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12:55

Democratic Civil Administration held an event in Manbij to celebrate its 5th anniversary.

08:30

On International Women's Day, Algerian MP Farida Ghomra submitted a proposal regarding social security, specifically the Family Code of Algeria to extend maternity leave to six months.

14:36

The Şenyaşar family has demanded justice in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 371 days.

13:05

Women's Legal Assistance Organization (WOLA) has released the results of its research on femicides and suspicious deaths of women in the Federal Kurdistan Region.

10:00

“Oversimplifying the prevention of gender-based violence to punishment overshadows the main cause of violence,” Özgül Kapdan, a member of the Women's Platform for Equality, says.

13:44

“For a year, we didn’t bow to oppression and intimidation in front of the courthouse,” the Şenyaşar family says on the 368th day of their sit-in protest seeking justice.

11:35

Kurdistan Art Group gave awards to 16 women journalists, including our reporter Şinyar Payiz, on the occasion of International Women’s Day.

09:20

The Protection and Rehabilitation Center in Taizz, Yemen's southwest, held a symposium for women and girls on the occasion of International Women's Day.

15:06

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar has held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse seeking justice for their killed relatives.

14:34

Sick prisoner Muhlise Karagüzel was transferred to a hospital after having a heart attack in prison. Undergoing an angiogram at the hospital, she has been reportedly sent back to prison before recovering.

15:15

Yesterday, women marched in Sulaymaniyah to protest femicides. Despite the police intervention, the women marched and shouted, “No to femicide”.

12:15

Zeynab Jalalian, who has been subjected to torture in prison for 15 years, wrote a letter on the occasion of 8 March, International Women’s Day.

11:12

Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were killed, has held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse for a year. “We faced obstacles for a year, but we did not give up and we will continue to demand justice until it is delivered,” she said

10:10

A group of women activists in Sanandaj marched to the summit of Mount Abidar (2550 m.) to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8.

17:18

Women of North and East Syria celebrated International Women’s Day. Women wearing their traditional clothes took to the streets in Kobanî, Hesekê, Aleppo, Shehba, Til Temir, and Qamishlo and shouted, “Let's protect our revolution, liberate our lands.”

14:48

Women of Beirut celebrated International Women’s Day with great enthusiasm under the leadership of Kongra Star. We spoke to women who participated in the celebration.

13:56

Women of Amed gathered at Istasyon Square to celebrate International Women’s Day. Every woman we interviewed at the square drew attention to the rise in femicide in Turkey and said, “We should unite against oppression.”

13:45

The Libyan government decided to temporarily suspend the memorandum of understanding with the United Nations on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

12:30

In Iran, where women are banned from everything, women celebrate International Women’s Day in Sanandaj, Mariwan, and Tehran.

11:50

Speaking about International Women’s Day, Yemeni women said that women have proven themselves by struggling.