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• Afrin women resist Syrian embargo and Turkish attacks 

  Afrin women living in Shehba are enduring tough living conditions caused by the embargo of the Syrian government and the attacks of the invading Turkish state. Yet, they continue to resist all pressures.
• Jovita Montes: We are different, but we can unite 

  Jovita Mataro Montes said that the conference organized by the Network Women Weaving the Future, which brought together women of different classes from all over the world, showed that the perspective of World Women's Confederacies is an achievable goal.
• JINNEWS releases report on violence against women in November 

  JINNEWS reported that 31 women and at least 5 children were murdered, while 13 women and 4 children died suspiciously in Turkey in the month of November.
• Hîlala Zêrîn releases song "Baraye" in solidarity with women protesting in Iran and Rojhilat 

  Hîlala Zêrîn Women's Cultural Movement released the song "Baraye" to support the "Jin, Jiyan, Azadî" rebellion in Rojhilat and Iran.
• Two women killed in Riha and Amed 

  Civil engineer Bahar Hezer was murdered by her brother on the street in Riha. Just a few days before the femicide, she had published a video to draw attention to male violence. A woman was killed in Amed.
• YPJ commander Dilbirîn Kobane evaluates ongoing wave of Turkish attacks  

  In a recent interview, YPJ commander Dilbirîn Kobane evaluate the ongoing wave of Turkish attacks on North and East Syria.
• Iranian actress Mitra Heccar arrested after supporting protests following Jina Amini killing 

  Iranian actress Mitra Hajjar, who supported the protests that started in Iran and Rojhilat after the death of Jina Amini, was arrested.
• Besê Erzincan: Women must strengthen their struggle 

  Besê Erzincan of the KJK points out the importance of Abdullah Öcalan's ideas for the international women's liberation struggle, calling on women to fight even harder.
• Police steal assault report from TJA woman while in custody 

  The assault report of Figen Ekti, one of the Free Women's Movement members, who had been in custody in the Ankara Political Branch for days, was stolen by the police. In addition, it was learned that Ekti was hospitalized today due to a vertigo attack.
• TJA members tortured in police custody in Ankara 

  TJA activists have been subject to torture in police custody in Ankara.
• Female guerrillas publish video poem for Jina Amini and Nagihan Akarsel  

  A video poem prepared by female guerrillas for murdered women Jina Amini and Nagihan Akarsel, has been published.
• TJA activist Zeynep Boğa taken into custody 

  TJA activist Zeynep Boğa was detained within the scope of the political police operation carried out in 14 Ankara-based cities.
• Latin women: The comrades resisting in Kurdistan are not alone 

  In the demonstrations that took place in Latin American countries last weekend, activists said that the struggle of the Kurdish people eliminated the artificial borders between peoples created by sovereign powers.
• KBDH militia sets fire to AKP official's car in Mersin 

  The Women's United Revolutionary Movement (KBDH) Özgecan Aslan Militia set fire to the vehicle of a fascist AKP official in the Erdemli district of Mersin province.
• Çay at the Women's Front releases podcast on the current war in Rojava 

  Çay at the Women's Front has released a new podcast on the current war in Rojava.
• Jin, Jiyan, Azadi: March in London in solidarity with women in Iran 

  The Jin, Jiyan, Azadi Collective will march today in London for women in Iran.
• TekoJIN releases song calling on women to organize for struggle 

  TekoJIN released a song to react to the capitalist modernity system and called on women to organize for struggle. 'Tîrêjên Rojê', salutes all women fighting on 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women.
• Lolita Chavez: Women must fight against violence together 

  Community, life, mother nature, soil, protection of the soil, these concepts and your colourful clothing evoke matriarchal life. Where are the K'iche peoples in this life? And what kind of threats do they face? Well, we are a millenary expression. We ha
• Participants of the 5th Jinelogy Camp condemn Turkish attacks 

  Participants of the 5th Şehîd Delal Nurhak Jinelogy Camp condemn the current Turkish attacks on Rojava and the mountains of Kurdistan and send solidarity greetings to the guerrillas, the YPG and YPJ in a video.
• Against all forms of state violence and the patriarchal mindset: Jin, Jiyan, Azadî 

  “Under the slogan, “Woman, Life, Freedom,” we will strengthen our leadership in the process of building Democratic Confederalism of the women of the Middle East. We must make our century the era of women’s liberation by supporting the women’s revolution!”
• PAJK: Kurdish people will not give up their struggle at any price 

  In view of the Turkish wave of attacks on Rojava and the Medya Defence Zones, the PAJK said: "No power will achieve its goal by shedding Kurdish blood. The Kurdish people will not give up their struggle at any price."
• Mother Hogir, member of HPG-Jin one of the martyrs of Derik 

  Hediye Abdullah, who was known as Mother Hogir, a member of the HPC-Jin Women's Civil Defense Forces, is one of the martyrs of Derik.
• Rete Jin calls for immediate mobilisation against Turkish invasion of Rojava 

  “Kobanê is the symbol of the vanguard of women against the Islamic State and of humanity's resistance to barbarism. We believe it is the responsibility of the entire international community to react to this barbarity.”
• YPJ Spokeswoman calls for a united struggle against Turkish attacks: “Silence is complicity" 

  YPJ Spokeswoman, Ruksen Mihemed, calls for a struggle based on the Revolutionary People’s War in response to the increasingly ongoing Turkish attacks on North-East Syria.
• Hundreds of women's organizations in Europe mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence 

  Hundreds of women's organizations in European cities took to the streets on Saturday to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, 25 November.