawful arrests and isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• KJK's Rûken: Women will lead the answer to fascism 

  KJK Coordination Member Zêrîn Rûken talked about Kobanê, Öcalan and the next local elections in Turkey.
• ‘Girls of the Sun’ in the Geneva Film Festival 

  The film Les Filles du Soleil (Girls of the Sun) about the Kurdish women’s struggle will be screened in the 24th International Geneva Film Festival.
• Women’s Council took important steps since its foundation 

  The Women's Council was established on 21 November 2014 following the declaration of the Rojava Democratic Autonomous Administration.
• Feminist demonstration by Kurdish and Swiss women in Bern 

  The traditional feminist night demonstration in Bern was inspired this year by the women's resistance in Rojava.
• Internationalist from the Hambi in the YPJ ranks 

  Elefterya Hambi is an internationalist in northern Syria and is fighting in the YPJ ranks. In an interview, she talks about her reasons why she decided to help create a new social model in Rojava.
• Mass memorial for PKK guerrilla Andrea Wolf in home town Munich 

  A mass demonstration will be held today in Munich, Germany for the 20th anniversary of PKK guerrilla Andrea Wolf’s martyrdom.
• A fisherwoman on the Euphrates   

  The sound of oars in the still waters of the Euphrates River tells the story of fisherwoman Eshme’s struggle in life. 
• Ethiopia has first woman President 

  The African country will name Ambassador Sahle-Work Zewde as first woman president.
• Martyr Beritan remembered in Kurdistan 

  It was the 25 October 1992 when a Kurdish female guerrilla, Beritan, threw herself off a cliff, rather than surrender to a group of KDP peshmergas collaborating with the Turkish army.
• Jineology in schools in Cizire Region 

  Democratic Society Education Committee has brought the science of Jineology into schools in the Cizire Region.
• MSD Women’s Bureau condemns the murder of woman in Jarablus 

  The MSD Women’s Bureau held a press statement on the murder of Resha Besîs by her brother in Jarablus.
• Woman Human Rights Defender kidnapped in Colombia 

  Colombia has been going through a wave of violence by paramilitary groups targeting former FARC guerrillas, social leaders, and human rights defenders.