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• The life of women in the highlands of Hakkari 

  The matriarchal tradition is evident in the lives of the women in the highlands of Hakkari. Women live in harmony with nature and control their production.
• Young woman murdered in Sulaymaniyah 

  There has been a significant increase in femicides in South Kurdistan in recent years as perpetrators are granted impunity for the killing of dozens of women every year.
• At least 26 women killed in July 

  According to data compiled by JINNEWS, 26 women were murdered in July, 9 women and 4 children died under suspicious circumstances.
• Forum in Raqqa ends with a number of proposals to support Yazidi and Afghan women 

  Participants at the women’s forum in Raqqa ended the meeting with a number of calls and proposals to support Yazidi and Afghan women.
• French women salute the KJK campaign for women in Shengal and Afghanistan 

  Women in France expressed their solidarity with the KJK campaign launched under the motto "We Stand with Afghan and Shengal women against the attacks of hegemonic men".
• Taliban bans girls over 10 from attending school  

  The Taliban enforces a ban on girls over 10 from attending school in Afghanistan.
• Online forum about women in Shengal and Afghanistan 

  As part of KJK's campaign in solidarity with women in Afghanistan and Shengal, women organisation in North and East Syria (Kongra Star, Jineoloji Academy, Syrian Future Party, Armenian Women's Council, Yezidi Women's Union & Women's Gathering Zenobiya) ar
• Forum in support of women in Shengal and Afghanistan to be held in Raqqa 

  Raqqa was once considered the capital of the ISIS caliphate and was liberated under the leadership of women. A forum in support of women's struggles in Shengal and Afghanistan will take place in the city in northern Syria on Monday.
• NADA supports the KJK campaign for Afghan and Yazidi women 

  The Democratic Women's Alliance in the Middle East and North Africa supports the KJK campaign from 3 to 15 August on the occasion of the anniversary of the Shengal Massacre on 3 August and the Taliban's seizure of power in Afghanistan on 15 August.
• KCDP: 25 women killed by men in July 

  KCDP announced that 25 women were killed by men in July, and 9 of them died suspiciously.
• YPJ: We are proud of our comradeship with Elefteria Hambi 

  “We always have the liberation of all women as our foundation. Comrades like Elefteria will be a guiding source for us in creating the system of Democratic Confederalism,” said the YPJ.
• Yazidis need legal consequences in addition to recognition  

  The Commission on Women of the Kurdistan National Congress called on the UN to work with the Iraqi government and the Yazidi political representatives to achieve a political and legal framework for the recognition of Yazidixan as an autonomous area.
• Open letter from TAJÊ to countries that have recognized the genocide 

  The TAJÊ Diplomacy Committee called on the countries that accepted the genocide to take concrete steps to prosecute ISIS gangs and their dirty partners in an open letter.
• YJŞ: We will preserve our self-defence and avenge the genocide  

  On the occasion of the ninth anniversary of the ISIS genocide in Shengal, the Shengal Women's Units (YJŞ) calls on the Yazidi society to “return to our land and protect our culture, religion and history."
• Women in North-East Syria join the KJK campaign for women in Shengal and Afghanistan 

  Women’s organizations in North-East Syria announced their participation in the KJK campaign from 3 to 15 August on the occasion of the anniversary of the Shengal Massacre on 3 August and the Taliban's seizure of power in Afghanistan on 15 August.
• YPJ announces the death of four fighters 

  Four fighters of the Women's Defence Units have died in a fatal accident during a mission in Hesekê.
• AI calls for international solidarity with women and girls suffering intensifying oppression in Iran 

  The Iranian authorities are doubling down on their oppressive methods of policing and severely oppressing Iranian women and girls for defying degrading compulsory veiling laws, Amnesty International said today.
• Mala Jin: Empowering women and strengthening society 

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• RAWA welcomes campaign launched by KJK for women in Shengal and Afghanistan 

  The Afghan women's association RAWA welcomed the campaign initiated by the KJK for women in Shengal and Afghanistan and called for a common fight against imperialism, fundamentalism and the patriarchal system.
• Internationalist Commune: The women’s revolution in Rojava is blossoming 

  The Internationalist Commune said in a statement that the women’s revolution in Rojava is blossoming.
• YPJ pays tribute to Jiyan Tolhildan, Roj Xabûr and Barîn Botan 

  Today marks the first anniversary of the targeted assassination of Jiyan Tolhildan, Roj Xabûr and Barîn Botan. They were killed by a Turkish drone. To mark the occasion, the YPJ Information & Documentation Office published a special brochure.
• '19 July Revolution became an enlightenment for humanity and a hope of freedom for the oppressed' 

  “The revolution of Rojava became the reflection of free women’s will and proved the fact that women and peoples are not without an alternative," said Kongra Star on the occasion of the 11th anniversary of the revolution.
• Women discuss the Treaty of Lausanne in Amed 

  One hundred years later, women in the Kurdish city of Amed discuss the impact of the treaty on the affected population groups.
• Five women killed in Batman in 7 months 

  Five women were killed in Batman in 7 months. TJA activist Gurbet Doğan said that a "common network of struggle" should be established against the increasing femicides.
• YPJ announces the name of a fighter killed in Turkish attack 

  A fighter of the YPJ, who joined the struggle from Silopi in northern Kurdistan in 2015, fell a martyr in an attack by the Turkish army in June, 2023.