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• Kongra Star salutes women and workers on 1 May 

  Kongra Star appealed to the working woman, wherever she is, not to remain silent about her rights and not to allow anyone to exploit her labour and efforts.
• Cross-Border Feminists call on women to celebrate 1 May 

  "We call on everyone who rejects the patriarchal, exploitative, colonial, and racist violence to mobilize and join together to enrich and strengthen the global feminist struggle."
• TJA: Let's turn every space into a 1 May celebration area 

  TJA stated that the AKP-MHP government aims to turn the pandemic into an opportunity.
• TJK-E: Let's celebrate 1 May with new and creative ways 

  "Let's welcome this year's Labor Day as the day of breaking the chains of slavery, establishing a united women and laborers struggle," said TJK-E in a written statement celebrating 1 May.
• HDK's Kılıçaslan says violence against women increased in March 

  Violence against women recorded in March this year increased 38 percent compared to the violence cases in March last year
• HDP: Poverty and violence against women increase during pandemic 

  The HDP Women's Council said that the AKP-MHP has turned the pandemic into an opportunity, and that poverty and violence against women have increased. The Council vowed to increase solidarity.
• Women launch Twitter campaign at 9pm for missing student Gülistan 

  Women will be storming Twitter tonight, demanding to find Women will be storming Twitter tonight, demanding to find Gülistan Doku who has been missing for 113 days.
• Three women artists for Bella Ciao 

  Basque actress Itziar Ituño, Kurdish soprano Mizgin Tahir and Italian singer Erica Boschiero celebrate Italy Liberation Day with a special version of Bella Ciao.
• Peace Mother Turan passes away in İzmir 

  The 59-year-old woman had been receiving cancer treatment for two years.
• Evid-Sen says domestic workers are in a very serious situation 

  Evid-Sen pointed out that domestic workers are experiencing great difficulties during the pandemic process.
• KJK: Let's raise the struggle against the 'capitalist epidemic' 

  Komalên Jinên Kurdistan (KJK) addressed the women of the world and said that it is time to raise the global women's struggle against the "capitalist epidemic".
• Kongra Star condemns embargo on Maxmur and attacks on Bashur 

  Kongra Star called on all Kurdistan political, democratic forces to expose the invasion and genocidal policies of the Turkish state and to raise the organized struggle for Kurdish unity and against those policies.
• European Women's Solidarity: Let's be creative on 1 May 

  European Women's Solidarity called on everyone to be creative and celebrate 1 May on the streets keeping social distance. 
• Women's village Jinwar protects itself against the pandemic 

  Residents of the women's village Jinwar protect themselves from Covid-19 with their own system of autonomy and self-sufficiency.
• Violence against women increases during 'Stay at Home' campaign 

  "To get rid of both the virus and the male violence together, we need to be in solidarity. We need to create women's nets of solidarity in the neighborhoods, establish women's communes and strengthen our organized defense."
• Mala Jinê: "Women must defend women!" 

  Women's centres play a central role in solving social problems in northern and eastern Syria. Naima Mehmud reports on her work in Hesekê in times of Turkish attacks and coronavirus pandemic.
• UNHCR says women refugees most at risk because of COVID-19 

  The Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at UNHCR, Gillian Triggs, warned today that the COVID-19 is inducing massive protection risks for women and girls forced to flee their homes
• Kurdish women in Scandinavia condemn the attack on Maxmur 

  Kurdish women living in Scandinavian countries have condemned the Turkish attack on the Maxmur refugee camp in South Kurdistan and have called for the lifting of the embargo against the camp.
• Online workshops on self-defence for women 

  In the face of the curfew due to the coronavirus, violence against women has increased in many countries. The women's organisation "Purple Solidarity" in Turkey offers virtual workshops on self-defence.
• Women's Foundation WJAS calls for support against pandemic 

  The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting people's everyday lives worldwide. Measures are also being taken in northeast Syria to respond to the spread of the virus. The "Foundation of Free Women in Syria" is calling for support.
• No measure taken against coronavirus in Bayburt prison 

  Gamze Yiğitel who is held in Bayburt Prison, said: "There is no precaution to counter the virus outbreak. They do not provide disinfectants or masks. They sell the masks in the canteen."
• Mexican women invite all to virtual meeting 

  For next Saturday, women from Mexico invite all women of the world who fight against patriarchy and capitalism to a virtual meeting. An exchange is planned for protection against male violence in times of pandemic.
• 27-year-old Yazidi woman murdered in Hildesheim 

  27-year-old Besma Ekinci was murdered in Hildesheim by the man she was married to against her will in Shengal as a second wife. Kurdish women's organisations condemn the murder.
• Mother of two murdered in Van 

  Altun had divorced her husband not long ago. She was pregnant and living with her two children.
• Mother of Gülistan Doku: Do whatever you can for my daughter 

  Gülistan Doku from Dersim has been missing for a hundred days. The student was last seen at a bus stop in the city centre on 5 January. A message from her mother gives an idea of how much her family is suffering from the loss.