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12:31

Iraqi and Yazidi women say that the lives of women and children would be ignored by the proposed amendments to the Iraqi Personal Status Law no. 188 of 1959. “The amendments are a threat to women’s lives.”

10:20

“Iran and Afghanistan will be cleared of misogynists,” Yalda Ahmad, an Afghan psychologist, said, condemning the death sentences against labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi and journalist Pakhshan Azizi by the Iranian regime.

09:36

“We will defend Manbij against all Turkish attacks,” said women fighters of the Manbij Military Council, who had achieved victory against ISIS.

15:51

34 people have died from severe malnutrition, over 3,500 children are at risk of death due to malnutrition and food shortages and 10,000 people are still missing under the rubble across Gaza.

15:14

The Women’s Press Union (YRJ), a women journalists’ organization based in northeastern Syria, has started a petition against the death sentences given to labor activist Sharifeh Mohammadi and journalist Pakhshan Azizi by the Iranian regime.

14:04

Journalists Elaheh Mohammadi and Niloufar Hamedi have been each sentenced to five years in prison for collusion and conspiring against state security and one year for propaganda against the Islamic republic.

13:36

“Under the Taliban’s abusive rule, Afghan women and girls are living their worst nightmares,” said Fereshta Abbasi, Afghanistan researcher at Human Rights Watch.

10:22

Sudanese women struggle to survive due to difficult living conditions caused by the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

09:08

Kongra Star Health Committee has started first aid training courses for Arab women in the Altai neighborhood of Qamishlo.

15:20

The winners of the 6th Deniz Fırat Short Story and Poetry Competition received their awards on Thursday.

14:31

The Zenobya Women’s Community has issued a written statement, condemning the artillery strikes by the Syrian government’s forces on Deir ez-Zor and calling for standing with the SDF against the attacks.

13:43

The release of Sermin Demirdağ, who has been held in Sincan Women’s Closed Prison, has been postponed for five times although she has already served 30 years in prison.

12:37

Security forces attacked political prisoners held in Evin prison while protesting the execution of imprisoned Kurdish protester Reza Rasaei, injuring Kurdish political prisoner Varisha Moradi.

11:16

Thousands of people in Gaza have been fleeing west toward Al Mawasi after the Israeli military issued a new evacuation order on Thursday, the UNRWA said on Thursday.

10:24

13 people, including children, were killed in artillery strikes by the Syrian government’s forces and the National Defense Forces, a pro-Syrian government militia, in eastern Deir ez-Zor countryside.

09:33

The municipality in Piran (Dicle) opened a Women’s Life Center in line with women’s demand to “solve problems together with women”.

15:06

The Purple Saturdays Movement has issued a statement calling on the international community and the United Nations to take an urgent action against the Taliban misogyny in Afghanistan.

15:04

IRGC forces opened fire on a car, killing and injuring five Baloch citizens from the same family, including one woman and two children, in the city of Khash.

14:01

144 workers, including 10 women and 12 children, died in work-related accidents last month, according to the report released by the Laborer Health and Occupational Safety Assembly (İSİG).

13:59

Turkish police conducted dawn house raids in Osmaniye, detaining five people, including DEM Party district co-chairs, for dancing halay to Kurdish music at a wedding party.