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• At least 39 women were murdered, 15 others died suspiciously in Turkey in February 

  According to JINNEWS' February tally on violence against women, at least 39 women were murdered and 15 women died under suspicious circumstances.
• Zeynab Jalalian calls for action for the physical freedom of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Kurdish prisoner Zeynab Jalaliyan in Iran sent a letter on the occasion of March 8 and said, "I ask women to support Leader Apo (Abdullah Öcalan) and demand his physical freedom."
• 6 killed in YPJ raid on a Turkish base near Manbij 

  “We are a retaliatory force determined to triumph in our journey. No attack on female leaders, homeland, or the achievements of the women’s revolution in Rojava will pass without a response,” YPJ said.
• Kurdish Women's Culture Week continues in Berlin with women dengbejs 

  Kurdish Women's Culture Week continued on the 5th day in Berlin with a performance by women dengbejs.
• Kongra Star message on March 8: We salute all women who are resisting worldwide 

  “We salute all women who are resisting in the mountains, in the streets, in the factories and everywhere else, turning every place into the color of freedom. We call for the March 8 protests to be turned into a worldwide women’s revolution."
• KON-MED calls for increased struggle for freedom on March 8 

  “Only organized women's struggle can change this capitalist and fascist system that brings nothing but pain to all peoples, societies, beliefs and genders,” said KON-MED on the occasion of International Women's Day.
• Women march in Raqqa to mark International Women’s Day 

  A massive march was staged in Raqqa in celebration of International Women’s Day.
• Kongra Star organizes seminars for men to mark 8 March 

  As part of its events on 8 March, Kongra Star, the umbrella organization of the women's movement in Northern and Eastern Syria is holding gender seminars for men.
• Women in Stockholm demand freedom for Öcalan  

  A women's night was held in Stockholm with the slogan "We are Marching towards the Women's Revolution with Jin, Jiyan, Azadî".
• Third day of the Kurdish Women's Culture Week in Berlin 

  Traditional Kurdish dishes were introduced on the second day of the Kurdish Women's Culture Week in Berlin, which will last until 8 March.
• Women remember Nagihan Akarsel assassinated in Sulaymaniyah 

  Activist and academic Nagihan Akarsel, editor of the Jineology magazine and member of Jineology Research Center, was murdered in Sulaymaniyah in what appeared to have been a cooperation action between the KDP and the Turkish state.
• TJK-E: We are marching towards the women's revolution! 

  The TJK-E announced the 8 March calendar of activities.
• Women launch election campaign for imprisoned politician Gültan Kışanak 

  The Women's Council of DEM party launched campaign for imprisoned Kurdish politician Gültan Kışanak, who was nominated the party’s co-mayoral candidate for Turkish capital Ankara.
• Ümit: Young women should recognize their potential 

  Helin Ümit from the PKK Central Committee appealed to young women to recognize their own potential and wake up.
• 25 November Women's Platform members acquitted 

  Women's Platform activists stood trial for a 2018 demonstration against male violence.
• Eight femicides in 24 hours 

  The cases of male violence in Izmir, Bursa, Sakarya, Erzurum, Denizli, and Istanbul once again highlight that women are not safe in Turkey.
• Jineoloji Academy organizes workshop on women's revolution in Tabqa 

  Northern and Eastern Syria Jineoloji Academy and Social Sciences Leadership Academy organized a workshop about Abdullah Öcalan's thesis regarding the women's revolution.
• Yazidi women send a letter to Afghan women on the occasion of March 8 

  In a letter sent to Afghan women on the occasion of March 8, International Women's Day, the Yazidi Women's Movement (TAJÊ) stressed that they highly valued the struggle against the Taliban regime.
• TJA kicks off celebrations for 8 March in Van 

  TJA kicked off the celebrations for 8 March, International Women's Day, in Van.
• TJK-E calls for participation in 'Freedom for Öcalan' action in Strasbourg 

  The TJK-E called on "all women to participate in the 'Freedom for Leader Öcalan' action to be held in Strasbourg today, 27 February.
• Women in Northern and Eastern Syria are getting ready to celebrate 8 March 

  This year's activities for 8 March, International Women’s Day in the autonomous region of Northern and Eastern Syria, will be carried out under the slogan “We will make the politics of genocide, occupation and isolation fail with the will of free women”.
• Naela Quadri: Kurdish women's struggle against ISIS is a historic epic 

  Naela Quadri, the Prime Minister of the Balochistan government-in-exile, stated that the Balochi people are struggling against oppression just like the Kurdish people.
• Jineology Committee and Kongra Star Foreign representatives meet Nepali women 

  Jineology Committee Member Necîbe Qeredaxî and Kongra Star Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Rûxoş Şêxo met with Nepali parliamentarians and members of the Beyond Beijing Committee.
• New femicide in Urfa 

  A man named Kenan Şamlıoğlu murdered his wife Nihal Şamlıoğlu in Urfa. The couple was in the process of divorce.
• RAWA: We take courage from our Kurdish sisters 

  The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan issued a message for the internationalists in Rojava on the anniversary of the International Conspiracy against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.