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• Saturday Mothers: We never bowed down and will never do 

  Saturday Mothers became the symbol for the justice struggle of those families whose children were disappeared, and have continued their struggle for the past 20 years.
• Campaign in Latin America for the freedom of Zeyneb Celaliyan 

  The International Kurdish Women’s Movement and the Kurdish Solidarity Committee in Argentina have launched a joint campaign calling for the release of Zeyneb Celaliyan, who is still in prison in Iran despite her illness.
• Peace Mothers visit Kobanê to provide support 

  22 activists of the Peace Mothers Assembly from mainly Amed, Batman, Mardin and Urfa have gone to Kobanê to support the reconstruction of the war-torn city of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• Mothers call for support for peace 

  In activities organised to mark Mothers’ Day in Istanbul, Van, Riha (Urfa), Mardin and Hatay, mothers called for support for peace.
• North Kurdistan women protest for Ferinaz 

  Thousands of women in North Kurdistan staged protests to protest yesterday's incident in Mahabad city of East Kurdistan where a Kurdish woman committed suicide to avoid rape by Iranian intelligence (Itlaat) agents.
• KJA: Iran attacks with the fear of a woman-centred life 

  The Free Women’s Congress (Kongreya Jinen Azad) (KJA) has issued a statement calling on all women to protest the Iranian regime after the suicide of Ferinaz Xosrawani.
• International Kurdish Women’s Movement calls for protests for Ferinaz 

  The International Kurdish Women’s Movement has condemned the Iranian regime in a statement regarding a Kurdish woman who committed suicide to save herself from being raped by members of Itlaat (Iranian intelligence).
• TJKE announces program for WMW’s 4th action year 

  Recalling that the 4th Action of the WMW has started in Kurdistan, TJKE said the Kurdish women who have played an important role in this year’s action should continue providing the greatest contribution.
• Feminists declare support for HDP 

  Feminist groups in Turkey have started an online signature campaign to support the HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) in 7 June general elections in Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• Court accepts indictment on Özgecan Aslan murder 

  The indictment prepared by Tarsus Public Prosecutor’s Office on the murder of Özgecan Aslan has been accepted by Tarsus 1st High Criminal Court.
• Women’s organisations abroad call for vote for HDP 

  More than 50 women’s organisations in countries all over Europe, and in Canada and Australia have called for a vote for the HDP at the upcoming elections.
• HDP has the highest percentage of women candidates for elections 

  The HDP has once again proved itself to be the party of women with the rate of the female candidates it has nominated for the June 7 general elections in Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• YJA Star guerrillas stage 'Freedom March' 

  Women’s Guerrilla Army YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops) guerrillas staged a 'Freedom March' in Medya Defense Zones to mark Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan's birthday, April 4.
• KJA calls on women to go to Amara 

  The Congress of Free Women (KJA) has called on women to participate in the celebration in Amara of the birthday of the Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• KJA condemns murder of two women in İdil 

  KJA (Congress of Free Women, formerly DÖKH) has issued a statement condemning the murder of two women in a quarrel over landed property in İdil district of Şırnak province.
• YJA Star: Let us stoke the Newroz fire 

  The YJA Star Central Command has issued a message celebrating Newroz and inviting all the peoples of the world to stoke the Newroz fire with the spirit created by the women’s revolution.
• Two women found shot dead in Mersin 

  Bodies of two women shot to death were found on Adana-Mersin highway Monday.
• TJKE calls for mass participation in march for Ivana Hoffmann 

  TJKE has called for mass participation in the commemoration ceremony and march to be held in Duisburg, Germany on Saturday for Ivana Hoffmann who lost her life in the fight against the ISIS gangs in Til Temir on 7 March.
• MLKP: Comrade Avasin felt the pain of oppressed peoples 

  MLKP Communist Women Organisation said Ivana Hoffmann always had a gleam of hope in her eyes for a world without borders and classes.
• Female guerrillas: We will make 2015 the year of women's liberation 

  Woman guerrillas in Kandil organised an event to mark the International Women's Day yesterday . Guerrillas promised to make 2015 the year of meeting with Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and women's liberation.
• Military coup in Turkey cleared women from the streets 

  ‘Women’s Day’ (8 March) was first celebrated in Turkey in 1921, but was halted by the military coup of 1980. After a 4-year hiatus it began to be celebrated again in 1984.
• KCK: Women have a determining role in the building of communal life 

  KCK released a statement to mark International Women's Day which it described as the day of unity, solidarity and struggle against the five thousand-year-old male-dominant ruling, the dominant culture of gender, violence, rape and sexual abuse.
• Thousands of women join the rally in Kadıköy 

  Thousands of women gathered in Kadıköy for the big march to mark the International Women’s Day on the call of 8 March Platform formed by various feminist and women’s organisations in Istanbul.
• YPJ and women in Kobanê mark International Women’s Day 

  8 March International Women's Day has been marked also in the recently liberated town of Kobanê where female fighters have waged a historic struggle against the ISIS gangs.
• 8 March celebrated across North Kurdistan 

  8 March, International Women’s Day, is being marked and celebrated all over North Kurdistan and Turkey today in many rallies and marches led by women who are rising up for their rights and freedom and condemning the male violence and male dominance.