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• 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.
• Rukayya from Deir ez-Zor: “Now I can defend myself and my people” 

  Deir ez-Zor Asayish security forces member Rukayya: "Today as a woman from Deir ez-Zor, I want to be an example for other women from here. During the regime era, we could be doctors, lawyers, nurses or teachers. But there was always a limit."
• Forty women killed in October 2017 in Turkey 

  At least forty women were killed while thirty-two children were subjected to sexual abuse in October 2017, a report by We Will Stop Femicide Platform says.
• Turkey jails 60 years old Peace Mother from Silopi 

  Turkey jailed a 60-year-old Peace Mother from Silopi after her prison sentence was upheld by Turkish Supreme Court on Tuesday.
• Turkey ranks 105th out of 153 countries safe for women 

  A new global index on Women, Peace, and Security released at the United Nations ranked Turkey 105th out of 153 countries. The report said that 40 percent of women are subjected to violence in Turkey.
• Women call on the CPT to do its job for Öcalan 

  Women protesting for the Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan for days in Strasbourg say they won’t leave until they hear from him.
• Female prisoners go on indefinite hunger strike for Öcalan 

  Protests continue for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan who is held in aggravated isolation by the Turkish state in İmralı Island High Security Prison since April 5, 2015.
• Beritan, a symbol of the PKK’s resistance 

  When the Turkish operation against Southern Kurdistan started Beritan was in Xakurke. She fought a fierce battle against the Turkish army and collaborators. On 25 October 1992 she threw herself off a cliff instead of surrendering.
• YJŞ fighters return home after Raqqa campaign 

  Fighters of Shengal Women's Units (YJŞ) who took part in the operation to liberate Raqqa, have returned home after four months of battle against Daesh gangs.
• ‘The voice of women of Raqqa should be heard’ 

  The women of Raqqa should have a greater role in the solution of Syrian crisis and their voice should be heard, Lina Berekat, spokeswoman for the Syrian Women Council said.
• "We have fulfilled our promise to save women from ISIS cruelty" 

  SDF Commander Rojda Felat stated that as the women’s forces, they set this year as the year to liberate Raqqa, and they have now fulfilled their promise to save women from ISIS cruelty along with Raqqa.
• YPJ: We dedicate the Raqqa victory to Öcalan and all the women 

  YPJ Commander Nesrin Abdullah said; “YPJ has been a hope for all the women of Syria during the Raqqa campaign, defending women from Kurdish, Arabian and other nations and all religions and planting seeds of brotherhood among peoples.”
• The University of Rojava starts Jineology programme 

  The University of Rojava in Qamishlo starts Jineology (Women Studies) programme for the upcoming semester that starts on October 16.
• Kurdish female guerrillas challenge the Turkish army in Barzan 

  The intensity of the actions by female guerrilla forces YJA Star proves the AKP’s propaganda against Kurdish guerrillas wrong. We witnessed how desperate Turkish soldiers were against female guerrillas in Barzan region (*).
• YJŞ forces rescue another family from ISIS in Raqqa 

  Shengal’s Women’s Defense Units YJŞ who have been involved in the operation to liberate Raqqa rescued another family from ISIS gangs.