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• The resistance of the YPJ is just beginning 

  The resistance of the YPJ fighters will not end with the annihilation of the ISIS. Every YPJ fighter underlines that the fight against male fascism will go on mercilessly. As fighter Azadî Avesta puts it, "Until all the women in the world are free..."
• Female Kurdish activist sentenced to 50 lashes 

  Kurdish activist Zemane Zêwe from Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) has been sentenced to 50 lashes for attending an event in solidarity with 25 September’s independence referendum in Southern Kurdistan.
• Demonstration for two murdered women in Aachen 

  Women have taken to the streets for the two women murdered by men in Aachen.
• Kurdish Women’s Conference in Moscow 

  Preparations have been completed for the Kurdish Women’s Conference to be held in Moscow, capital of the Russian Federation.
• YJŞ fighter: I chose the path of freedom and truth 

  Dilsoz Welat, who returned to her homeland Shengal after its liberation from ISIS, says the following regarding her participation in YJŞ ranks: “I chose the path of freedom and truth. We need to take revenge and build free Shengal.”
• First female conscientious objector in Turkey imprisoned 

  Zeynep Duygu Ağbayır, the first female conscientious objector in Turkey, has been jailed.
• Smiling faces in the front lines 

  Hasret and Amara… Kalashnikovs at hand, faith in their hearts, they inspire fear in the enemy in the villages and deserts of Deir ez-Zor.
• YPJ fighter follows the footsteps of martyred brother 

  Hasret is of the Kobanê Arabs, so she has witnessed the pain in Kobanê. She joined the YPJ in 2016 and now operates a DShK. The DShK is a heavy weapon, a task many male fighters fail to undertake.
• Unemployment and violence against women on the rise in Iran 

  Recent date reveals that at least 29 percent of youth are unemployed in Iran.
• Syriac woman from Mosul freed by SDF near Deir ez-Zor 

  SDF fighters freed a Syriac woman from the hands of ISIS gangs.
• YJA-STAR's 40th year message: We repeat our promise for victory 

  YJA-STAR has said, “PKK is the struggle to right the history that has been overturned to act against women and peoples and in favor of the hegemons.”
• Meeting in Van to protest violence against women 

  Women gathered together to protest violence against women in Van to protest violence against women on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
• At least 1915 women killed since 2010 in Turkey 

  According to data published on November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, at least 1915 women have been killed since 2010 in Turkey.
• "The only way to achieve women’s freedom is self-defence" 

  PAJK’s Sareza Xelat underlined the importance of self-defence in women’s struggle for freedom in an interview with ANF Turkish Service on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
• Three thousand women abducted by ISIS still unaccounted for 

  The Platform to Fight Against Forcibly Abducted Women issued a written statement for November 25 and pointed out that three thousand women abducted by ISIS are still unaccounted for.
• “The Rojava Revolution is a women’s revolution” 

  Northern Syrian Federation Executive Council Co-Presidency stressed that: “We will work with all that we have to let the principles of freedom and equality take root in the territories of the Northern Syrian Federation.”
• Magnificent Duo in Deir Ez-Zor 

  YPJ’s Azadi Avesta and Ruken Rojhilat are always alert with fingers on trigger, go into clashes together and fight in the fore fronts without fear.
• YPJ calls on all women to turn every day into a day of struggle 

  YPJ General Command said: "We respectfully salute in the person of the Mirabel sisters all fighting women who have fallen martyr in the women’s freedom struggle, and we repeat our promise to fight for the struggle of women and the whole of humanity.”
• Forty female recruits join YPJ 

  Forty female recruits joined Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) in Ayn Issa, Northern Syria.
• An assassin in the desert of Deir ez-Zor 

  We met Beritan in the deserts of Deir ez-Zor. Beritan from Efrîn joined the YPJ after participating in youth work. She’s famous in the desert, because she is an assassin who doesn’t let the ISIS gangs catch a break.
• 7.645 women subjected to violence in 9 months in Bashur 

  The Center Against Violence Against Women announced that there have been 7.645 cases of violence against women in Southern Kurdistan in this year. The city with the most violence is Hewlêr.
• First combat, excitement, victory 

  YPJ fighter Dilar Tekman said, “I realized that my will and my strength comes out in battle,” and stressed that like in Raqqa, they will be awarding the epic victory in Deir ez-Zor to the women of the world.
• Story of an Arab woman from slavery to fighting for freedom 

  Watha Hamid Xelef was sold to an ISIS member by her brother and father and was later held in a dungeon under torture for 7 months. She has been fighting for freedom in the ranks of the SDF for one year now.
• Êzidî woman tells of her story under ISIS captivity 

  After being kidnapped by ISIS gangs in Shengal, Nadya Hesen Hewlo was sold to five different ISIS members in slave markets. Her new-born baby died of malnutrition and her daughter went missing. Nadya spoke of the horror she suffered under ISIS captivity.
• Buldan: Isolation on Öcalan is the reason behind today’s attacks 

  Peoples’ Democratic Party (HPD) MP Pervin Buldan said that the isolation on Abdullah Öcalan and cessation of the negotiations with him is the main reason behind the massacres and attacks today.