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• Women celebrate 8 March in Kurdish cities 

  Women in Kurdistan and Turkey took to the streets to mark March 8, International Women's Day under the supervision of TJA and HDP.
• Activists in Hildesheim send letters to women prisoners 

  A group of women activists in Hildesheim sent letters and cards to political prisoners in Turkish prisons.
• At least 24 women were murdered in February 

  News reports reveal that at least 24 women were killed by their relatives in February. As many women barely avoided murder, perpetrators received a "good conduct" verdict in courts.
• YJK-E NRW calls on women to join march in Düsseldorf on Saturday 

  YJK-E NRW called all women to meet in Düsseldorf on 6 March to celebrate International Working Women’s Day and said "Fascism will lose, women will win".
• KBDH: Women must become the leading force in the anti-fascist struggle 

  The leftist women's guerrilla alliance KBDH said on March 8: "Women must unite against any attack of fascism and organize common resistance against the oppression of all gender identities."
• Two women aged 79 and 71 jailed on terror charges in Amed 

  Two Kurdish women at the ages of 79 and 71 from MEBYA-DER, a solidarity association for families who lost loved ones in the Kurdish liberation struggle, have been imprisoned in Amed on terror charges.
• KJK: We will transform every place into a position of freedom 

  On the occasion of the International Women's Struggle Day on March 8, KJK declares that a new era has dawned with the rapidly growing uprising of women.
• March 8 events by Kurdish women in Turkey and North Kurdistan 

  The Free Women's Movement and Peoples' Democratic Party’s Women Assembly have organized events to mark International Women's Day.
• Women kick off March 8 events in Amed: No obedience but resistance! 

  Women in Amed started the International Women's Day (March 8) events. Women made a statement despite the police's attempt to intervene.
• Preparations underway for March 8 in Shengal 

  Free Yazidi Women's Movement (TAJÊ) designed banners in the center of Shengal as part of the March 8 preparations.
• “Kurdish struggle of honor makes me embrace the Kurdish cause” 

  Nuran Aba takes part in all actions and activities of the Kurdish political movement. The reason is the Kurdish struggle of honor.
• Police prevent HDP women’s gathering in Istanbul 

  The police intervened in an event organized by women in Bakırköy district in Istanbul. The women responded, "Thousands will take to the streets on March 8".
• Call for all women to take to the streets for freedom on March 8 

  Women call on all women who are impoverished, whose labor is stolen, who resist isolation, the power and state violence to take to the streets on March 8, International Working Women's Day.
• Women in Dersim and Şırnak kick off activities for 8 March 

  HDP Dersim Women's Council kicked off the 8 March International Women's Day celebration by saying "Our rebellion is for our freedom". In Şırnak and its districts, cards were sent to women prisoners as part of the 8 March events.
• Final rush for the '100 reasons to prosecute the dictator' campaign 

  The campaign “100 reasons to prosecute the dictator”, launched by the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (TJK-E), is coming to an end. In Switzerland alone, 17,000 people have signed the petition to now.
• Women in Aleppo join meeting for International Women's Day 

  In the neighbourhoods of Şêxmeqûsd and Eşrefiyê in Aleppo, Kongra Star organised actions and meetings to mark 8 March, International Women’s Day.
• “100 reasons to prosecute the dictator” action in Monchengladbach 

  The activities on the occasion of the "100 reasons to prosecute the dictator" campaign initiated by the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (TJK-E) continue.
• Man kills two women in Istanbul 

  The man killed himself after murdering two women.
• KJAR calls on women to “unite the struggles, end feminicide” 

  East Kurdistan’s women's association KJAR calls for increased organization against the patriarchal system of domination on the occasion of the International Women's Struggle Day on March 8: "If we organize and form a unity, we can succeed in everything."
• TJA initiates March 8 activities in Siirt 

  Initiating March 8 activities in Siirt, TJA protested the Imrali isolation and femicide and promoted self-defense.
• MED TUHAD-FED co-chair receives 6 years and 3 months in prison 

  MED TUHAD-FED co-chair Elif Haran was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison for alleged "membership in a terrorist organization".
• HDP MP Başaran: “The government attacks us to cover up its failure in Gare” 

  The Turkish government's defamation campaign against the HDP is particularly directed against female politicians. According to Ayşe Acar Başaran, the government is using it to cover up the unsuccessful military operation in Gare.
• Turkish judiciary refuses to arrest rapist sergeant 

  The trial of Turkish sergeant Musa Orhan, a member of the Turkish army who raped a Kurdish girl systematically, has continued in Siirt. The request for an arrest warrant was again rejected.
• Women express anger for the feminicide of Gülistan 

  Gülistan Şaylemez was active in the women's movement for many years. She was murdered by her brother in Amed on February 15.
• TJA activist Nevriye Çur says the reason for femicides is the AKP 

  Drawing attention to the increasing violence against women, TJA activist Nevriye Çur stated that the perpetrators were encouraged by the policy of impunity and added that "the reason for the murders against women is AKP policies."