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• 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.
• “I will not leave comrade Barin’s weapon on the ground” 

  Women and men, youth, and everyone who believes in the struggle participates in the Resistance of the Age against the Turkish state's colonial attacks on Afrin.
• Two female arrestees in Iran go on hunger strike 

  Political activist and artist Atena Daimi and activist Gulrux Ibrahim Irayi, both under arrest in Iran, are going on a hunger strike.
• Women from Kobane form a battalion to support Afrin 

  Members of Kongreya Star in Kobane formed a battalion to support the resistance in Afrin.
• Kongreya Star launches #WomenRiseUpForAfrin campaign 

  Kongreya Star called upon all women around the world to take urgent action and join the campaign by using and spreading #WomenRiseUpForAfrin in local protests, creative actions, marches and social media campaigns.
• Peace Mothers in Rojhilat salute the Afrin resistance 

  Peace Mothers in Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) have saluted the Afrin resistance against invasion attacks.
• YPJ Storm Team destroys another Turkish tank in Afrin 

  YPJ Storm Team has destroyed another tank of the invading Turkish army in a village of Afrin.
• 28 women killed in January in Turkey 

  At least 28 women were killed in Turkey in January 2018, We Will Stop Femicide Platform says.
• 43 new recruits complete training cycle and join YPJ ranks 

  The Martyr Nejbir academy saw the graduation of 43 YPJ fighters who attended political and military training in the Martyr Şilan education cycle.
• YPJ: Turkish army fundamentally not different from Al-Qaeda 

  "What has been done by the Turkish soldiers and Al-Qaeda faction in mutilating the corpse of our comrade fighter, confirms once again that the Turkish army is fundamentally not different from Al-Qaeda, that is an official ally for Turkey."
• 29 women detained in Iran for headscarf protests 

  Iranian police have arrested 29 women for appearing in publish without headscarves to protest the dress code of the state.
• International Women's Alliance expresses solidarity with Afrin 

  The International Women's Alliance (IWA) Executive Council expressed solidarity with the Kurdish women and men in Afrin against the invasion attacks of the Turkish state and allied gangs.
• Young women of Qandil: “We are ready to go to Afrin” 

  The young women in Qandil are protesting the invasion attacks in Afrin and say they are ready to go to Afrin to resist against the invasion attacks.
• Investigation against arrested women politicians over Afrin 

  An investigation has been launched against HDP and DBP’s arrested women politicians for going on a hunger strike for Afrin.
• Sexual torture against female prisoners 

  Female prisoners in the Tarsus Type T Prison relayed through their lawyers that they have been subjected to sexual torture and that sick prisoner Sisê Bingöl (75) was taken to the hospital in handcuffs.