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11:01

Tunisian filmmaker Salma Bakkar says that Tunisian women will not give up their rights that they gained after struggling for years. “We will not allow our achievements to be taken away, no matter what it costs.”

09:47

“The 19 July Revolution gave another life to women,” said theatre player Leyla Ehmed. “The flow of women into the revolution like a torrent of freedom built faith in women's power and identity.”

15:02

Arab women in Shengal have started a tent protest demanding physical freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.

14:26

HDP Women’s Council has released a written statement condemning the sexist social media post of Osman Taşdemir, a lawyer registered to the Istanbul Bar Association, against Başak Demirtaş.

14:09

Iranian women’s rights activist Sepideh Gholian was denied her right of defense for refusing to cover her hair.

10:45

Gülşen Kandemir, sister of seriously sick prisoner Hayati Kaytan, has been detained in the Ereğli district of Konya province.

10:36

Since being founded in 1987, the Rural Women’s Development Society has carried out activities in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip to support women in all facets of life and to fight gender-based violence.

15:47

Kurdish female activist Bayan Farajollahi was arrested and taken to an unknown location by Iranian security forces on Monday, July 17.

13:57

The Yazidi Free Women's Movement (Kurdish: Tevgera Azadiya Jinên Êzîdî-TAJÊ) visited NGOs, women’s organizations and political parties in Sulaymaniyah to mark the anniversary of genocide committed against the Yazidi community by ISIS.

13:41

Iran’s morality police resume patrols in the streets of Sanandaj, warning women who do not wear the hijab correctly but women are determined not to take a step back.

09:17

Journalist Neşe Budak, who was released from prison on July 12 after 13 months in prison, says a serious isolation has been imposed on prisoners and they are subjected to rights violations. “We will work harder to be their voices.”

15:49

LaliKhan Niknia, a Kurdish woman from Urmia, has been detained and taken to an unknown location by Iranian security forces.

15:36

Soraya Qeytarani, a resident of Iran’s Piranshahr city, has been released on bail.

12:40

24 people have been injured after a minibus carrying agricultural workers overturned.

12:38

Women, who waged a resistance against the Turkish state and its mercenaries in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsood neighborhood, say they resist for enjoying freedom. “Women should be in solidarity with each other to struggle against the patriarchal mentality.”

10:23

Three children and a woman have been sexually assaulted in Semsûr’s tent cities in the last five months. Psychologist Gökçe Korkmaz drew attention to the increase in violence against women and children in tent cities built for quake survivors.

10:17

Women living in the Euphrates Region of NE Syria say that they gained their freedom by rising up against all kinds of oppression during the revolution in Rojava and that they are happy to live without government oppression.

15:23

Cases of scabies and lice have been increasing in the areas affected by the February 6 earthquakes, according to the Turkish Medical Association (TTB).

14:51

The Young Women's Union organized a camp named, “Martyr Delal Şoreş Jineology Camp '' in the city of Sulaymaniyah. At the camp, young women attended seminars, workshops, art, and cultural activities.

12:21

54 lawyers have been arraigned in the city of Bukan for signing a statement defending the family of Jina Mahsa Amini, who was killed by Iran’s so-called morality police in Tehran.