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• A revolutionary first in Rojava: YPJ 

  “We always drew strength from the struggle women have given in history. The gains made in this recent process are a heritage from the history of resistance. We can say that the YPJ is the freedom army of all world's women.”
• KCK: Women’s struggle will liberate all the peoples in the Middle East 

  KCK on March 8: “Women have become a force of freedom that will save humanity along with themselves. No movement adorned with the women’s freedom line and democratic character can be defeated.”
• MSD's Ehmed calls on women to fight together for an equal and free life 

  MSD Co-chair Ilham Ehmed: We are inviting all Syrian and Middle Eastern women to fight together for an equal and free life.
• Guerrilla women: Woman is the name of life 

  YJA STAR guerrillas: “From Clara’s to Sara’s and Sêvê’s, outcries of resistance never ended, and never will.”
• Friends of Rojava in North America salute the women of the revolution 

  The Friends of Rojava in North America released a statement saluting the women of the Rojava Revolution on the occasion of International Women’s Day, March 8th, 2017.
• YJA-Star guerrillas and Makhmur residents celebrate March 8 

  International Women's Day, March 8 has been welcomed in Makhmur Martyr Rüstem Refugee Camp with broad participation and great joy.
• Women celebrate March 8 in Qandil 

  Hundreds of women gathered for an event to mark March 8 International Women's Day in Qandil area of Medya Defense Zones today.
• YJŞ: We are the Êzidî women's promise of vengeance 

  In a statement on 8 March International Women's Day, YJŞ General Command said: "We are the promise of vengeance of Êzidî women and all world women.”
• YPJ statement on 8 March: Every free woman is a free country 

  YPJ celebrated March 8th for women from all over the world, particularly the Middle East women and affirmed that the fight for women’s freedom will be raised.
• YRD: KDP-AKP deliberately targeted journalist Nûjiyan Erhan in Shengal 

  Democratic Press Union (YRD) stated that the KDP-AKP gangs in Shengal deliberately targeted journalist Nûjiyan Erhan who is still in life-threatening condition.
• ‘Women and the Leader’ conference begins in Sulaymaniyah 

  'Women and the Leader' conference organized by Kurdistan Free Women's Movement began in Sulaymaniyah.
• Kurdish women prepare for March 8 

  Kurdish women living in Europe are organizing many events to celebrate March 8 International Worker Women's Day.
• Female prisoners in Sincan on hunger strike for Xerabê Bava 

  Female prisoners in Sincan Closed Women's Prison have started an indefinite-irreversible hunger strike to condemn the Turkish state forces' genocidal attacks on Xerabê Bava and the prison conditions of Abdullah Öcalan.
• First HPC-Jin Battalion established in Hesekê 

  The first HPC-Jin (Civilian Defense Forces-Women) Battalion has been established affiliated to the Kelas Neighborhood Commune of Rojava's Hesekê city.
• YJA-Star: We will reunite with our Leader 

  YJA-Star Central Headquarters Command stated that as the defense force of free life and women, they would never accept a life without Öcalan and reunite with him through struggle and resistance.
• HDP Women's Assembly: No To ‘One-Man Rule’, No To Monism 

  HDP Women's Assembly started its 'No' campaign for the referendum, saying: "Women are the guarantee of pluralism, diversity, and different people living together in equality. Women's ceaseless struggle is also the struggle of building a new life."
• Court hearings in two cases against KJA Spokeswoman Ata postponed 

  Court hearings in two cases opened against Free Women's Congress (KJA) Term Spokeswoman Ayla Akat Ata have been held at Diyarbakır 5th Heavy Penal Court today, and both hearings have been postponed.
• Two Êzidî women YPG rescued from ISIS reunite with their people 

  Two Êzidî women were rescued during Raqqa Operation and handed over to the Shengal Assembly. The two women rescued from ISIS gangs by YPG and YPJ forces told ANF their story during our trip from Qamishlo to the Newroz Camp in Derik.
• Five women politicians transferred from Kars T Type Closed Prison 

  Five women politicians held in Kars T Type Closed Prison have been transferred to various prisons.
• Saturday Mothers call for ‘No’ in the referendum 

  Saturday Mothers gathered this week to demand information on the fate of Mehmet İnan and Maksut Tepeli. In this week’s demonstration, they also called for ‘No!’ in the referendum against the authoritarian regime.
• Peace Mothers: ‘No’ to the presidential system so our children won’t die 

  The Peace Mothers say “No” to the presidential system so the deaths will stop. The mothers stress that the presidential system means tyranny for Kurds and other peoples.
• Istanbul police obstruct women protesting France on Paris killings 

  Istanbul police obstructed a group of women who wanted to leave a black wreath in front of the French Consulate.
• Kobanê battle: The will of YPJ was stronger than the weapons of ISIS 

  YPJ fighter Jinda Welat, who had participated in Kobanê resistance, said that the YPJ’s will was stronger than the weapons of ISIS and this will made the victory possible.
• Arîn and Mîrkan sisters in guerrilla ranks 

  Sisters Arîn Mîrkan and Mîrkan Arîn, who are following the footsteps of Arîn Mîrkan that sacrificed herself in Kobanê, joined guerrilla ranks with the spirit of resistance.
• France closes the case on the murder in Paris of Sakine, Fidan and Leyla 

  France has closed all court proceedings over the murder of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez in Kurdish Information Centre in capital Paris on January 9, 2013.