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• Women's protest after attack in Paris: "Je suis Evîn” 

  In Paris, women demanded a complete investigation of the attack in Paris that left three dead and three injured and contradicted the thesis of a racist lone perpetrator.
• Women's Voice for Peace, a short film about Rosa Women's Association  

  Women's Voice for Peace is a short film about Rosa Women's Association prepared by filmmaker Güliz Sağlam.
• YPJ holds online meeting: National unity will be achieved through women's resistance 

  The Public Relations Office of the YPJ held an online meeting under the title “Women's role in the realization of national unity is an important strategy for the protection of the Kurdish people.”
• Activists in Oslo hold action for Zeynab Jalaliyan 

  Kurds and their friends in Oslo organized a protest for Zeynab Jalaliyan, who is being held in prison by the Iranian state.
• Lawyers hold Justice Vigil for Deniz Poyraz  

  The sixth hearing in the case of the murder of Deniz Poyraz will be held today. Lawyers took over Justice Vigil for the killed HDP worker.
• YPJ commemorates Evîn Goyî, vowing to strengthen the struggle 

  YPJ condemns the triple murder in Paris and commemorates Evîn Goyî, who played a central role as a commander in the fight against ISIS.
• 228 children sexually abused and raped in Mardin 

  According to the 2022 Violence Report of Şahmaran Women's Platform, 382 women applied to the bar association for legal aid, 228 children were sexually abused and raped in Mardin.
• Women in North-East Syria condemn the second Paris massacre 

  Sara Organization and Yazidi Women's Union condemned the second Paris massacre and renewed the pledge to all freedom martyrs to continue their path.
• Kongra Star: We defend the women's revolution against political femicide 

  Kongra Star calls upon the women of the world, anti-capitalist and anti-fascist movements and all freedom-seeking people to raise their voices against genocidal Turkish attacks targeting Kurdish people.
• TJK-E: No attack will stop the progress of the women's revolution! 

  One of the three Kurdish activists killed in the Paris attack was Emine Kara, one of the leaders of the Kurdish Women's Movement. TJK-E said, "No attack will stop the progress of the women's revolution. Our anger will catch the killers."
• HDP women: Semra Güzel is the will of the people  

  The Women's Assembly of the HDP made a statement to protest the lifting of Semra Güzel's parliamentary immunity.
• Women killed by the Iranian regime commemorated in Berlin 

  Women wrote their wishes on scrap papers and hung them on a tree with scarves after a cine-vision screening.
• Qasim: Our best achievement was the Family Law 

  Northern and Eastern Syria Women's Council Coordination Member Stêr Qasim said that besides many activities in 2022, their most important work was the Family Law.
• Kongra Star releases final declaration of annual meeting in Qamishlo 

  The final declaration of Kongra Star's annual meeting calls for enhanced struggle for the freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and women's rights.
• Call to French government about the 'Paris Massacre': Remove State Secret! 

  Preparations are being made for a big march on the 10th anniversary of the murder of three Kurdish women's revolutions in Paris on 9 January 2013. A call was made to the government to remove the "State Secret".
• Why women are burning themselves in Iraqi Kurdistan 

  Women in Iraq are facing rising levels of domestic abuse. Cases of gender-based violence have seen a surge of 125% between 2020 and 2021, according to the United Nations.
• The story of a return from exile to the mountains 

  Amara Ronahi, whose family the Turkish state forced to leave Dersim, believed that a free life could be achieved within the PKK and joined the guerrilla ranks in 2011.
• Iran ousted from UN women's rights commission  

  Iran ousted from the UN women's rights commission amid crackdown and executions.
• Sonja Karimi speaks at Emergency Parliamentary Meeting to discuss attacks on Kurds in Syria and Iran 

  Sonja Karimi spoke at the Emergency Parliamentary Meeting to discuss attacks on Kurds in Syria and Iran.
• Gülüm: Government is afraid of women 

  HDP Istanbul Deputy Züleyha Gülüm said that the government is particularly alarmed at the recent mass anti-government protests in Iran because they have been inspired by the Kurdish women's movement.
• Brandenburg Gate in Berlin illuminated with 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' 

  In support of the ongoing mass protests in East Kurdistan and Iran, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin was illuminated with the iconic slogan 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi’.
• United Kurdish Women's Platform visits women’s organizations in South Kurdistan 

  The United Kurdish Women's Platform delegation held meetings with the Tevgera Gorran, Tevgera Azadî and RJAK as part of its official visits in Sulaymaniyah on Tuesday.
• 15 years in prison sought for Kurdish female politician tortured by the police with dogs 

  In the trial against Rojbin Çetin, the prosecution demanded a prison sentence of 15 years. The Kurdish politician and activist, who was tortured by the police with dogs when she was arrested in 2020, is claimed to have "acted in a terrorist manner".
• Kurdish language activist jailed in Iran goes on a hunger strike 

  Kurdish political prisoner Mozhgan Kavosi went on a hunger strike to protest against the bad conditions of the prison.
• Women commemorate Garibe Gezer 

  Members of the Tevgera Jinên Azad (Free Women's Movement/TJA) commemorated Garibe Gezer, who was killed in prison a year ago. TJA women vowed to “fight by keeping the memories of those who fought for freedom alive”.