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• Women in solidarity with Raqqa refugees 

  Raqqa People's Municipality Women's Office is carrying out a strong solidarity work with the refugees in Raqqa.
• Women commemorate Yasemin Çetindağ 

  Women in Strasbourg commemorated Yasemin Çetindağ, who was killed by her former partner Savaş Özyanık in front of her children on December 23.
• Activists in Cologne organise action for '100 reason campaign'  

  The action organized for the "100 thousand signatures for 100 reasons" campaign in Cologne, Germany continued for the forth week.
• 300 women murdered in Turkey in 2020 

  According to the KCDP, at least 300 women were murdered by men in Turkey in 2020. In almost all cases, the perpetrator was from the closest circle of acquaintances. 171 other women were found dead in a suspicious manner.
• Women growing vegetables in Tirbespiyê for 2 years 

  After the success of the winter vegetable growing project in its first year, the Women's Economy Cooperative, which aims to support the social economy and spread the idea of working together, grows vegetables this year as well.
• Agricultural projects for displaced women from Serêkaniyê 

  Kongreya Star Women's Economy Committee has developed agricultural projects for the immigrant women from Serêkaniyê in a 5 thousand 800 decares of agricultural land.
• Self-defense campaign of the TJA continues 

  The campaign "We defend ourselves" launched on September 15 by the Kurdish women's movement TJA continues in the new year.
• YJA-Star fighter Cudi: I was also a peshmerga 

  YJA-Star guerrilla fighter Dîrok Cûdî used to be a member of the peshmerga. She describes South Kurdistan’s ruling party KDP as contemptuous of women and calls for participation in the guerrilla struggle.
• Kongreya Star congratulates the women's movements in Argentine 

  A historic decision was made in the Pope's homeland this week with the legalization of abortion. The women's umbrella organization of Northeast Syria Kongreya Star sends congratulations "to the struggling comrades" in Argentina.
• International Women's Alliance demands release of Leyla Güven 

  The International Women's Alliance (IWA) demands release of Leyla Güven.
• Women protest feminicide and the role of the AKP-MHP 

  Women organized protests on the last day of the year and drew attention to the responsibility of the AKP-MHP government in the killing of women.
• Murdered academic Aylin Sözer laid to rest in Istanbul 

  Academic Aylin Sözer was buried today. She was murdered by a man named Kemal Ayyıldız in Istanbul.
• TJA and HDP on femicide: We will enhance our organized struggle 

  TJA and HDP Women's Council condemned the murders of Aylin Sözen, Selda Taş and Vesile Dönmez, saying "We will not be reasonable women you are trying to create; we will never stop fighting against your male-dominated system in all areas."
• Yazidi women call for action for Leyla Güven 

  Yazidi women in the Afrin canton saluted DTK Co-chair Leyla Güven, who was imprisoned in Turkey recently, and said, "Human rights organizations should act against the decision."
• Serhad: 2021 to mark the end of fascism and the freedom of Öcalan 

  PAJK Coordination Member Ronahî Serhad said that women exceeded their goal of opening enough space for themselves in a male-dominated world and added that they are steering for a woman-oriented world.
• Janet Biehl supports '100 reasons' campaign with her drawings 

  Author and artist Janet Biehl is supporting the 100 reasons to prosecute a dictator with her own personal work. 
• TJK-F condemns killing of Yasemin Çetindağ  

  In a statement regarding the murder of a woman named Yasemin Çetindağ in Strasbourg, TJK-F said: "Femicide has become a gender slaughter. For this, more organized struggle is now as important as bread and water for every woman."
• Zozan Çewlik: 2020 was a year of resistance 

  "Why does the regime particularly target women? Because femicide is a method of domination of fascism,” says Zozan Çewlik, a commander of the headquarters of the women's guerrilla troop YJA-Star as she assessed 2020 for ANF.
• "Women must be protected from Turkey’s violence" 

  Evaluating the increasing violence against women in the areas under Turkish occupation in North-East Syria, women politicians urged women's organizations around the world to take action to protect women from Turkish state violence.
• Peace Mothers protest Güven's arrest 

  The Peace Mothers Assembly protested DTK Co-Chair Leyla Güven's arrest and said, "Kurds will not back down".
• Kurdish woman living in France killed by former partner 

  Yasemin Çetindağ (25), who lived in Strasbourg, and had been missing since 23 December, was murdered by Savaş Özyanık (42), with whom she had been living until two months ago.
• Ronahî Serhad: Women have widened their target - PART ONE 

  PAJK Coordination Member Ronahî Serhad said that women exceeded their goal of opening enough space for themselves in a male-dominated world and added that they are steering for a woman-oriented world.
• TJK-E: Erdoğan gave order for Paris massacre, must be tried 

  TJK-E said in a statement on the anniversary of the 9 January 2013 Paris Massacre: "It was Erdoğan who gave the order. Let’s bring him to justice." The European Kurdish Women's Movement calls for action on 6 and 9 January.
• Women of Afrin under constant threat 

  In Afrin there are women who have not left the house for years. Since the occupation carried out by Turkey in March 2018, integral veil has been made compulsory for women. Women are not safe in their own homes either.
• Tabqa women protest attacks in Ain Issa 

  Tabqa women condemned the attacks of the Turkish state and the silence of the Russian and Damascus governments, while expressing their support to the resistance in Ain Issa.