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• Kurdish Women’s Workshop issues final declaration 

  Kurdish women have debated for two days in the Netherlands.
• Meet the Traffic Women Police in Rojava 

  Women are reclaiming their space in every sphere of society and work.
• Carpet weaving women without work insurance in Iran 

  The majority of carpet weavers in Iran are women and have no insurance.
• HDP has the most female candidates running for parliament 

  HDP is the party with the most female candidates running for parliament.
• Kongreya Star issues call to “Rise up for the women of Afrin” 

  Kongreya Star Afrin chapter condemned the attacks against women of Afrin by the invading Turkish army and their allied gangs, and called on the women of the world to rise up for the people of Afrin.
• Female prisoners: Our hope is the HDP 

  Female prisoners imprisoned in Kandıra Prison have sent a message of solidarity with the HDP.
• Women, the driving force of the reconstruction of Raqqa 

  After four years of DAESH darkness, Raqqa is flourishing and women play a crucial role in the new society.
• Jineology classes in high schools in Rojava 

  High schools in the Cizire region will be offering Jineology classes in the 2018-19 term. Jineology Committee Member Nupel Ehmed stated that they will be promoting women and women’s history in society.
• European Kurdish Women’s Workshop stresses national unity 

  Kurdish women are carrying out important efforts for national unity. The women came together in Europe to organize the European National Kurdish Women’s Workshop.
• Solidarity with the women of Rojava in Sweden 

  Women called on the international community to stop the Turkish state’s attacks against Afrin and Rojava.
• Women most affected by Iranian economic crisis 

  Women in Iran are paid less than men and are sacked if they get pregnant.
• Armenian women also support the HDP 

  Armenian women living in Istanbul stated that they will be supporting the HDP and its presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş in June 24 elections.
• ‘Women rise up for Afrin’ campaign continues 

  The ‘Women Rise up for Afrin’ campaign was initiated by the Kurdish women's movement Kongreya Star on 8 February with the aim of supporting the resistance in Afrin.
• Girls’ average marriage age in Iranian village is 11 

  Some figures were released by Iranian authorities shed a bit of light over a very disturbing reality.
• Women’s Foundation, or solving problems through negotiation 

  The Sheikh Maqsoud Women's Foundation was set up in 2011 to organize women and solve their problems.
• National Kurdish Women's Workshop to be held on 20-21 May 

  Kurdish women living in Europe will meet to discuss developments in Kurdistan and the Middle East.
• Women’s communes being established in Girê Spi 

  Women’s House and Kongreya Star securing women’s strong role in society.
• "Rojava shows us that another world is possible" 

  Scotch activist Sarah Glynn said that another world is possible but we need examples of it and continued “As an example we can come back here and say that these people are actually building something different”.
• PYD women condemn Turkish occupation of Afrin 

  PYD women underlined the plight suffered by women in Afrin.
• ‘Girls of the Sun’ on Kurdish women's struggle screened at Cannes 

  Stars hit the Cannes red carpet for the premiere of ‘Girls of the Sun’, a drama about Kurdish women fighting ISIS, during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival at the Palais des Festivals on May 12, 2018 in Cannes, France.
• HDP women start election campaign in Hasankeyf 

  The HDP Women's Council launched its campaign in Hasankeyf town of Batman province.
• Saturday Mothers meet for the 685th week 

  On Mothers’ Day women ask for justice and truth for the disappeared.
• Elections in Turkey: women organize the basis 

  In Turkey, the election campaign for the panic-like early presidential and parliamentary elections has begun. In the northern Kurdistan town of Urfa (Riha), HDP women are moving from house to house to defend their rights.
• Images from the Operation Jazeera Storm 

  Operation Jazeera Storm in Deir ez-Zor countryside continues at full steam.
• Meetings in Shehba as part of #WomenRiseUpForAfrin 

  ​​​​​​​As part of the "Women Rise Up for Afrin" campaign, the Kurdish women's movement Kongreya Star is holding meetings in the northern Syrian canton of Shehba.