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• YPJ: Öcalan's ideas are a compass for freedom 

  The YPJ celebrated Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan's birthday, saying that “Öcalan’s ideas are a compass for freedom.”
• Nûrê Alkış: "4 April is the day of existence for Yazidi women" 

  Nûrê Alkış, spokesperson of the Yazidi Women's Councils Roof Organization (SMJÊ), said: "The freedom of our Leader is the freedom of the Yazidi women. We see 4 April as our existence."
• YPJ celebrates ninth anniversary of founding 

  The Women's Defense Units (YPJ) have now been in existence for nine years. In Shaddadi in northeastern Syria, the anniversary was celebrated with a military ceremony.
• Free Women's Movement calls on everyone to celebrate Abdullah Öcalan's 73rd birthday in Amara 

  TJA activist Şükran Şen invited everyone to celebrate Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan's 73rd birthday in Amara.
• Men kill 24 women in March 

  According to the KCDP report, 24 women were murdered by men in March.
• HDP spokeswoman calls for women's alliance 

  HDP Women's Assembly spokeswoman Ayşe Acar Başaran called for a women’s alliance and said: “Let's talk about peace, women's alliance and solidarity together."
• Women in Shengal plant 300 saplings to mark Öcalan’s birthday 

  The Kurdish people have already started celebrating the birthday of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan on April 4.
• Uniformed violence in Kurdistan 

  The uniformed brutality and sexual assault against Kurdish women, which runs along with the military and political massacre in Kurdistan, continue.
• Jineology is everywhere 

  "Jineology organizes itself on the basis of many issues such as politics, economy, diplomacy and education.Through the communes, assembly, university, and media, we were able to reach out to women," says North-East Syria Jineology Spokesperson Hena Davud.
• Racist mob kills Kurdish woman living in Kazakhstan  

  A woman named Xanim Koçer living in the Kurdish village of Sovetskoy in Kazakhstan was murdered as a result of a racist attack.
• Disciplinary proceedings after Newroz celebration in Sincan women's prison 

  Disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against ten political prisoners in Sincan, including former HDP deputy Ayla Akat Ata, for a Newroz celebration. The women allegedly danced to Kurdish songs to celebrate the new year.
• Taliban bans women from flying alone 

  The Taliban regime has ordered airlines to ban women from boarding flights without a male relative.
• Women's conference in North-East Syria calls for an end to Turkish occupation 

  At a conference in Qamishlo hosted by the Women's Council of North and East Syria, the withdrawal of the Turkish state and the disbanding of its mercenary units were named as prerequisites for a solution to the crisis in Syria.
• Seminar in Kenya discusses the experience of Kurdish women's liberation movement 

  The seminar was organised by the Grassroots Liberation Project and the Organic Intellectual Network and hosted by the Women's Social Justice Center in Nairobi, a grassroots women's movement.
• At least 16 women killed in South Kurdistan in three months 

  It is reported that at least 16 women have been killed in South Kurdistan since the beginning of the year. Women's organizations say that the laws are not implemented.
• Elif Ronahî: Women's liberation is the cornerstone of the PKK 

  Elif Ronahî from the Presidential Council of the KCK speaks of a new awakening in the 50th year of the struggle of the Kurdish freedom movement, which was shown on March 8 and Newroz, March 21.
• Remembering journalist Nûjiyan Erhan killed by KDP five years ago 

  On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the death of Kurdish journalist Nûjiyan Erhan by snipers of the KDP, the journalists' association RAJIN remembers the dedicated press worker.
• Court in Amed sent 11 women to prison 

  Four more women taken into custody in the political genocide operations in Amed were sent to prison, bringing the total of jailed women to 11.
• KJK: The fire of freedom cannot be smothered 

  The Kurdistan Women’s Communities Coordination calls for this Newroz to be made a beacon of freedom and the beginning of a reckoning with fascism.
• Feminist writer Silvia Federici calls for freedom of imprisoned politician Aysel Tuğluk 

  Feminist writer Silvia Federici called for the freedom of imprisoned politician Aysel Tuğluk.
• Seven women sent to prison in Amed 

  7 of the 24 women taken into custody during the political police operations in Amed on 16 March were sent to prison.
• TAJÊ calls on women to stand against the occupation in Afrin 

  The Free Yazidi Women's Movement (Tevgera Azadiya Jinên Êzidî, TAJÊ) made a statement on the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Afrin and called on women's organizations to protect Afrin and stand against the occupation.
• European Kurdish Women's Movement calls on everyone to take to the streets on Newroz 

  Celebrating the 2022 Newroz of the resisting Kurdish people, especially women, and the peoples of the Middle East, TJK-E called on everyone to take to the streets.
• Angela Davis: Aysel Tuğluk is my sister 

  Women from all over the world are standing up for Kurdish politician Aysel Tuğluk, who remains in prison despite suffering from dementia. American activist Angela Davis said: "Aysel is my sister and I will always stand by my sisters."
• Women Defend Rojava: The defense and liberation of Afrin is the defense of the women’s revolution 

  Four years ago, thousands of people around the world took to the streets, their hearts with Afrin, loudly expressing their opposition to Turkey’s illegal war. On January 20, 2018, the Turkish state launched a war on the region of Afrin.