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• World women's movements to meet in Berlin 

  Hundreds of delegates from 41 countries will attend the 2nd International Women's Conference organized in Berlin by the Women Weaving Future Network .
• The new podcast of Çay at the Women's Front: From Rojhilat to the world 

  The new podcast of Çay at the Women's Front features a call from Ala, a young Kurdish woman from Kirmaşan, in Rojhilat, to the world: I ask you to be the voice of the Iranian people.
• YJK-E holds annual congress: "No woman should remain unorganised" 

  At its annual congress, the German-wide women's federation YJK-E evaluated past activities and set guidelines for upcoming work. "Jin, Jiyan, Azadî" remains the most important slogan of the Kurdish women's movement.
• TJK-E: On 1 November we will be in Den Haag with the spirit of Kobanê 

  The TJK-E said that they will be in Den Haag to call on the OPCW to fulfil their humanitarian, legal and universal duties and said: “Women, our people, youths and our friends should join the action on 1 November.”
• KJAR calls for a more radical stand for the women’s liberation revolution 

  The Community of Free Women of Eastern Kurdistan (KJAR) calls for a more radical stand for the uprising that has been going on in Eastern Kurdistan and Iran for 40 days.
• Gulistan Gulhat: Beritan laid the foundation for the women's army 

  A commander of the YJA Star, Gulistan Gulhat, emphasises the important role Beritan played in the emergence of the women's army and states that the women's guerrilla force is a role model for internationalist women worldwide.
• Andrea Wolf Group releases "Canción sin miedo" for Nagihan Akarsel 

  Inspired by the lyrics of the song "Canción sin miedo" (Courage), the Andrea Wolf Group sang this song again for Nagihan Akarsel and all the women murdered.
• HDP MP Semra Güzel to appear in court in December 

  HDP MP Semra Güzel has been in pre-trial detention on terror charges since the beginning of September. The date for the start of the trial has now been set.
• Two more femicides in Izmir and Manisa 

  Two women were murdered by men in Izmir and Manisa.
• YJK-E calls on people to take to the streets to protest chemical attacks carried out by Turkey 

  YJK-E called on people to take to the streets to protest the chemical attacks carried out by the Turkish state.
• Second Jineology workshop kicks off in Maxmur 

  The second workshop of the Jineology Committee kicked off in the Martyr Rustem Cudi Refugee Camp (Maxmur) under the motto 'The Second Agricultural and Rural Revolution Will Be Done through Jineology'.
• TAJÊ: We will resist the Turkish state and the KDP 

  The Yazidi Women's Freedom Movement recalled that the guerrillas had saved the Yazidis from the genocide in 2014, vowing to “resist until the KDP and the Turkish state are defeated.”
• KJK calls for a common struggle 

  Chemical weapons have killed 44 guerrilla fighters since April. The KJK called for a common struggle.
• Kongra Star: Everyone must raise their voice against Turkish chemical attacks 

  In a statement that condemned the chemical attacks by the Turkish state, Kongra Star called on “women, our people and all democratic forces to raise their voices”.
• Cenî women's office says Turkish attacks against Kurdish people must end 

  "In the war against the Kurdish people, human values ​​are being violated and this must be stopped," demands the Cenî women's office after the latest reports on the Turkish chemical weapons use in Kurdistan.
• Kurdish politician Leyla Güven sentenced to more than eleven years in prison 

  A court has sentenced Kurdish politician Leyla Güven to eleven years and seven months in prison for "propaganda for a terrorist organisation".
• KCDP General Secretary: Nobody can stop us from living a free life 

  Fidan Ataselim from the platform "We Will Stop Femicides" points to the anti-women development in Turkey and says: "We want to live freely, whether with shorts or headscarf, and nobody will be able to stop that."
• Jin Jiyan Azadî, new podcast by Çay at the Women's Front 

  Jin Jiyan Azadî is the slogan shouted on the streets of Rojhilat and Iran by young women and all the other parts of society, echoing all over the world. Beri Salmashi talks to Çay at the Women's Front about the current protests.
• Prosecutor in Deniz Poyraz murder case gives his opinion 

  At the hearing of the trial against Onur Gencer, the killer of Deniz Poyraz, the prosecutor gave his opinion. It was requested that Gencer be sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment and up to 7 years in prison for the crime of "deliberate killing".
• HDP deputy Semra Güzel transferred to Kandıra prison 

  HDP MP Semra Güzel, who was arrested on 3 September on terror charges, has been transferred from the Marmara Prison in Istanbul to the F Type High Security Prison No. 1 in Kocaeli.
• Kurds and their friends commemorate Jina Amini in Livorno 

  In Livorno, Italy, the Kurds and their friends commemorated Jina Amini.
• Funeral of Nagihan Akersel to take place today 

  The body of Nagihan Akersel, a member of Jineology Research Center, academic and journalist, was taken to Konya City Hospital and will be buried after autopsy procedures.
• City of Paris posthumously grants honorary citizenship to Jina Mahsa Amini 

  The city of Paris posthumously granted honorary citizenship to Jina Mahsa Amini.
• In memory of Havrin Khalaf 

  Havrin Khalaf was a politician and human rights activist, born in the city of al-Malikiyah on 15 November 1984. She was executed on 12 October 2019 by Turkish-backed Ahrar al-Sharqiya fighters near the M4 Motorway south of Tell Abyad.
• PACE Committee calls for urgent political action against the violent repression of women in Iran 

  PACE Committee condemned the repression and denial of rights of Iranian women and girls, and demanded an end to the repression.