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13:37

Remziye Ekenek, a member of the Peace Mothers’ Initiative, has died at the age of 82.

13:22

Tunisian activist Sihem Sassi draws attention to the discrimination and violence faced by refugee women in Tunisia and says the hate speech of the government increases violence against refugees.

12:15

Yazidi and Arab women held a march in Shengal to support women in Afghanistan. “Women will win the victory against the mentality aiming to silence women.”

11:37

Commenting on child marriage, Canê Ebdo, member of the Jineology Research Center in the Euphrates Region, said, “Child marriage should be prevented in order to build a political and moral society.”

10:35

“Let’s be the voices of women like Deniz. Let’s keep the legacy of Deniz alive,” said journalist Binevş Sarya, describing journalist Deniz Fırat, who was martyred in an attack of ISIS on Makhmour, as the fighter of truth.

14:46

In Iran’s Mashhad city, schools and universities have been closed due to air pollution.

14:44

Men killed 165 women in Iran and Rojhilat in the last two years, according to Iran’s Shargh daily newspaper.

12:38

26 women and two children were killed, nine more women and four children died under suspicious circumstances in Turkey last month, according to JINNEWS, an all-women news agency based in Amed (Diyarbakır).

12:36

Nine people arrested on charges of “Acting against the national security by promoting the Baha'i faith” have been transferred to the Karaj Central Prison.

11:28

Afghan girls were also deprived of education before the Taliban’s takeover. In some provinces such as Maidan Wardak, millions of dollars were collected to build schools for girls; however, no school was built.

09:42

The Taliban have reportedly banned girls over third grade from attending school.

14:18

A young woman, who has been on the frontline of the protests that started in Iran and Rojhilat following the killing of Jina Mahsa Amini, says, “I want to write Jin, Jiyan, Azadi on all walls in the world.”

12:56

On August 4, 2020, Lebanon was shaken by a massive blast. 218 people were killed in the explosion that caused a political and economic crisis.

11:25

The presidents of Mediterranean states have released a joint statement urging measures be taken to tackle the climate crisis.

10:42

In Turkey, 25 women were killed by men and nine more died under suspicious circumstances in July, according to the report released by the We Will Stop Femicide Platform (KCDP).

15:10

Yazidis have been holding a conference today, on the anniversary of the genocide against them, in Baghdad with the motto, “The autonomy of Shengal is the guarantee of the nations in Iraq”.

14:36

Life was stopped in Shengal (Sinjar) today at 10am for five minutes to mark the anniversary of the genocide committed against the Yazidi community by ISIS on August 3, 2014.

14:19

Releasing a statement on the anniversary of the genocide against Yazidis, the Kurdistan Free Women's Movement (RJAK) said, “Since the defeat of the ISIS, the Turkish state has attacked Shengal (Sinjar) with the same mentality.”

13:24

At least 225 people, more than 58% of whom were Kurds, were arrested in Iran in July.

12:15

“I am happy but also feel the pain of losing my children,” said Munfiyeh Al-Abdullah, whose son, daughter-in-law and her unborn grandchild were killed by ISIS in Manbij.