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• Women activists from Paris take over Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  Women activists from Paris took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg.
• Agricultural cooperatives develop with women in North-East Syria 

  The Economic Committee of the North-East Syria manages 45 thousand acres of agricultural land through cooperatives which provide income for about a thousand women.
• Women lit the first Newroz fire in Istanbul 

  Women attended the event promoted by TJA and HDP Women's Assembly in the Bağcılar district of Istanbul, to light the first Newroz fire in the city.
• A Tribute to freedom fighter Anna Campbell  

  Anna Campbell decided to go to Rojava to join the Women's Defense Units (YPJ) in the fight against the Islamic State in May 2017.
• Police in Van take 9 women into custody 

  A new political police operation was carried out in Van. Nine women were taken into custody.
• New indictment against HDP politician Semra Güzel 

  Yet another indictment has been prepared against former HDP MP Semra Güzel, imprisoned in Turkey on so-called terror charges. The prosecution accuses her of using a fake identity card.
• A square in Rennes to be named after Fidan Doğan 

  The name of Kurdish woman revolutionary Fidan Doğan, who was murdered in 2013 in Paris, will be given to a square in Rennes city, the east of Brittany in north-western France.
• 13,000 students poisoned in Iran since November 

  It has been reported that 13,000 students have been poisoned in Iran since November.
• Who is poisoning the Iranian schoolgirls? 

  On Saturday, yet another gas attack on schoolgirls took place in Iran, including in the Kurdish province of Sine. The Iranian state blames "foreign powers", while experts hold the regime responsible for the attacks.
• 19-year-old visually impaired woman dies under suspicious circumstances in Silvan 

  A 19-year-old visually impaired woman named Fatmagül Sabruk died under suspicious circumstances in Silvan.
• KJAR member Viyan: Every woman should be able to defend herself against attacks 

  “In Rojhilat and Iran, women have turned every place into a battlefield. No matter what it takes, the women are always on the streets. They insist on struggle and freedom,” said KJAR member Peyman Viyan.
• Delegation of women from Scotland visits Kobanê 

  A delegation of women from Scotland is on a visit to northern Syria.
• YJA Star Commander: "March 8 united all women fighting for a free world" 

  YJA Star Command Council Member Hêzil Özgür addressed guerrilla troops on the occasion of March 8, International Working Women's Day.
• KJAR: Women dealt a great blow to Iranian state with the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi revolution 

  KJAR member Peyman Viyan said that 8 March this year in Rojhilat and Iran was different compared to previous years. "Women dealt a great blow to the Iranian state with the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi revolution."
• International Women’s Day celebrated in London 

  Women from all cultures came together in London to march for women’s rights and freedom.
• Yazidi and Arab women march in Shengal 

  Yazidi and Arab women marched in Shengal on the occasion of 8 March, vowing to “avenge thousands of women abducted by ISIS”.
• Feminist Night March in Istanbul banned 

  "March 8 cannot be banned! Our Feminist Night March, which began in 2003 with nearly 100 women, has grown steadily despite all the oppression, bans and obstructions. As every year, we'll be on the streets to fill the squares and give each other strength!"
• SMJÊ: We salute the resistance of women worldwide 

  In view of the worldwide increase in patriarchal violence, the Yazidi women's umbrella organisation demands the development of a strong women's organisation, international solidarity among women and its own self-defence structures.
• Gemeinsam Kämpfen: Jin, Jiyan, Azadî – Together we defend life!! 

  “We are joining together to create change, to fight together. We need to strengthen the responsibility and belief in those around us and within us that another world is possible - and that we are all this world together.”
• Tens of thousands of women celebrate 8 March in Rojava 

  Tens of thousands of women took to the streets in the cities of Rojava, Aleppo and Raqqa to mark the International Women's Day.
• PJAK: Chain poisoning of schoolgirls in Iran is a planned and biological attack 

  Defining the serial poisoning in Iran as a biological attack, PJAK expressed their support for the protests against schoolgirls' mass poisoning incidents.
• Syrian Democratic Council celebrates International Working Women's Day  

  The Syrian Democratic Council celebrated International Working Women's Day and called on the women of the world to be united and continue their struggle to protect their achievements.
• Afghan women protest against the Taliban regime in Cologne 

  The protest tour of Afghan women to Brussels on the occasion of International Women's Day on 8 March under the motto "No to gender apartheid in Afghanistan" made a stop in Cologne.
• YJŞ marks International Women’s Day: “We will expand our organization” 

  The Shengal Women's Units said in a statement marking 8 March, International Women's Day, that “We will stand together against all forms of violence and expand our organization.”
• YPJ: We will fight for 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' to resonate everywhere 

  YPJ stated that women's liberation would become universal under the leadership of Kurdish women, vowing to fight for 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadî' (Woman, Life, Freedom) to resonate everywhere.