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• YJA Star guerrillas: Sara represents victory 

  An Arab guerrilla from Syria said that she was inspired by Abdullah Öcalan who said, “Women should never come down from the mountains, even if everyone does so,” and Sakine Cansız who said, “My whole life was a struggle”.
• Women politicians against attacks on HDP: “You can never intimidate us!” 

  Women protested the release of Muhammet Eren Sütçü who attempted to perpetrate a massacre in the office of the HDP in Istanbul, saying, “We are addressing the perpetrators once again; you can never intimidate us.”
• Gülistan Doku's mother: I won't give up looking for my daughter 

  For two years, no news had been heard from Gülistan Doku, a university student in Dersim. The tearful mother of the young woman is devastated but she continues to protest and demand justice at the place where her daughter was last seen.
• Young Women's Union launches tent action in Hesekê against Turkish attacks 

  The Young Women's Union launched a tent action in Hesekê on Wednesday to condemn the invading Turkish army's attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria. The action will continue until tomorrow without interruption.
• Women protest for missing student Gülistan Doku 

  Women in Dersim and Amed protested for missing university student Gülistan Doku, who has been missing for two years, and expressed that they will keep the struggle going until those responsible are revealed.
• Female politicians in exile: Tuğluk and sick prisoners must be released immediately! 

  Female politicians in exile called attention to Aysel Tuğluk's condition and demanded that she and all other sick prisoners be released immediately.
• We Will Stop Femicide Platform says men killed 280 women in 2021 

  According to the balance sheet announced by the We Will Stop Femicide Platform, men killed 280 women in 2021, and 217 women died in suspicious circumstances.
• Jineoloji symposium in Maxmur 

  A Jineoloji symposium for the residents of the refugee camp in southern Kurdistan took place in Maxmur. The content was about the term "Xwebûn", which was coined by Abdullah Öcalan and taken up by the Kurdish women's movement.
• Viyan Soran: We are the fighters of martyr Sara 

  YJA Star fighter Viyan Soran said that they would continue their struggle as the fighters of Martyr Sara and added, “Comrade Sara has created a form of life that no one can destroy.”
• Peace Mothers move to Ankara demanding justice: "Hear our voice" 

  The Peace Mothers from the Kurdish region went to the capital Ankara to pay a series of visits to draw attention to the situation of ill prisoners and increasing rights violations in jails.
• Kurdish revolutionaries commemorated in Mardin 

  A commemoration ceremony for the three Kurdish revolutionaries murdered in Paris and three in Silopi took place in Mardin.
• Zenobiya Women's Union plans to expand its work to all of Syria 

  The women's union Zenobiya works for the organization of women in the north and east Syrian regions of Raqqa, Tabqa, Manbij and Deir ez-Zor. However, the work is to be extended to all of Syria.
• Iranian court sentences teacher to 5 years in prison for teaching Kurdish 

  An Iranian court sentenced Zara Mihemedi, who teaches Kurdish to children in East Kurdistan (north-western Iran), to 5 years in prison.
• Zîlan Diyar: My Feelings about Jineolojî 

  Zîlan Diyar, from the Jineolojî Committee Europe, wrote an article for The Kurdistan Report about her feelings after ten years of developing the science of women.
• Munzur: We want those responsible for the Paris Massacre to be held to account! 

  TJK-E member, Nûpel Munzur, called for mass participation in the actions to take place on the anniversary of the 'Paris Massacre'. "We invite everyone to unite around the martyrs of Paris and to hold the responsible to account."
• Three young women kidnapped in Turkish-occupied Afrin 

  Turkish-backed mercenaries have kidnapped three women at a checkpoint near the Turkish-occupied Afrin city in northern Syria.
• Vigil by the family of missing student Gülistan Doku continues 

  The family of university student Gülistan Doku, who has been missing for two years now, started a vigil in front of the courthouse in Dersim. They demand a complete investigation into Doku's disappearance and legal consequences for those responsible.
• Family of missing student Gülistan Doku launches vigil 

  The family of university student Gülistan Doku, who has been missing for two years now, has started a vigil in front of the courthouse in Dersim. They demand a complete investigation into Doku's disappearance and legal consequences for those responsible.
• TJA: 2022 will be the year of victory 

  TJA celebrated the new year of peoples and women resisting male domination and said 2022 will be the year of victory.
• Kongra Star Coordination member Mahmud: 'Turkish state aggression targets women too' - Part Two 

  Ayşe Mahmud said that Kongra Star is organizing itself in Europe.
• Kongra Star Coordination member Mahmud: 'Turkish state aggression targets women too' - Part One 

  Kongra Star Coordination member Ayşe Mahmud said that it is inevitable that the Turkish state's attacks and special war activities accompanied by the threats of occupation are reflected on women, and added that women stand against this.
• YJK-E announces actions for Sakine, Fidan, Leyla in Germany 

  Nine years after the murder of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez by the Turkish secret service MIT in Paris, the Germany-wide women's umbrella organisation YJK-E is again calling for the punishment of the perpetrators.
• Women in France to take to streets for Sakine, Fidan, Leyla 

  Women’s organisations in France called for participation in the actions to be held on 8 January for three revolutionary Kurdish women who were slaughtered in Paris in 2013, saying, “France is guilty as long as justice remains in darkness!”
• Women on their way to Izmir as trial of killer of Deniz Poyraz opens tomorrow 

  The trial of Onur Gencer, the killer of Deniz Poyraz, will open tomorrow, Wednesday, in Izmir. Women from all over the country set out to attend the trial.
• 516 days without news about Zeyneb Jalaliyan  

  There has been no news for 516 days about Zeyneb Jalaliyan, an ill prisoner held in Yazd prison in Iran.