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• Turkey: 36 women killed in August 

  At least 36 women were killed as a result of gender-related violence and 39 cases of child molestation reported in Turkey in August.
• Women work in hot pepper production for 5 USD a day 

  The women who work in isot (hot spicy pepper of Riha) production had to stand there entire day with the burning impetuous spiciness of the peppers, for 20 to 50 Lira (5 to 14 U.S. dollars) per day.
• Body of missing Kurdish woman found in Darmstadt 

  German police found body of Saray Guven (47), a Kurdish woman missing since August 20, in a forest in Munster, a small town near Frankfurt.
• Women from Deir ez-Zor: Only SDF can rescue us 

  Women from Deir ez-Zor who fled ISIS and took refuge in safe areas said: “Our only hope is the SDF. We trust that SDF will liberate Deir ez-Zor just like they are clearing Raqqa of the gangs now.”
• Peace Mothers: Peace will come with Öcalan 

  The Peace Mothers will take to the streets on the September 1st, the World Peace Day, to call for peace. The mothers named Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan as the address of peace.
• Women prisoners in Tarsus tortured by prison guards 

  It came out that inmates in Tarsus T Type Women’s Closed Prison were beaten, dragged on the ground and thrown into cells by the prison guards.
• Pregnant woman dies because there is no specialist in Şırnak 

  An eight months pregnant woman, who went into labour, was transferred first to the hospital in İdil and afterwards to the Cizre State Hospital. The pregnant woman lost her life as there was no medical specialist present.
• “Women have common problems, must have a common struggle as well" 

  KJAR Coordination member Gulan Fehîm stated that the problems of women in Iran and East Kurdistan are intensifying day by day and said: "We women share common problems. Therefore we need to share a common struggle as well."
• YJŞ fighters in Raqqa support Shengal's autonomy 

  Fighters of the Shengal Women's Units (YJŞ), who are fighting against the ISIS gangs in Raqqa, have expressed their support for Shengal's Democratic Autonomy Project.
• Êzidî women: Autonomy will bring freedom 

  Êzidî women salute the newly declared autonomy and say it is the women’s autonomy as well. Women called for unity, return to their lands and organizing.
• Center for Jineology Research to open in Efrîn 

  The Jineology Research Committee founded 4 months ago in Efrîn has been working nonstop, and now they are preparing to open a Center for Jineology Research.
• Women prisoners in Tarsus on indefinite hunger strike 

  Prisoners in the Tarsus Type T Women’s Prison have gone on an indefinite-irreversible hunger strike.
• Kurdish women from first organization to first army 

  The tradition of resistance for Kurdish women who have achieved great victory and heroism in the pages of history has been on the rise for the last 40 years with the forming of their army.
• Women from 9 countries to gather in Jineology Camp 

  Different women organisations and circles will meet in the Jineology Camp between the 18th and 23rd August.
• 250 fighters finish training cycle and join the YPJ ranks 

  250 newly graduated YPJ fighters celebrated the end of their Training Cycle and their official participation in the ranks with festive joy and enthusiasm.
• Saturday Mothers: We need press freedom 

  In their sit-in of the week, the Saturday Mothers said: “We need press freedom to function unabated.”
• Female prisoners in Tarsus on hunger strike against pressure 

  52 women in Tarsus Type T Women’s Closed Prison have started a 5-day hunger strike as a warning against ongoing torture.
• 210 female fighters join the SDF ranks 

  210 female recruits have completed their training at the Martyr Xanim Diyab Academy in Hesekê and joined the SDF ranks.
• Co-mayor of Saray tortured by prison guards 

  Jailed co-mayor of Van's Saray district was subjected to torture by some 40 prison guards, and thrown down the stairway in Elazığ T Type Prison.
• "We will present the Raqqa victory to future generations" 

  "First of all I want to see the liberation of Raqqa. After its liberation we want to remain in Raqqa and continue our service for the women. The mentality of ISIS has to be wiped off from these lands once and for all."
• Journalist Deniz Fırat commemorated by her grave 

  Journalist Deniz Firat who lost her life in an ISIS attack on Makhmur three years ago, has been commemorated by her grave in Van on Tuesday.
• Female prisoners tortured in Elazığ and Tarsus 

  Pressure and torture against political prisoners treated like enemies by the AKP are on the rise in the period of the State of Emergency.
• YJŞ fighter: Raqqa’s name would ring in my ear 

  She had never even heard of Raqqa. Then she knew it as the place where her cousin and aunt were sold in markets. Now as a YJŞ fighter, she fights for Raqqa’s freedom.
• "With YPJ and YJŞ, we make a dream come true in Raqqa" 

  "We have an army of fighters, who are protecting the very life and are sacrificing theirs for the safety of civilians against a band that desires to pull everything into death and destruction. Of course will we prevail."
• For all the Êzîdî women… 

  A second unit of the Shengal Women's Units (YJŞ) arrived at the third anniversary of the genocide in Raqqa, the stronghold of ISIS, to avenge their people and women victimized by the gangs.