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11:50

The 12th Sakine Cansız Women’s Festival will be held in Zurich, Switzerland, on June 28, 2025.

10:16

Over 39,000 children have lost one or both parents in Gaza, according to a report by the Palestinian statistics agency in April 2025. These children struggle to survive in war-torn Gaza.

08:32

The brother-in-law of Verisheh (Warisha) Moradi was arrested in Sanandaj on Sunday while her family members have been threatened with arrest in recent months, the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) reported on Monday.

14:38

Four activists aboard the Madleen boat, including activist Greta Thunberg have been deported from Israel, the Israeli foreign ministry said in a post on Tuesday.

13:50

Franziska Stier, the Secretary General of the Swiss BastA! Party, has sent a letter to Türkiye’s Ministry of Justice, requesting to meet with Abdullah Öcalan in the prison island of Imrali.

13:29

Female UN staff members in Kabul have been threatened with death by armed men.

13:00

Women in Syria want to participate in politics, decision-making positions and peace negotiations.

10:24

The activists aboard the Madleen boat have been taken to the Ben Gurion airport for deportation, the Israeli foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

10:18

Sureya Hebeş, a displaced woman of Afrin who met Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, emphasized that the ideology and thoughts of Abdullah Öcalan “have spread all over the world. Leader Apo created existence out of nothing.”

08:49

“States must act now or risk complicity in Israel’s grave violations of Palestinians’ rights. They must publicly denounce Israel’s interception and detention of the Madleen’s crew,” said Amnesty International in a statement on Monday.

10:22

Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan sent a message to the Jineology Academy for all women. Along with the message, Abdullah Öcalan also sent the flower grown as a gift for all women.

14:27

“Ms. Nasim Soltanbeygi, a journalist and human rights defender who has been on medical furlough, is at risk of being returned to prison,” Mai Sato, UN Rights Rapporteur for Iran, said in a post on Wednesday.

13:38

84 human rights organizations have issued a joint statement, calling for action to stop the execution of Afghan nationals in Iran.

12:55

Cheryl Benard’s recent article titled “Afghan Refugees Should Not Fear Repatriation” sparks outrage among Afghan women activists. “The struggle is our only salvation,” said Yalda Ahmed, a women’s rights activist in Afghanistan.

11:35

“We want a Syria, where the rights of all people are guaranteed,” said Delal Bedûr, a woman originally from the city of Latakia but has lived in Qamishlo for 40 years.

10:21

“How can the centralized government know our needs?” asked Lujain Hamza, a physician and writer in Sweida, stressing that federalism “is a must to protect diversity in Syria.”

08:23

Six women have been each sentenced to one year and three months in prison for protesting the appointment of a trustee to the municipality of Van in 2019.

08:15

The people of Makhmour Refugee Camp held a march on Wednesday, protesting the siege imposed on the camp by the Iraqi government. They called on the Iraqi government to fulfil its duties and responsibilities.

14:48

5.7 million people in Haiti face some sort of emergency level of hunger, Lola Castro, Regional Director for World Food Programme (WFP) in Latin America and the Caribbean, said during a briefing on Tuesday.

14:46

Maryam Jalal Hosseini, a teachers' union activist and political prisoner, returned to Kachoui prison in Karaj on Monday after the completion of her medical leave.