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• Women in Van on hunger strike against isolation 

  TJA activists and Peace Mothers have started a hunger strike in solidarity with Leyla Güven against the isolation of Öcalan.
• Women start a 3-day hunger strike in Amed against isolation 

  Support for the Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-chair and HDP Hakkari deputy Leyla Güven, continues to grow. 
• Women go on hunger strike in Aleppo 

  "As Konreya-Star, we will continue to live following the ideas of Öcalan, who has reinstated all values ​​destroyed by the sovereign system and led the society towards freedom."
• Kurdish women’s movement discussed in Paris 

  Bidard said: “The HDP is not only a Kurdish political party. In Turkey today, not only Kurds, but also many women, academics and journalists are on trial and in jails.”
• Güven’s daughter praises her mother’s determination 

  "My mother started this resistance by her own will and led the way.The actions which followed give her tremendous strength,and at every opportunity she thanks people for their support,she thanks the solidarity coming from the party and democratic sectors"
• Young Women’s Union stages long march for Öcalan 

  Demonstrations demanding an end to the aggravated isolation on Kurdish leader Öcalan are spreading.
• European Socialist Women’s Union salutes Guven 

  European Socialist Women’s Union saluted Leyla Guven’s resistance and said, “Now everybody has the responsibility to show more solidarity with the hunger strike Leyla Guven started.”
• German women delegation visited Rojava 

  The members of the delegation stated that women who are struggling in the region are a model for all women of the world.
• Jinwar Village Council formed 

  The Jinwar Village that opened its doors with a mass ceremony on November 25 International Day Against Violence Against Women has formed its village council.
• Women from Germany visit Raqqa 

  A delegation of women from Germany is visiting Raqqa.
• Women’s workshop in India 

  This year’s workshop was dedicated to Sakine Cansiz, a PKK founder and leading figure in the Kurdish Freedom Movement murdered in Paris in 2013 and Gauri Lankesh, who was murdered by fascists in India last year.
• Never Invisible: FARC women tell their stories 

  A documentary imagined and created by former Colombian guerrilla women belonging to the FARC-EP.
• TJA: Liberation comes with organization 

  “Leyla Güven's demands are the demands of all of us and we all demand an end to isolation.”
• Leyla Guven: I will continue as long as there is no response 

  Leyla Guven sent a message to the conference titled “Our organization is our freedom” and said, “I will continue as long as there is no response to my protest. I know this is a rightful struggle, and we will prevail.”
• HDP called on women in Van to make their voice heard 

  The HDP Women’s Electoral Commission called on women in Van to turn the 31 March local elections into an opportunity.
• UN: Violence against women a “mark of shame” on all societies 

  “Not until the half of our population represented by women and girls can live free from fear, violence and everyday insecurity, can we truly say we live in a fair and equal world,” said the UN Secretary-General.
• Women’s village Jinwar officially opened 

  “The idea of ​​establishing the village of Jinwar was an idea of ​​Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan. The achievements of women are the result of his ideas and philosophy”.
• Abdullah: Strengthening the YPJ will strengthen women 

  Thousands of women attended a rally in Hesekê Canton to mark November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.
• 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."