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• TAJÊ: Against femicide, be the voice of self-defense 

  The Yazidi Women's Freedom Movement launched a new international campaign against femicide.
• YJA Star guerrillas call on women to join the freedom struggle  

  YJA Star guerrillas Delîla and Sorxwîn Kobanê celebrated International Women's Day and vowed to increase their struggle against the attacks directed against them.
• Four women activists taken into custody in Istanbul 

  Four women were taken into custody within the scope of a new police political operation carried out in Istanbul.
• KJK: The only way to stop the modern age of barbarism is to organize the women's revolution 

  KJK stated that March 8, 2024, became the concrete expression of women's awakening, consciousness, will and organization, adding: “Today, the women's struggle has become the most radical struggle for democracy and human rights.”
• ‘We will create a free life, a free country and free women’ 

  At a YJA Star celebration on International Women's Day, guerrilla commander Arjîn Dêrsîm appealed to young women to defend themselves against the attacks on their bodies and spirits and to join the fight for freedom.
• Two young women arrested in Iran over a dance video 

  Two young women have been arrested in Iran because of a dance video for an alleged violation of "social rules".
• Kongra Star delegation visits JINWAR women’s village 

  JINWAR is the only village in the Middle East where only women live. It was opened on 25 November 2018 on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
• Glorious March 8 celebration by YPJ fighters in Raqqa 

  Women's Defense Units (YPJ) fighters celebrated March 8 International Women's Day in Raqqa.
• YPJ: We renew our pledge to enhance the struggle for freedom 

  “We continue our march for freedom today, and we are inspired by the honorable legacy of resistant women in the world,” said the YPJ.
• YJA Star: Let us make resistance with the slogan 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadî' the basis of our lives 

  “In order to make this spring the beginning of the women's spring and to say 'STOP' to the male-dominated, massacring system, let us make resistance with the slogan 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadî' the basis of our lives,” said YJA Star on March 8.
• Women guerrillas celebrate March 8 

  Women guerrillas have come together in the mountains of Kurdistan to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8.
• Solidarity message from Galicia to Rojava on March 8 

  “We will shout for you in our city of Vigo, and we will spread as much as we can the work you have done. We are on this path together.”
• March 8 in Kobanê: Women will fulfill their historical role 

  "With the will of free women, we will frustrate the policies of genocide, occupation and isolation," was the motto of women in the Euphrates Canton in North-East Syria on March 8.
• A short film about YPJ on the occasion of International Women’s Day 

  Defending the Rojava revolution on the front line as a leading force, YPJ is based on the liberal, grassroots democratic and anti-patriarchal paradigm of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Guerrilla Demhat: YJA Star is a force of revenge against violence against women 

  Speaking on March 8, YJA Star guerrilla Azadî Demhat stated that YJA Star is a force of revenge against violence against women and said, "We never accept unjustness, injustice, violence, murders and massacres against women."
• YPJ International: Let us come together, let us be one, let us succeed!  

  “Nations are at war. Territories are being occupied. Nature is being exploited. Women are being killed. In such a situation, we cannot celebrate 8 March as a festivity. We can only celebrate 8 March if we can meet as free people.”
• MKM releases 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadî' song to celebrate 8 March 

  The song "Jin, Jiyan, Azadî", composed by MKM artist Hediye Kalkan for 8 March, International Women's Day, has been released on digital platforms.
• Peace in Kurdistan: Solidarity greetings with Kurdish women on International Women’s Day 

  Peace in Kurdistan sent solidarity greetings with Kurdish Women on International Women’s Day.
• KCK: As women are liberated, society and life will be liberated 

  The KCK Executive Council issued a statement to mark 8 March, International Working Women’s Day.
• March 8 rally in Maxmur: No one can darken the sun of women 

  Women living in Şehîd Rûstem Cûdî Refugee Camp in Maxmur underlined that, "No one can darken the sun of women" in a mass march on the occasion of March 8.
• KJK message to RAWA: We see your struggle as our own struggle  

  “If we women unite against all the divide-and-rule policies of the male-dominated system, build our organization locally, regionally and universally, and develop our self-defense, no power can defeat us,” says the KJK message to RAWA.
• Kurdish Women's Culture Week in Berlin continues with promotion of local clothes 

  Kurdish Women's Culture Week in Berlin continued on its sixth day with the promotion of Kurdish local clothes.
• Women call for participation in 8 March rallies to be held in Amed and Van 

  Calling for participation in the 8 March rallies to be held in Amed and Van, women said: "Let's raise our voices by saying Jin, Jiyan, Azadi."
• KJK: It is time for a global rebellion against patriarchy, fascism and capitalism 

  The KJK coordination called for broad participation in the actions on 8 March, stating that it is time for a global rebellion against patriarchy, fascism and capitalism.
• AI denounces draconian campaign to enforce compulsory veiling laws in Iran 

  In a sinister attempt to wear down resistance to compulsory veiling in the wake of the ‘Woman Life Freedom’ uprising, Iran’s authorities are terrorizing women and girls by subjecting them to constant surveillance.