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  ‘The right to life of 88 women violated in Kurdistan over the past year’

  • women
  • 14:29

  IHD announced that the right to life of 88 women had been violated in Kurdistan over the past year.

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  Baloch Fariba Borhanzahi: Jin, jiyan, azadî has been embraced as a shared cry

  • women
  • 10:14

  Fariba Borhanzahi, noting that Baloch women were inspired by the struggle of Kurdish women, said: “Many Baluchi women have embraced the slogan ‘Jin jiyan azadî (Woman, life, freedom)’ as a shared cry.”

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  Rojhilat Young Women's Union member: The fundamental achievement is freedom

  • women
  • 09:51

  "One of the issues we must win is the freedom of Rojhilat and Iranian women," said Helbest Remzbar Qendîl, a member of the Rojhilat Young Women's Union, adding, "Women must know where to fight; this is the vehicle of the revolution."

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  Struggle for survival in a cycle of poverty, insecurity and violence

  • women
  • 15:17 23

  Women working in the fields on 25 November drew attention to the violence perpetrated against women as a result of economic and social pressure, demanding improved working conditions and that violence not go unpunished.

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  Jinwar sheds light on 'women's cities'

  • women
  • 13:39 23

  While work continues on the “women-friendly cities” and “women's city” projects frequently discussed by local administrations, the village of Jinwar, established for women and children in Rojava, sets an example to the world with its women's liberation and communal structure.

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  There is a need for a ‘women's struggle alliance’ in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region

  • women
  • 09:31 21

  Munîra Abwbakir and Şîna Alî, who stated that women's unity is essential against the prevailing patriarchal mentality in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region, said, “There is a need for a common voice in solving problems.”

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  Kurdish women’s struggle offers a vision of freedom

  • women
  • 10:05 20

  Free Women’s Movement (Tevgera Jinên Azad-TJA) member Sebahat Tuncel stated that what distinguishes the Kurdish women’s movement is its claim to a new life that has developed along the line of women’s liberation, saying, “Here, there is a different promise of freedom and an invitation to freedom for women. What is exciting is this.”

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  Existential stance in Afghanistan: Resistance

  • women
  • 10:12 19

  In Afghanistan, women are refusing to abandon resistance, developing new methods of struggle against Taliban rule. Pashtana Durrani said: “The agenda is simple: we need to be our own saviors. We must make our own decisions—not the men around us, not the global community, not international organizations.”

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  Foza Yûsif: Organising worldwide from a women’s perspective

  • women
  • 09:38 17

  Foza Yûsif, a member of the Co-Presidency Council of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), who says they have carried out a revolution within a revolution in the Middle East, stated: “As women of the world, we need to build large-scale organisation. There must be a system that operates with a women’s perspective globally.”

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  AKP’s 23-year record: At least 8 thousand 33 women killed

  • women
  • 10:54 16

  Over the 23 years of Justice and Development Party (AKP) rule, at least 8 thousand 33 women have been killed, while one thousand 381 women died under suspicious circumstances, according to rights groups. Ayşe Minaz of the Wan (Van) Women’s Platform said: “The AKP has overseen a period of femicide.”

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  TJA members: Women will lead the peace process

  • women
  • 09:24 13

  Members of the Free Women’s Movement (Tevgera Jinên Azad-TJA) described the Peace and Democratic Society Process as a promising development for Kurds and other peoples, emphasizing that women have played, and will continue to play, a leading role in shaping it.

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  TJA kicks off 25 November

  • women
  • 16:54 09

  TJA has kicked off its 25 November actions and events. In statements made, it was emphasised that “We will be in the fields, streets, and every area of life until we establish an equal, free, and peaceful life.”

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  Dersim Odjak’s women: Everyone must take responsibility for peace

  • women
  • 14:09 09

  Coming together to support the process, Dersim (Tunceli) Odjak’s women stated, “With all our faith, we strive to take responsibility to end the tears of mothers.”

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  28 suspicious deaths of women in Wan over two years

  • women
  • 11:48 07

  Over the past two years, 28 women have died under suspicious circumstances in Wan (Van). Felek Babur of the Free Women’s Movement (Tevgere Jinên Azad-TJA), stating that these suspicious deaths stem from a policy of impunity, said, “Behind every suspicious death lies the family and men.”

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  Intubated journalist Aykol to continue to be put to sleep

  • women
  • 17:19 24/10

  Journalist-writer Huseyin Aykol, who was intubated after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage, will continue to be kept under anaesthesia due to high blood pressure.

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