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• YJA Star sends congratulatory message to the guerrillas in Dersim and Botan 

  The Free Women’s Troops Headquarters Command delivered a congratulatory message to its commanders and fighters in the regions of Dersim and Botan who carried out successful actions.
• Action by young internationalists to support women guerrillas 

  Young internationalist women showed solidarity with the women guerillas in the mountains of Zap, Avaşîn and Metîna and painted murals on the streets of Qamishlo.
• Kongreya Star: Stand up for your own dignity 

  After the sexual violence and severe mistreatment by Turkish soldiers on the Syrian-Turkish border area, the women's umbrella organization Kongreya Star protested the policy of displacement.
• Kongreya Star: RJAK activists should be released immediately 

  The Kongreya Star Coordination has urged the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) to release the Free Women's Organization of Kurdistan (RJAK) activists insisting that the KDP is responsible for their life safety.
• "Arrest of the RJAK activists is an intimidation attempt" 

  There is still no information about the activists of the women's movement RJAK who were arrested last week in South Kurdistan. RJAK spokeswoman Soma Ferhed sees the measure as an intimidation attempt against all women.
• HDP Women's Council meets women workers in Kiziltepe 

  Field workers in Kiziltepe receive a daily wage of just under ten euros. The HDP Women's Council visited the workers as part of the campaign against the feminization of poverty and listened to their problems and demands.
• HDP Women's Assembly pays visit to Syriac women in Mardin 

  A delegation from the HDP Women's Assembly met Syriac women in Mardin. The women discussed their experiences with racism.
• Women's organizations demand release of RJAK activists 

  Cenî, Fighting Together and Women Defend Rojava demand the immediate release of RJAK activists detained by KDP forces in Hewlêr.
• The “Implement the Istanbul Convention Campaign Group” protests femicide 

  The “Implement the Istanbul Convention Campaign Group” marched in Kadıköy to protest the murders of women despite heavy police behaviour.
• KDP detains three female politicians in Hewler 

  Three women politicians from Kurdistan Free Women's Organization (RJAK) have been detained by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) forces in Hewlêr.
• Kongreya Star calls for recognition of Shengal Autonomous Administration 

  The North and East Syrian Coordination of Kongreya Star called on the international community to recognize Yazidi genocide and Shengal Autonomous Administration.
• TJA: Yazidi women give hope to the world 

  TJA stated that Yazidi women give hope to the world and demanded that August 3 be declared as “International Day of Action Against Femicide" and Genocide”.
• KCDP: 20 women were murdered in July 

  The ‘We Will Stop Femicide Platform’ announced that at least 20 women were murdered in July, and 12 women died under suspicious circumstances. At least 177 women have been murdered since the beginning of the year.
• 21-year-old female student brutally murdered in Antalya 

  A 21-year-old female student has been murdered in the southern Turkish province Antalya. Azra Gülendam Haytaoğlu was first raped and then strangled before her dismembered body was buried in a wooded area. The confessed murderer has been arrested.
• TJK-E publishes action plan for Shengal 

  On the anniversary of the genocide and femicide of the Yazidis in Shengal, activities will be taking place across Europe starting today. The Kurdish women's movement in Europe demands an autonomous status for Shengal.
• Alliance of women from the Middle East and North Africa formed in Beirut 

  An alliance of women from the Middle East and North Africa has been formed at a conference in Beirut. The goal of this alliance is a strategic women's vision for building a free, democratic and equal society.
• TJK-E calls on women to take to the streets and stand up against racist attacks 

  After the massacre of a Kurdish family in Konya, the women's umbrella organization TJK-E declared that this was not an isolated act by a racist group.
• 2nd Middle East Women's Conference kicks off in Beirut 

  The 2nd Middle East Women's Conference has started in Beirut under the motto “We Will Achieve a Democratic Revolution through the Union of Women”.
• Yazidi women march in Shengal for recognition of genocide and status 

  As the anniversary of the genocide perpetrated by ISIS in Shengal on 3 August 2014 is approaching, the Yazidi women organized a march demanding recognition of genocide and status for autonomy.
• Man kills woman in Istanbul 

  A woman named Fatma Keke was murdered by a man in Bahçeköy, in the borough of Sarıyer in Istanbul.
• East Kurdistan women's association KJAR launches campaign against child marriage 

  The East Kurdistan women's association KJAR has launched a campaign against the marriage of girls in Iran with the slogan 'Child marriage is femicide'.
• Martyrs' Families Women's Council holds second conference in Qamishlo 

  The second conference of the Martyrs' Families Women's Council was held in Rimêlan.
• Yasemin Üçer: Our goal is to establish a women's assembly in every city 

  In response to the murder of Deniz Poyraz, the HDP has established a women's assembly in Amed, which envisions increased local organization of women. The model is to be extended to all cities in Turkey.
• KJK: Rojava Revolution is a revolution of women and humanity 

  The KJK has celebrated the Rojava Revolution on its 9th anniversary and said it is the “revolution of women and humanity”.
• Workshop on femicide in Qamishlo discuss ways to prevent violence against women 

  Methods of preventing murder and violence were discussed at the workshop on combating femicide organized by the PYD Women's Council.