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University student: Dormitories, faculties and cafes have become facilities used for special war policies
Elif Delal Alakuş spoke about Xeta Jinê (Women’s Line) founded by female university students on November 25 and said, “Our aim is to raise awareness among young people against special war and assimilation policies.”
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Iran releases six Baha’i women on bail
Iran released six Baha’i women from prison on bail on Thursday, December 7.
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Nia Künzer appointed as sports director for German women's national football team
Nia Künzer has been appointed as the new sport director for the German women's national football team by the German Football Association (DFB).
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’Violence against Palestinian women highlighted as part of the global 16-day activism campaign’
As part of the 16-day activism campaign against gender-based violence, violence against Palestinian women by Israel is highlighted at events organized all around the world.
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Rîma Îsa: Our struggle will continue until the isolation is broken
Rîma Îsa, Spokesperson of the Kongra Star Coordination in the Hasakah Canton, expressed their concerns about the situation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has not been allowed to see his lawyers and family members for 33 months.
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HEDEP Youth Assembly Spokesperson Edanur İbrahimoğlu subjected to police violence
People’s Equality and Democracy Party (HEDEP) Youth Assembly Spokesperson Edanur İbrahimoğlu was subjected to police violence while being taken into custody.
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‘Tunisian women should break the barriers of silence and fear’
Since the beginning of 2023, 27 women have been killed in Tunisia; most of them were victims of domestic violence.
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Death toll in Palestine rises to 17,177
17,177 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza since October 7, said Ashraf Al-Qudra, Gaza’s health ministry spokesperson, on Thursday.
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Jinnews: 36 women and 6 children were killed in November
In November, 36 women and six children were killed, 23 more women died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey, according to the report released by Jinnews, an all-women news agency based in Amed (Diyarbakır).
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Domestic workers in Yemen marginalized
Marginalized domestic workers in Yemen receive very low wages and they are deprived of their legal rights.
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Journalist Nazlıcan Nujin Yıldız acquitted of terrorism charges
Journalist Nazlıcan Nujin Yıldız, reporter of Jinnews, has been acquitted of terrorism charges.
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Two women killed by their husbands in Kurdistan Region
Two women were killed by their husbands in the city of Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq.
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Zenubiya struggles for social equality
Zenubiya Women's Community, a women’s organization in North and East Syria, aims to build a society based on equality.
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75 Palestinian journalists, media workers killed since Oct.7
“Since October 7, 75 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed, 80 more have been injured,” said the report released by the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate on December 6.
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Amnesty International: Security forces in Iran used rape and other forms of sexual violence
Security forces in Iran used rape and other forms of sexual violence, amounting to torture and other ill-treatment, to intimidate and punish peaceful protesters during the 2022 “Woman Life Freedom” uprising, said Amnesty International.
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Journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu to stand trial tomorrow
Journalist Dicle Müftüoğlu, who has been held in pre-trial detention since May 2023, will stand trial tomorrow for the first time.
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Afghan activists Julia Parsi and Manijeh Sediqi beaten in prison
Afghan activists Julia Parsi and Manijeh Sediqi were beaten in prison by the Taliban last week. Julia Parsi was taken to a hospital and then returned to prison after treatment. Manijeh Sediqi was transferred to Pol-e Charkhi prison.
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Saturday Mother Saffet Yaman passes away
Saffet Yaman, one of the Saturday Mothers, passed away in the Adapazarı district of Sakarya on December 4. She sought justice for her son Hüsamettin Yaman, who disappeared after being detained in Istanbul in 1992.
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Turkey: Men kill 33 women in November
In Turkey, 33 women were killed by men and 24 more died under suspicious circumstances in November, according to the We Will Stop Femicide Platform
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Families of hunger strikers: Their demands are the demands of millions
“Their demands are the demands of millions,” said the families of the political prisoners, who have been on a hunger strike since October 27 demanding “freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a resolution to the Kurdish question.”