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08:30

Sara Organization for the Elimination of Violence Against Women has organized many activities and events in Kobanî to combat and raise awareness of violence against women within the scope of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

15:00

Women of Qamishlo came together at a meeting organized to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, November 25. The women told their stories of resistance against violence.

13:15

Sit-in protest staged by Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar demanding justice for their killed relatives has entered its 254th day.

13:04

Political prisoner Soheila Hijab Bidsorkhi has been reportedly exiled from the Qarchak prison to Sanandaj Central Prison in Iran.

09:35

Mizgin Hesen, an executive of the Center for Research and Protection of Syrian Women's Rights, talked to NuJINHA about the legal process they waged in the murder case of Hevrin Khalaf, the Secretary-General of the Future Syria Party. “Hatim Ebo, who killed Hevrin Khalaf, has been punished and one day all killers of women will be punished,” she told us.

08:48

Reacting to the use of chemical weapons by Turkey in the Federal Kurdistan Region, the women of Ranya said that the government of the region shouldn’t stay silent against the military operations, “Don’t forget your responsibility.”

08:20

The Centre for Research, Studies, Documentation and Information on Women (CREDIF) has announced that they have launched the “Safe travel is my right” campaign in Tunisia.

15:20

Golnaz Samsami was shot in the head while protesting gasoline price hikes in Iran on November 15, 2019. Her eight-year-old son wrote a letter to his mother as soon as he learned how to write. “I miss and love you,” her son wrote in his letter.

13:50

Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have struggled for justice for 243 days.

13:46

The Mothers of Laleh Park, a group of Iranian women whose spouses or children were killed by government agents in the protests following the disputed Iranian presidential election of 2009, remembered their killed loved ones. “We will continue to struggle for a democratic life,” the mothers said.

12:33

Since the Taliban took the control of Afghanistan, they have killed women activists and implemented all kinds of oppression policies against women. Despite all kinds of intimidating policies, Afghan women continue to resist. “Afghan women will never bow to the Taliban regime. Reactionary groups like the Taliban will not be able to silence the voices of Afghan women. When there is oppression, there is also resistance,” said Selay Ghaffar, the spokesperson of the Solidarity Party of Afghanistan (SPA).

10:10

Women in Northern Kurdistan will take to the streets for a week to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Women of Batman, Şırnak, Diyarbakır, and Batman have announced their programs.

15:00

The report released by the Platform for Combating Violence Against Women reveals that the rate of violence against women in the Federal Kurdistan Region (also known as Iraqi Kurdistan) in September was higher than in the previous two months. Six women were killed by men in September, according to the report.

13:59

No news has been received from jailed Iranian activist Khadijeh Mehdipour, who was arrested last year in October, for a while. Human rights organizations are concerned about her life.

13:42

The sit-in protest held by Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar has entered its 252nd day. “We demand justice demanded by Emine Şenyaşar,” said the prisoners’ families, who visited the Şenyaşar family in front of the Urfa Courthouse.

12:24

Female students of the University of Tehran continue to protest the compulsory hijab in Iran. Iranian women receive support from activists, intellectuals, NGOs, athletes, and artists.

08:40

Women work in the whole production process of the Yeni Yaşam Newspaper, which was launched to defend the freedom of the press under all forms of censorship and conditions. “The ruling party has two main policies, the Kurds and misogyny. The Kurdish press stands in somewhere against these,” said Hicran Urun, the editor of the Yeni Yaşam newspaper’s supplement for women, to describe the political situation and how they publish the newspaper under these conditions.

14:20

Today, Emine Şenyaşar will appear in court for allegedly “insulting” AKP MP İbrahim Halil Yıldız.

09:10

For months, no news has been received from Zeynab Jalalian, who has been held in an Iranian prison for 14 years with the allegation of being a member of the Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK).

09:00

Kongereya Star has announced that Kurdish, Armenian, Arab, Assyrian, and Turkmen women living in Northern and Eastern Syria have started their annual meeting to plan their next year and to form a roadmap based on what they experienced last year. We spoke to Mizgin Xelil, a member of the Kongreya Star Coordination, about their projects. “We aim to determine the needs of the peoples, particular needs of women and to unite the women's struggles,” she said.