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13:40

“My Stolen Planet”, a documentary film directed by Iranian filmmaker Farahnaz Sharifi, has won the Golden Alexander award at the 26th Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.

13:38

The “Tearing Walls Down” documentary film telling the life stories of four female politicians - Figen Yüksekdağ, Gültan Kışanak, Aysel Tuğluk and Sibel Yiğitalp- has been released on the website of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation.

12:39

Women participating in the peaceful protests in Sweida for months react to the pro-government media distorting their protests and call on “real” journalists to make their voices heard.

10:43

There is an increase in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) cases in Idlib, especially among displaced women, due to contaminated water. Women have no access to health services due to financial reasons.

09:30

Writer and poet Fewziya El Mirî, member of the Intellectuals' Union of Raqqa, died in Raqqa on March 17, at the age of 76. She wrote dozens of poems and nine books.

07:44

“We will light the Newroz fire against the international conspiracy,” said Leyla Arzû Îlhan, member of the İştar Assembly in the Makhmour refugee camp, indicating that Newroz is a stand against the government, slavery and the oppression of nature.

13:54

Newroz fire was lit in Bash Qeshlaq, village in the Divandarreh County Iran’s Kurdistan province with the participation of hundreds.

13:32

Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan early on Monday killed at least eight women and children.

13:04

Death toll in Gaza, where Israel has blocked aid and used hunger as a weapon, has risen to 31,726, Gaza’s health ministry reported on Monday.

12:11

Dozens have been detained in dawn house raids conducted in Şırnak, Izmir and Êlih (Batman) by riot police and soldiers.

11:50

In Egypt, people with special needs face challenges and violations. Women and children with special needs face more challenges and violations.

10:09

Displaced women of Afrin living in Shahba reacted to the killing of a Kurdish boy named Ehmed Xalid Mamo in the Jindires town of Afrin and called on everyone to rise up.

09:36

Displaced women of Afrin describe their resistance against the difficult living conditions in IDPs camps in Shahba as “the second phase of their resistance” and say they will keep resisting.

08:08

“As long as we exist, the Newroz fire will burn. We should always be shoulder to shoulder,” said women, who attended the Newroz celebration in the Dep district of Xarpet.

13:46

At a press conference, 636 feminists announced their support to Gültan Kışanak, DEM Party's co-mayoral candidate for Ankara in the upcoming local elections. “Gültan Kışanak is also our candidate,” they said.

12:57

Sudan's Federal Emergency Operations Centre reported new cases of cholera, dengue fever and malaria in a number of states in the country.

12:29

Zukiswa Wanner, the first African woman to receive the Goethe Medal, has returned her medal in protest of the German government's role in the Gaza genocide.

11:31

Burak Ercan, English teacher and former deputy manager of a high school in the Cizre district of Şırnak, has been arrested for sexually assaulting 43 students after his prison sentence was upheld by the Turkish Supreme Court.

09:35

At least 60 people are believed to have died after a vessel carrying migrants across the Mediterranean from Libya ran into trouble a week ago.

09:09

Nearly 23 million metric tons of debris generated in the destruction of residential units and other properties across the Gaza Strip, according to the United Nations.