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• YJŞ fighters celebrate March 8 on Mount Shengal 

  Shengal Women’s Units celebrated March 8 on Mount Shengal with great enthusiasm.
• YJA STAR guerrillas celebrate March 8 in mountains of Kurdistan 

  YJA STAR commander Roza Tolhildan stated that 21st century will be the century of women’s freedom.
• Several women detained in Ankara before March 8 

  Police forces carried out house raids and detained many women on the grounds of their social media posts ahead of March 8 International Women’s Day.
• Thousands of women arrive in Afrin for 8 March  

  Thousands of women arrived in Afrin to support the resistance against Turkish invasion and to observe 8 March International Women’s Day.
• Thousands of women on their way to Afrin 

  Thousands of women who have set out for Afrin in solidarity with the resistance on occasion of March 8, have arrived in Manbij.
• Martyr Viyan: I will defend Afrin with the last drop of my blood 

  YPJ fighter Viyan Soran, who fought valiantly in Shiye district and was martyred, had spoken to ANHA before she was martyred and had said, “I will resist until the last drop of my blood. If I’m martyred, write ‘Afrin is not alone’ under my photographs."
• Turkey: 47 women killed by men in February  

  According to a recent report from the platform "Stop Feminicide!", at least 47 women were killed in Turkey in February.
• Afrin to host March 8 women’s meeting 

  March 8 preparations continue in Afrin. In the midst of the resistance, women organize solidarity and resistance and will be holding 3 days of activities under the lead of Kongra Star with guests coming in to the city.
• YPJ: Our will is stronger than any weapon 

  The YPJ Command emphasized that with great faith and deep love, they will resist to the last drop of blood against the aggressive war on Afrin.
• Women of Afrin take up arms against Turkey’s attacks 

  Women in Afrin are receiving military training and taking up arms against the attacks of the Turkish state and gangs that target civilians.
• 30 Arab women join the SDF in Manbij 

  30 Arab women joined the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Manbij.
• Representatives of Kurdish women’s organisations arrive in Rojava 

  Representatives of women’s organisations that set out for Afrin from Bashure (southern) Kurdistan for solidarity with the Resistance of the Age, have crossed into Rojava through Semelka border crossing.
• Kurdish women’s organisations on their way to Afrin 

  Representatives of 18 women’s organisations from three parts of Kurdistan have set out for Afrin for solidarity with the Resistance of the Age.
• Woman writer imprisoned in Iran on hunger strike for 18 days 

  An Iranian woman writer has been on a hunger strike for 18 days in prison. Iranian regime officials are refusing to respond to the female prisoner’s demands.
• Turkish army kills 17 women and wounds 44 in Afrin 

  17 women were killed and a further 44 women were wounded by the Turkish army in Afrin, Kurdish Red Crescent (Heyva Sor) said.
• Kurdish women activist Ata arrested by court 

  A Turkish court arrested Ayla Akat Ata, an activist of Free Women Movement (TJA) in Diyarbakir on Tuesday.
• Turkey detains prominent Kurdish woman activist 

  Turkish police detained Kurdish woman activist Ayla Akat Ata on Monday.
• Wounded YPJ fighter: “My wound is my pride” 

  YPJ fighter Rûken Gerzan was wounded resisting the barbaric attacks by the invading Turkish state and said that her wound is her pride, as it shows she was able to give back to her people.
• Women in Afrin receive self-defense training 

  HPC-JIN members are giving weapon training to women in Afrin as part of the campaign “Women Rise Up for Afrin”.
• On the frontline for her child 

  In every turn, the popular resistance in Afrin reveals another human story.
• YPJ fighters: We will defend Afrin with the spirit of Avesta 

  “We pay the price, but the reality of eternal freedom is being written with this resistance. I say lastly that victory will be Afrin's, its people's and children's.”
• Tens of thousands of women march against the invasion in Afrin 

  Tens of thousands of women marched in Afrin with the slogan “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi - Life, Women, Freedom”.
• Women activists turn their hunger strike into death fast in Iran 

  Political activist and artist Atena Daimi and activist Gulrux Ibrahim Irayi under arrest in Iran have turned the hunger strike they started on February 3 into a death fast.
• Turkmen YPJ fighter: The resistance will triumph in Afrin 

  “YPJ has stood up until now and will continue on doing so, Erdogan should know this. YPJ will never fall and Afrin will never be captured.”
• French artist draws portrait of YPJ fighter Barîn Kobanê 

  In solidarity with the women of Rojava, French painter Laura Gréaume has drawn a portrait of YPJ fighter Barîn Kobanê.