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• Manbij Young Women's Union organizes scientific and cultural competition event 

  Manbij Young Women's Union organized a scientific and cultural competition event. Hîlala Zêrîn Women's Culture Movement also opened an exhibition of handicrafts.
• KJC launches campaign for women’s freedom 

  “This year, International Women's Day has a different historical role and mission for us. We call on all young women to participate in this process with the spirit and enthusiasm of revolution,” said the KJC.
• YJA Star guerrillas: 8 March is a day of revival 

  Guerrillas of YJA Star explain what the Women's Struggle Day means to them and what role Abdullah Öcalan played in the emergence of the Kurdish women's movement.
• KCK: We salute the resistance of all women marching towards freedom 

  “Our movement struggles according to the line of women’s freedom on the basis of the paradigm put forward by Öcalan and believes that a free and meaningful life lies in the freedom of women,” said the KCK.
• TJA, HDK, HDP women deliver aid to earthquake victims in Pazarcık 

  Woman activists of the TJA, the HDK and the HDP from Istanbul have arrived in the Pazarcik district of Maraş to stand in solidarity with the earthquake victims.
• TJA and Peace Mothers expand solidarity with earthquake victims in Urfa  

  The Free Women’s Movement (Tevgera Jinên Azad,TJA) and the Peace Mothers Council vow to stand by the earthquake survivors in Urfa, one of the provinces badly damaged by two devastating earthquakes on February 6.
• PJAK: We are in the process of bringing women's revolution to fruition 

  “Let's raise the torch of struggle on International Women's Day. There is no doubt that society and nature will obtain freedom under the leadership of women,” said the Kurdistan Free Life Party on March 8.
• YJA Star: We will make the 21st century the century of women 

  YJA Star Central Headquarters Command said: “We declare that, under all circumstances, we will bring the voice of our people, the resistance of women, and the victory of a free life."
• Men killed at least 337 women in 2022 

  To mark International Working Women's day, bianet recalled that men killed at least 327 in 2022.
• 19-year-old woman dies under suspicious circumstances in Hakkari 

  A 19-year-old woman named Zilan Turan died under suspicious circumstances in the village of Dizê in Hakkari.
• Women meeting held in Osnabrück 

  A meeting attended by women from different nationalities was held in Osnabrück. Violence against women, inequality and discrimination were discussed, while the importance of women's struggle together was underlined.
• Women protest in Istanbul: “We are united in anger and rebellion" 

  Women in Istanbul protested against male and state violence and the government's crisis management after the earthquake disaster. "We are united in anger and rebellion," declared the 8 March Women's Alliance.
• TAJÊ calls for enhanced struggle on the occasion of 8 March 

  "On the occasion of 8 March, we will enhance women’s organisation and resistance to break through the attacks against Shengal," said the Yazidi Women’s Freedom Movement.
• 8 March action in Düsseldorf 

  Exploitation, discrimination, sexism and inequality were highlighted in an 8 March action in Düsseldorf, where the common struggle for women's emancipation was emphasized.
• Hîlala Zêrîn Women's Movement opens exhibition in Raqqa 

  The Raqqa Hîlala Zêrîn Women's Movement opened an exhibition of paintings and handicrafts made by its members.
• TJA, HDP and KESK women continue solidarity activities with earthquake victims  

  TJA, HDP and KESK women continued their solidarity activities with earthquake victims in Elbistan and Siirt.
• TJA and HDP women meet earthquake victims: “We will heal the wounds together” 

  Hundreds of women led by TJA and HDP politicians visited women in the areas devastated by two major earthquakes on 6 February.
• Pervin Buldan visits women's tent for earthquake victims in Hatay 

  HDP Co-chair Pervin Buldan visited a women's tent for earthquake victims in Hatay as part of the International Women's Day, 8 March programme.
• KNK Women’s Commission marks International Women’s Day 

  On the occasion of International Women’s Day, KNK remembers female revolutionary leaders and all the martyrs of the Kurdistan revolution with respect.
• Fatma, a story of emancipation 

  Fatma from Afrin struggles against the male perception of women working in the market and survives thanks to manual labor.
• Gülüm: We are knitting solidarity networks from women to women  

  HDP Deputy Züleyha Gülüm said that they knit solidarity networks from women to women and added: "We are setting up women's tents. We are trying to overcome the pain we are going through with solidarity."
• Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe: With "Jin Jiyan Azadî" to the women's revolution 

  The Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (TJK-E) will carry out this year's activities for International Women's Day under the slogan ‘With Jin-Jiyan-Azadî to the women's revolution’. Hundreds are the events to be held in Europe.
• Men kill 11 women in February 

  According to the news compiled by bianet from local and national newspapers, news websites and news agencies, men killed at least 11 women in February.
• 8th Women's Literature and Art Festival ends with awards ceremony 

  The 8th Women's Literature and Art Festival ended on Thursday with the award of women in various disciplines.
• International Feminist Meeting publishes statement of support for peace in Colombia 

  Women at the International Feminist Meeting published a statement of support for peace in Colombia.