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• Women’s Conference in Baghdad: “The femicide in Shengal is a crime against humanity" 

  An international women's conference on the genocide and femicide in Shengal took place in Baghdad. The conference called for the ISIS massacre of 2014 to be dealt with and for Yazidi women to be included in all decision-making processes.
• Women’s Conference in Baghdad demands recognition of Yazidi genocide 

  A conference is being held in Baghdad with the partnership of Iraqi women and the Yazidi Women’s Freedom Movement on the 8th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide in Shengal.
• YPJ starts web-series about 10 years of the Rojava Revolution 

  The YPJ will launch its web-series about the 10 years of the Rojava Revolution tomorrow, Sunday.
• Jineology meets indigenous people in Ecuador 

  As part of the lecture series on Jineolojî in Ecuador, members of the Jineology Academy met with members of the indigenous population and with representatives of the campesinos in Cuellaje and Cotacachi.
• Eight YPJ fighters killed by Turkish drones in North-East Syria since April 

  Eight YPJ fighters have been killed in Turkish drone attacks in north-eastern Syria since April. Women's organisations are demanding the closure of airspace to Turkey, which is apparently taking revenge for the successful fight against ISIS.
• World Women’s Conference in solidarity with the women of Rojava 

  European coordinators of the World Women‘s Conference send their solidarity greetings on the anniversary of the Rojava Revolution and their unrestricted solidarity in the struggle for a new world of peace and freedom.
• Women demand justice for ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk  

  Academic Yasemin Özgün said that they have been demanding justice for ill prisoner Aysel Tuğluk for 500 days, and added: “We are once again raising our voice for Aysel, who has been held hostage in prison despite her severe health problems.”
• Jiyan Tolhildan spoke at the Forum on 10th anniversary of the Women's Revolution before being killed 

  Jiyan Tolhildan, YPJ & YAT commander, spoke at the Forum on the 10th anniversary of the Women's Revolution in Rojava, on self-defense. On the same day, Turkey targeted her with a drone and killed her and two other YPJ women.
• Women Defend Rojava: An attack on one, is an attack on all! 

  The Women Defend Rojava campaign condemned Turkey's deadly drone attack on the YPJ in northern Syria, calling it an attack on all women and saying: "Let us unite to defend the women's revolution!"
• Çay at the Women's Front celebrates 10 Years of Revolution in Rojava 

  Çay at the Women's Front issued a new podcast to celebrate 10 Years of the Revolution in Rojava.
• First Women's Revolution Forum issues list of decisions to strenghten women's struggle 

  The first forum of the Women's Revolution at the Middle East level ended with important decisions taken to strengthen women's struggle and expand women's solidarity with the 19 July Revolution.
• Asya Abdullah: Our revolution is for all women  

  Asya Abdullah, co-chair of the PYD spoke at the Women's Revolution Forum which opened with a video on leading women of the Rojava Revolution.
• Forum on Women's Revolution in the Middle East kicks off in Qamishlo 

  The Women's Movement of North and East Syria is hosting a forum on women's revolution in the Middle East in Qamishlo.
• United Kurdish Women's Platform: Let's increase struggle for unity of Kurdish women 

  The United Kurdish Women's Platform drew attention to the Turkish state's massacre of civilians in Zakho and said: "Let's increase the struggle for the unity of Kurdish women and the Kurdish people."
• Online Forum on Women's Revolution of Rojava an North East Syria  

  Today there will be an online forum on the Women’s Revolution of Rojava and North East Syria.
• Women protest against court ruling on Istanbul Convention 

  The Council of State in Ankara has rejected the lawsuit against Turkey's withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention on the Protection of Women against Violence. Women in Istanbul protested against the politically motivated ruling.
• Kongra Star: We will defend our achievements and multiply them 

  The North-East Syrian women's movement Kongra Star congratulates the Women's Revolution of Rojava on its tenth anniversary, stating that the goal is to make the 21st century the age of women's revolution everywhere.
• Women's organizations in North East Syria protest the murder of journalist Menal Salih El-Mizel 

  Women's organizations protested the murder of journalist Menal Salih El-Mizel, a member of the Deir ez-Zor Civil Council Women's Committee. In their statement, the women called for the murderers to be found as soon as possible and brought to account.
• Women of Sara condemn the brutal killing of Arab journalist Manal Saleh al-Misel 

  Sara, an organisation active in northern and eastern Syria to combat violence against women, has condemned the beheading of Arab journalist Manal Saleh al-Misel, saying that the crime is a barbaric act directed against all women.
• Exhibition with pictures of Kurdish women in Sulaymaniyah 

  An exhibition organised by Teko-Jin in Azadî Park in Sulaymaniyah shows pictures of women who died in the struggle.
• Ayşe Acar Başaran confirmed spokeswoman for the HDP women's council 

  HDP MP Ayşe Acar Başaran has been confirmed in her role as spokeswoman for the party's women's council.
• Iranian women continue #No2Hijab campaign 

  Women in Iran continue to protest the official obligation to wear hijab for the last 43 years. Iranian women who have recently launched the "#No2Hijab" campaign also resist the threats of detention and arrest by the government.
• Man kills his wife in Denizli 

  A man called Erdal Yalçın murdered his wife, Emine Yalçın, in the Acıpayam district of Denizli.
• Jinwar, the centre of communal life 

  Rûken Rojda, a member of the Jineology Academy, said that the communal system is implemented in the village of Jinwar, the women’s village.
• Young women from Europe meet at Jineology workshop 

  The participants debated the exploitation of women in the existing system and called on all young women to step into action against it.