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• Arab women to join the Afrin resistance with the spirit of Avesta 

  Arab Youth Women’s Union members announced that they will join the Resistance of the Age in Afrin with the spirit of martyr Avesta.
• YPJ Press Office member martyred in Afrin 

  YPJ Press Office member Avrin Mahsum has fallen a martyr in Afrin’s Rajo district.
• YPJ: Comrades of Avesta will make Afrin a grave for invaders 

  YPJ Command stated that comrades of Avesta Xebur, who carried out an action of self-sacrifice against Turkish forces in Afrin, will make Afrin a grave for the invading forces.
• Female fighter made the ultimate sacrifice against the invaders 

  A Kurdish female fighter killed several Turkish soldiers and destroyed a Turkish tank, Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sources say.
• YPJ footage from the battle of Afrin 

  YPJ Press Office released footage from the battle with the Turkish army and allied gangs in Afrin’s Bilbile district last night.
• International fighters of YPJ join the defense of Afrin 

  “Erdogan's dictatorship already caused so many deaths, the international community must condemn his policies and break all relationships with his fascist government.”
• Cenî calls on governments to refrain from arms exports to Turkey 

  Kurdish Women's Office for Peace called on the EU, the UN, Russia and the forces of the coalition against ISIS to position themselves clearly against Turkish attacks on Afrin that are in violation of international law.
• YPJ fighters: We will fight in Afrin and we will win 

  YPJ fighters say they are headed to victory in the Deir ez-Zor operation, that they will go to Afrin after the operation and that they will not abandon Afrin in any case.
• Jineology Conference in Northern Syria ends  

  On Friday and Saturday, women attended the first conference on Jineology -the science of women aimed at developing a sociology, and practice behind it, based on truth and equality- in Derîk city of Democratic Federation of Northern Syria.
• 1st Jineology Conference held in Northern Syria 

  On Friday, women gathered in the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria in the city of Derîk for the first ever conference on Jineology; the science of women aimed at developing a sociology, and practice behind it, based on truth and equality.
• Raqqan women step into freedom from slavery 

  Raqqan women’s lives had been hell during the ISIS invasion, but now they are taking part in every institution and organization in the city to make their own paths.
• YPJ assassin Amara out for revenge in Deir ez-Zor 

  One of YPJ’s assassins Deniz Amara came from Cizre to join the YPJ against the invasions of Shengal and Kobanê. She continues her process of vengeance as an assassin.
• First Jineology Conference to be held in Northern Syria 

  The Jineology Conference, which will be held on 12-13 January with the participation of women from every city in Northern Syria, aims to find a solution to social problems from the point of view of women in the light of scientific lectures.
• Women herald the founding of JIN TV 

  Newa Women’s Foundation has announced the founding of women’s television JIN TV. The foundation said they dedicate the television to the women murdered in Paris and called for solidarity.
• Fighting with Sara’s spirit will be the guarantee of a free life 

  Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) released a statement to commemorate three Kurdish woman revolutionaries who were killed in Paris in 2012.
• YJCR’s call for women in Iran and Rojhilat 

  Eastern Kurdistan Young Women’s Union (YJCR) called on women in Iran and Rojhilat to “participate in the insurgency in a stronger and more organized fashion”.
• French jihadist woman responds the allegations of YPG torture 

  Emilie Konig, a French jihadist woman captured by YPG, spoke up on the allegations by French media outlets about her.
• YJŞ Command commemorates Sakine, Fidan and Leyla 

  “As YJŞ, we are the Êzidî women who take over the legacy of the struggle of the Sara’s. Her passion for freedom, irrevocable will, unshakable resistance, longing and hopes will continue to become a light for our struggle.”
• Jalalian’s former cellmate found dead at home 

  It came out that Zahra Azade Saresht, who was a former prisoner in Kermanshah in Rojhilat (Eastern Kurdistan) and a former cellmate of Zeynab Jalalian, was found dead at her home on October 14, 2017.
• Thousands demand trial for Erdogan for his role in Paris massacre 

  In Paris, tens of thousands demanded a trial for Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his role in the killing of three Kurdish women in Paris in 2012.
• FEMEN protests against “Cannibal Erdoğan” in Paris 

  The feminist group FEMEN protested against the President of the Republic of Turkey and AKP leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan during his visit to Paris at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday.
• TJA activist detained in Van 

  Turkish police detained Free Women's Movement (TJA) activist Bêrîvan Elter in Van.
• Iranian and Rojhilat women: “We won’t go back home” 

  Iranian and Rojhilati female writers, intellectuals, actors and women’s rights activists called for participation in popular protests and said, “After the victory we will not go back home, we will be present in all areas of life.”
• Rojhilat’s RJAK: The uprising led by women will achieve its goals 

  Eastern Kurdistan Free Women’s Organization (KJAR) said, “We have entered a new year with the serhildans led by women in Iran and Rojhilatê Kurdistan. The uprising led by women will achieve its goals.”
• Turkey: 409 women killed, 387 children abused in 2017 

  At least 409 women were killed, and 387 children were abused in Turkey in 2017, We Will Stop Femicide Platform said.