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14:04

An Appeals Court in Khuzestan has sentenced Zainab Khaniabpour, a resident of Behbahan who was arrested during the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi uprising, to an additional four months in prison.

11:34

“We strengthen our hope and protect our future. We say Jin, Iiyan, Azadî,” the Mesopotamia Women Journalists’ Association said in a statement to mark the International Women’s Day.

11:33

“Women should turn March 8 into a day of solidarity and global struggle,” Mahrameh Qadri, an activist for children's rights in Afghanistan, said in a message to women all around the world.

10:12

As the humanitarian crisis is deteriorating in the Gaza Strip due to Israeli attacks, this situation deeply affects Palestinian women.

09:35

Hundreds of Nigerian students have been abducted along with their teacher by Boko Haram in the north-western town of Kuriga, according to local reports.

14:34

“The Iranian authorities are terrorizing women and girls by subjecting them to constant surveillance and policing,” Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director Diana Eltahawy said in a press statement on Wednesday.

14:31

“If women unite, no power can defeat us,” the Kurdistan Women's Communities (KJK) said in a message to the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA).

13:13

In a voice message, Gültan Kışanak, DEM Party's co-mayoral candidate for Ankara in the upcoming local elections, calls on all women to participate in activities for the International Women’s Day.

12:39

South Africa has asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to impose more emergency measures against Israel to end starvation in Gaza.

10:15

Moroccan women describe the International Women’s Day, March 8, as “A day of struggle with enthusiasm to immortalize women’s struggle for rights.”

09:00

“We want to build a free society,” said the students of the Jineology Department, Rojava University, wishing a happy International Women’s Day to women all around the world.

08:14

Women will hold the Feminist Night March in Istanbul for the 21st time on March 8. “This year, we have the same rebellion and anger again,” said Seda Yanmış, member of Purple Solidarity.

13:41

30,717 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since October 7, 2023, Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a press statement on Wednesday.

13:24

We will raise our voices for the physical freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and the autonomy of Shengal on March 8, said Riham Hico, Spokesperson of the Yazidi Free Women’s Movement (TAJÊ).

12:16

“Freedom of expression is in peril in Türkiye, with journalists, human rights defenders and civil society operating in a critically hostile environment,” said a memorandum released by the Council of Europe.

11:34

In Turkey, men killed 39 women and 15 women died under suspicious circumstances in February, according to Jinnews.

10:07

Israeli fighter jets targeted a house in Lebanon, killing three people from the same family. A Palestinian journalist was killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip.

09:48

Women of Kermanshah are getting ready to take to the streets on March 8. “March 8 is a day of resurrection against darkness,” said political activist H.G. from Kermanshah, emphasizing that they are in solidarity with all resisting women.

08:52

“Women will celebrate International Women’s Day with the spirit of struggle,” said Edîbe Paksoy, a teacher in the Makhmour Martyr Rustem Cudi Camp (Makhmour Refugee Camp).

07:59

“We will carry this enthusiasm to March 31,” said women, who are getting ready for the rally to be held in Amed on March 8, International Women’s Day.