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14:40

Women of Halabja attended a panel on women’s participation in politics. “Women should be empowered in politics,” they said

13:40

Emine Şenyaşar, who has demanded justice in front of the Urfa Courthouse for 267 days, has been summoned to testify for the ninth time.

12:26

The Yazidi Free Women's Movement (TAJÊ) and the Yazidi Young Women's Union launched a seven-day tent protest demanding the freedom of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and removing the PKK from the list of terrorist organizations.

12:00

In the village of Jinwar, the land of women and children, women produce medicines from medicinal plants to heal women and children at the Women's Health Center. Hevidar Herekol, the manager of the Women’s Health Center, said natural medical treatments should become widespread.

15:48

Education and Science Workers' Union (Eğitim-Sen) has launched a campaign demanding, “Gender equality courses must be compulsory at schools”. Eğitim-Sen calls on the Turkish Ministry of National Education and Council of Higher Education to meet their demand.

15:00

The Arab Women’s Organization held the 10th meeting of the Supreme Council in Cairo with the participation of women from 13 Arab countries. At the meeting, the women shared their experiences and underlined the important role of women to overcome crises.

13:10

Emine Şenyaşar, whose husband and two sons were killed, and her son Ferit Şenyaşar have held a sit-in protest in front of the Urfa Courthouse to demand justice for their killed relatives for 266 days.

09:54

Yesterday, the Kongra Star, an umbrella organization for all women's organizations in NE Syria, held its annual meeting in Qamishlo, NE Syria with the participation of its members to discuss the works they carried out during the year.

13:00

While the sit-in protest staged by the Şenyaşar family continues on its 263rd day, the family demanded the implementation of the law as soon as possible and said, “Those who remain silent against this injustice will lose.”

12:30

National Human Rights Council has organized a three-day workshop for women in Morocco. The women who participated in the workshop will be informed about sexual health, reproduction, contraception, and sexual violence.

12:00

Yesterday, Yazidi women started to march from the Mektaba Sor (Red School) where ISIS held the abducted Êzidî women and children, to protest violence against women.

10:50

Last night, hundreds of women marched in Amed despite police blockage to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Chanting “Women will destroy this fascist system,” slogans, women protested the increasing rate of violence against women and femicide.

08:30

Women took to the streets in many cities of Turkey on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Thousands of women took part in Istanbul’s Taksim. Expressing their “rising”, women shouted slogans against violence, harassment, rape, and ongoing economic crisis.

18:40

Women held protests and events in many cities of NE Syria today to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Stating that the resistance of Mirabal Sisters continues today with thousands of women, the women said that their struggle against male violence will continue.

18:15

Women today took to the streets in Iran, Iraq and Federal Kurdistan Region to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Condemning the state-male violence, women protested so-called “honor killing” of women and girls.

12:55

“Women will change the bad luck of this country” said the Şenyaşar family on the 262nd day of their sit-in protest demanding justice for their killed relatives.

12:50

75 women, including a transwoman, were killed in Turkey between September 1 and November 22, according to the report released by the Socio-Political Field Research Center (Sosyo-Politik Saha Araştırmaları Merkezi).

10:18

Kongreya Star has issued a statement on the International Day for the Elimination Violence Against Women. In the statement, Kongreya Star draws attention to rights violations in NE Syria by Turkey and calls on UN Women to work together against attacks.

09:40

Yesterday, women of Amed protested the deepening economic crisis and said, “We cannot make ends meet.” The women demanded the change of the current system and said, “We will raise our voices everywhere.”

08:10

6,284 women called for help on the hotline for domestic violence (Le numéro vert 1899), 75.5% of women reported that they were subjected to domestic violence, according to the statement of the Minister of Women, Family, Children, and Seniors (MFFES).