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• International Women's Day rally kicks off in Van 

  The International Working Women's Day rally in Van has begun. Hundreds of women took to the streets in the city and reached the meeting point.
• Peace in Kurdistan sends solidarity greetings to Kurdish women on 8 March 

  Peace in Kurdistan has issued a statement to salute Kurdish women on 8 March.
• Kurdish activists in Sydney and Melbourne celebrate 8 March 

  International Working Women’s Day was celebrated in the Australian cities of Sydney and Melbourne.
• PYD Women’s Council: Let every day be a women's day 

  PYD Women’s Council congratulated all women in the world who defend human and democratic values in the arenas of struggle and let every day of the year be a women's day.
• YPJ fighters celebrate March 8 in Hesekê 

  Fighters of the Women's Defense Units (YPJ) in Hesekê celebrated March 8 with an impressive military ceremony. The highlight was an address by YPJ General Commander Newroz Ehmed.
• HPJ: "Unite women's struggles, end feminicide" 

  The Women's Defense Forces in Rojhilat, eastern Kurdistan, held a military ceremony in the mountains to mark International Women's Struggle Day March 8.
• Many detained at women's demonstration in Zurich 

  Police violence at the March 8 feminist demonstration in Zurich has reminded many participants of "Turkish conditions" and numerous people were arrested.
• Man who tortured his wife enjoys impunity 

  It turned out that İbrahim Zap, who tortured the woman he divorced three years ago in Samsun, was not punished despite repeated complaints.
• Swiss politicians send message of solidarity to Gültan Kışanak 

  Swiss politicians issued a message of solidarity with co-mayor of Amed Municipality Gültan Kışanak, who has been in prison for 4 years.
• YJA Star: It's time for freedom 

  “Women's struggles are making a crucial contribution all over the world,” said women guerrillas in YJA-Star saluting all women fighting on 8 March.
• International Working Women's Day everywhere! 

  Women take to streets everywhere despite the pandemic.
• Leyla Güven: Freedom of women means freedom of the society 

  DTK co-chair Leyla Güven sent a message to celebrate 8 March from Elazığ Women's Closed Prison. Güven said: “The liberation of women is the liberation of societ, the freedom of women is the freedom of society. Bijî 8 to Adarê!"
• Women in Amed are ready to rally on 8 March 

  DBP Amed Provincial Co-chair Seval Gülmez from the 8 March Organizing Committee in Amed called on all women to join the rally to be held in the city on Monday.
• Great Women's Meeting in Istanbul: Our struggle will continue to grow 

  At a "Great Women's Meeting" on March 8, thousands of women in Istanbul expressed their determination to defend women's rights they have fought for and to strengthen their resistance against patriarchy and the palace regime.
• Yazidi women visit cemetery of martyrs: We are in Shengal thanks to martyrs 

  As part of the March 8 activities, Yazidi women visited the Şehîd Dilgeş and Şehîd Berxwedan Cemetery of Martyrs in Shengal.
• KCK: Women's struggle will put an end to the AKP/MHP regime 

  Defining the women's struggle as resistance "for the liberation of humanity”, KCK said that women's struggle will surpass the worst fears of patriarchy.
• 8 March Message from Ayla Akat Ata: Our voices from prison will join yours in the streets 

  Former HDP deputy Ayla Akat Ata, in prison as a result of the operations ordered by the AKP / MHP government said in her March 8 message: "Our voice, our word, will mix with the voices of all women in all streets and squares."
• Women in Deir Ez-Zor are leading the change 

  Fatma El Mehel, who joined the women's work after the liberation of Deir ez-Zor by the SDF and is part of the social change in the area, said that they women learned that 8 March is not one day alone.
• Women in Hamburg collect signature for the '100 Reasons to Prosecute the Dictator' campaign 

  A stand was opened in Hamburg to collect signatures for the "100 Reasons to Prosecute the Dictator" campaign and letters were sent to the UN demanding the end of the isolation and freedom for Abdullah Öcalan.
• Yüksekdağ sends International Women's Day message to women  

  "Women who oppose patriarchal and state violence, wars and discrimination will win," wrote imprisoned HDP politician Figen Yüksekdağ in her message for International Women's Day.
• Kongra Star: Our struggle is the heart of women’s revolution 

  The women's umbrella organization Kongra Star is celebrating International Women's Struggle Day in North and East Syria with the slogan “Our struggle is the heart of the women's revolution”.
• More than 40 guards raid and search women's ward arbitrarily in Bakırköy 

  Dozens of guards raided a women's ward and conducted arbitrary searches in the Bakırköy Closed Women's Prison in Istanbul.
• KNK: Kurdish women give hope to the Middle East 

  KNK Women's Commission slammed the rapist practices of the Turkish state and said that Kurdish women gave hope to the Middle East and the world.
• Two women die in Istanbul 

  Two women died in Istanbul, one was shot the other suspiciously fell from the balcony of her house.
• YJA Star guerrilla Çiçek Benzer buried for the second time 

  The body of female guerrilla Çiçek Benzer, who was martyred in a clash on the Gabar region in September, has been exhumed from a "cemetery for the nameless" and handed over to her relatives to be finally laid to rest.