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• ‘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.
• YPJ martyr Alina Sanchez remembered in Buenos Aires 

  Families, friends, and comrades gathered to remember doctor Lêgerîn.
• MEP Ward: Women are defending their rights and values in Rojava 

  MEP Julie Ward talked of the impact women in Rojava made on the whole world.
• Women’s delegation from Germany visits Shehba and Sherawa 

  A delegation of women from Germany has made observations in Shehba and Sherawa to see the situation of Afrin people, and explained their demands.
• Tribute to Alina Sanchez in Buenos Aires 

  YPJ member was a doctor working to establish an alternative health system in Rojava.
• Women tortured in prison 

  Attacks, forced searches, threats: women in Sincan prison expose torture
• Women’s Council in Raqqa establish new commune 

  Commune set up in the neighbourhood of Rimela in Raqqa.
• Education for women in Raqqa’s Academy 

  Raqqa’s women joined training lessons to reclaim their role and space in society
• Women of Kobanê protest against Turkey’s attacks and isolation 

  Women of Kobanê staged a march in protest at the Turkish state’s attacks on Rojava and the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Two women kidnapped in Afrin missing for twelve days 

  Four women were deported by the occupation forces in the village of Şêxutka in the district of Mabeta twelve days ago. While two were released, Azime and Nezire remain missing.
• Commemoration for Alina Sanchez and Anna Campbell in Rojava 

  A commemoration ceremony was held in memory of YPJ internationalists Alina Sanchez and Anna Campbell in Rimelan town of Rojava.
• French women delegation visits Women’s Village in Rojava 

  Corinne Morel Darleux, Secretary of the Left Party of France and journalist Alice Serrano visited JINWAR Village in Rojava.
• Remembering internationalist Helin of the YPJ 

  When asked why she had joined the Rojava revolution, Helin would reply: "There is a revolution here. I too wanted to be part of a real revolutionary”.