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• Kurdish Women’s Movement activist detained in Amed 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish people continues unabated.
• Women in North East Syria protest Turkish attacks 

  Demonstrations continue in Rojava, Kurdistan and all around the world against the Turkish state's genocidal war on the Kurdish people in various parts of their land, Kurdistan.
• KJK: Let's build our space against the male-run pandemic times 

  KJK said in a written statement: "Let's stand against all forms of violence against women! Let's turn the chain we formed into a wall that sexism, racism and colonialism cannot overcome."
• YPJ General Command pays tribute to martyrs of 25 June 2015 

  The YPJ General Command paid tribute to those who lost their lives in the massacre organized by mercenaries affiliated with the invading Turkish state in Kobanê on 25 June 2015.
• KBDH: We'll raise the struggle in the name of Zehra 

  "Let’s take our place in the struggle for revolution and freedom, not under the ranks of the reasonable boundaries of the male-dominant capitalist system which uses repression, hard and violence, torture and rape," said the KBDH.
• Women in Paris protest Turkish attacks against Kobanê 

  SKB France protested the murder of 3 women following an attack carried out on Tuesday by the invading Turkish state in the village of Helîncê in Kobane.
• PYD Women's Council condemns massacre carried out by Turkey 

  The PYD Women's Council called on people to reject the attacks carried out by the invading Turkish state targeting women.
• Zehra, Hebûn, Amina: Murdered by the Turkish state 

  A Turkish drone deliberately killed three activists of the women's movement in Kobanê. Zehra Berkel was a leading member of the women's organisation Kongreya Star, Hebûn Mele Xelîl and Amina Waysî were also active in the women's revolution in Rojava.
• TJK-E calls on women and activists to take the streets today 

  TJK-E said that the targeting of women in Kobanê is the expression of how much the Turkish state is afraid of women.
• Women Defend Rojava: We must stop the Turkish attacks! 

  Women Defend Rojava reiterated its call on all women to defend Rojava and Kurdistan against fascism, and to organize actions, demonstrations or rallies
• Identity of third woman martyred in Kobanê confirmed 

  The identity of the third woman martyred in the Turkish air strike against Helincê has been confirmed.
• Kongra Star condemns the massacre in the village of Helîncê 

  The invading Turkish state attacked the village of Helîncê [English, Halinja] in Kobanê with armed UAVs, killing three women.
• Markets have no gender, the story of Zeynep 

  Despite being told, 'You can't do it', Zeynep Tilki, 24, decided to give it a try: she opened a store and sell products she buys from wholesalers, showing once again that the market has no gender.
• Women in Amed protest against femicide 

  In Amed, women protested against femicide and rape.
• “Women’s voices after Turkish invasion” 

  The #WomenDefendRojava campaign has conducted interviews with women from northeast Syria who were displaced during the Turkish invasion last October. The interviews have now been published as a brochure.
• Seminar on violence against women in Deir ez-Zor 

  A seminar on violence against women was held in the village of Abu Hamam in the East Syrian region of Deir ez-Zor.
• Women webinar discusses co-chair system for a democracy society 

  New webinar organised by the Kurdish Women’s Movement.
• Letter of solidarity to Gülcihan Simsek from Basel Canton 

  The Swiss association joined the call for the release of political prisoners in Turkey.
• Activists in Duisburg and Fribourg protest violence against women 

  Activists protested violence and murders of women during the coronavirus pandemic.
• Women in Maxmur call for Kurdistan national unity 

  The women in Martyr Rustem Cudi Refugee Camp said in a letter that the process being experienced is not an ordinary process and it is important for all Kurds.
• WDR: We must stop the fascism of the Turkish state 

  Women Defend Rojava called on women to defend Kurdistan against fascism, to denounce the atrocities of the Turkish state and to put pressure on those responsible.
• Kurdish women join the strike in Switzerland 

  Kurdish women joined the Women’s Strike in various Swiss cities with a variety of initiatives on Sunday under the motto “Together we are strong”.
• Health courses by women for women in Hajin 

  The Mala Jin in the former ISIS bastion Hajin in Eastern Syria offers courses for women to learn the basics of first aid. For many women it is the first time that they attend a course.
• Women from Afrin strengthen their organization 

  Young women from Afrin do educational work in the northern Syrian canton of Shehba to get to know themselves, discover their own strength and increase resistance against the Turkish occupation regime.
• Women's Strike kicks off in Switzerland 

  Kurdish women will also be present at the strike in various Swiss cities with a variety of initiatives.