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11:30

Afghan women participating in exhibitions to earn a living for their families face the Taliban’s oppression. “No matter how much we are oppressed, we must not give up,” said one exhibition participant.

10:35

Four female prisoners, including journalist Derya Ren, have started a hunger strike in the Diyarbakır Women’s Closed Prison.

10:10

The four-day truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has been extended by two days. The hostage exchange continues.

09:23

Zeynep Doğa’s 14-year-old daughter was killed in the Feb. 6 earthquakes. “Those responsible should not go unpunished,” said Zeynep Doğa, who learned that some columns of their building had been cut down before the earthquakes.

10:36

Women of Cairo support the 16 Days Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign kicks off on 25 November every year. “The campaign is important to raise awareness against gender-based violence all over the world.”

09:18

“Women all around the world hold activities and events to mark November 25 while the silence against crimes committed against Afghan women continues,” said former Afghan MP Belqis Roshan.

08:18

The elections for provincial councils will be held in Iraq on December 18. Wedha Reşo and Nazê Şengalî call on the Yazidi people to vote for the Nineveh People's Union alliance by “thinking about your future”.

14:51

Police attacked women holding a march in the city of Şırnak to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Three journalists and many women were detained.

14:39

Iranian actor and activist Shailin Asadollahi, who was taken into custody and transferred to Silivri Removal Center in Turkey on November 23, has been released.

14:34

The international unit of the Women's Defense Units (YPJ) has released a written statement calling on all women to unite against gender-based violence.

13:29

Women held a march in the city of Van to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. They chanted slogans such as “We will break the isolation and attain freedom” and “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi”.

12:39

Zeynep Süleyman, member of Afrin-Shahba Assembly, called on all women to struggle so that the Turkish state can be held responsible for its crimes against women in Afrin.

11:39

“The perpetrators of war crimes being committed against Palestinians must be prosecuted,” said the statement released by the Democratic Women's Alliance in the Middle East and North Africa (NADA).

10:49

“We continue to be in solidarity with our colleagues,” said the statement released by the Mesopotamia Women Journalists’ Association (MKG) to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

14:17

Journalist Amal Zuhd and her family members were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting their home in Gaza city hours before the four-day truce.

13:46

Teachers’ union activist Atekeh Rajabi has been summoned by the 21st branch of the Criminal Court in Iran’s Mashhad city to serve her upheld prison sentence.

12:57

Displaced Palestinians have begun to return to their homes with the hope of seeing their homes and relatives after the start of the four-day truce on Friday.

12:25

Many people, including politicians of the HEDEP were taken into custody in the house raids conducted in Istanbul, Şırnak and Riha (Urfa) in the morning.

10:27

The Sara Organization to Combat Violence against Women has been holding awareness-raising activities such as seminars and workshops in Hasakah Canton to combat violence against women.

10:08

264 women and 21 children were killed in Turkey and Kurdistan in the last 10 months, according to Jinnews. “We are in a time when violence exists every day and the struggle against it grows stronger.”