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08:05

Newroz celebration will kick off in Elazığ’s Dep district, the hometown of Mazlum Doğan, a founding member of the PKK, on March 15. “Newroz fire will be lit everywhere,” said women.

13:08

Women from different nationalities participated in a cultural activity held by the Newroz Cultural Association in Lebanon’s capital Beirut to mark the International Women’s Day.

11:52

730 Israeli academics signed a petition demanding the Israeli government to take “urgent measures” to prevent starvation in the Gaza Strip.

11:15

Women find opportunity to receive treatment at health centers in North and East Syria and they are given healthcare information.

10:05

197 people, including 34 civilians, have been killed in the attacks by ISIS in the Syrian desert since early 2024, the Syrian Observatory For Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Sunday.

09:49

Mauritanian women’s rights defenders say the experiences of women in other countries are important in combating the increase in gender-based violence in their country.

09:07

Fadiya Al-Ewed, a psychologist at Martyr Amara Psychological Counseling Center, thinks that women in war zones should get psychological support to “struggle more. They should not hesitate to get psychological support.”

08:29

Women journalists are sometimes targeted by their male colleagues, sometimes by the police, and sometimes by the perpetrators, journalist Pınar Gayip said, calling on women journalists to unite and struggle against violence.

17:45

Thousands of women flocked to the streets in North and East Syria to celebrate the International Women’s Day and say “No” to genocidal attacks, occupation and the policies of isolation.

17:26

X platform (formerly Twitter) has suspended the Kurdish account of Jinnews, the only all-women’s news agency in Turkey on International Women’s Day.

17:24

Women in Amed came together today with great enthusiasm to celebrate International Women’s Day by chanting the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” slogan.

14:47

Over 230 million girls and women alive today have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), according to a newly released UNICEF report.

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.